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Taroom QLD 4420

768 addresses · 83 streets

Flynn Electorate › Banana LGA › Taroom · 379 km from Brisbane

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Living Here

Taroom is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 885 people, with a median age of 41. The typical household earns around $1,323 a week, with median rent near $170 a week. Most homes are houses. About 65% of households own their home and 26% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

885Population
41Median age
$1,323Median household income / wk
$170Median rent / wk
2.5Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Banana statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Taroom itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Taroom Airport, 19.6 km south-east.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 3/10
Economic resources3/10
Education & jobs2/10

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: 6.9% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Taroom

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Taroom QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20206.9%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202121.0%

Demographics

Unemployment 2.5% · Labour-force participation 63.3%

Population by age in Taroom
Population by age, Taroom QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-458
5-14128
15-1938
20-2450
25-34100
35-44111
45-54110
55-6487
65-7498
75-8484
85+27
Dwelling types in Taroom
Dwelling types, Taroom QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House304
Townhouse4
Apartment8
Other0
Households by weekly income in Taroom
Households by weekly income, Taroom QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$65068
$650-1,49976
$1,500-2,99982
$3,000+27
Top ancestries in Taroom
Top ancestries, Taroom QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Australian432
English349
Scottish72
Ancestry NS70
German67
Irish63
Housing tenure in Taroom
Housing tenure, Taroom QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned135
Mortgage61
Rented79
Other25
Cars per household in Taroom
Cars per household, Taroom QLD (ABS Census 2021)
014
193
2118
354
4+29
Commute to work in Taroom
Commute to work, Taroom QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car259
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked39
Bicycle0
Home67
Top countries of birth in Taroom
Top countries of birth, Taroom QLD (ABS Census 2021)
New Zealand12
England6
Zimbabwe4
Philippines3
South Africa3
Languages used at home in Taroom
Languages used at home, Taroom QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Tagalog3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

1,537 bird observations recorded near Taroom — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Taroom

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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