Tarawera QLD 4494
27 addresses · 8 streets
Maranoa Electorate › Goondiwindi LGA › Tarawera · 334 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Tarawera is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 69 people, with a median age of 34. The typical household earns around $1,375 a week, with median rent near $100 a week. Most homes are houses. About 32% of households own their home and 36% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Inglewood - Waggamba statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Tarawera itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 5.1% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020
Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 5.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 10.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.4% · Labour-force participation 70.7%
Population by age in Tarawera
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 5 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 7 |
| 25-34 | 17 |
| 35-44 | 7 |
| 45-54 | 10 |
| 55-64 | 11 |
| 65-74 | 5 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Tarawera
| House | 14 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Tarawera
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 4 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 7 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Tarawera
| Australian | 24 |
|---|---|
| English | 14 |
| Other | 14 |
| Ancestry NS | 10 |
| Scottish | 9 |
| Irish | 5 |
Housing tenure in Tarawera
| Owned | 7 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 8 |
| Other | 7 |
Cars per household in Tarawera
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Tarawera
| Car | 17 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 9 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 6 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
23 bird observations recorded near Tarawera — most often seen:
- Eastern Grey-crowned Babbler (2)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (2)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (2)
- Australian Torresian Crow (1)
- Emu (1)
- Galah (1)
- Inland Grey Butcherbird (1)
- Mainland Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (1)
- Red-rumped Parrot (1)
- Red-winged Parrot (1)
- South-eastern Grey Fantail (1)
- South-eastern Singing Honeyeater (1)
- Southern Magpie-lark (1)
Show all 20 birds recorded near Tarawera
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
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Streets
- Barakadan Road (2)
- Buckhaven Road (1)
- Lapgate Road (4)
- Lienassie Road (1)
- Meandarra - Talwood Road (12)
- Milton Park Road (1)
- Molinda Road (2)
- Springmount Road (4)