Taunton QLD 4674
49 addresses · 6 streets
Flynn Electorate › Gladstone LGA › Taunton · 359 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Taunton is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 57 people, with a median age of 61. The typical household earns around $1,062 a week, with median rent near $220 a week. Most homes are houses. About 86% of households own their home and 14% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Agnes Water - Miriam Vale statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Taunton 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: 45.6% 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 | 45.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 56.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.5% · Labour-force participation 44.9%
Population by age in Taunton
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 8 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 4 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 4 |
| 55-64 | 20 |
| 65-74 | 17 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Taunton
| House | 23 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Taunton
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 3 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 8 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Taunton
| English | 20 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 18 |
| Irish | 9 |
| Ancestry NS | 6 |
| Scottish | 5 |
| Aboriginal | 3 |
Housing tenure in Taunton
| Owned | 15 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 3 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Taunton
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 7 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Taunton
| Car | 11 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 8 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
66 bird observations recorded near Taunton — most often seen:
- Brolga (5)
- Torresian Crow (5)
- Willie Wagtail (5)
- Golden-headed Cisticola (3)
- Hardhead (3)
- Pacific Black Duck (3)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (3)
- Striated Pardalote (3)
- Tree Martin (3)
- Welcome Swallow (3)
- Australasian Grebe (2)
- Black-shouldered Kite (2)
- Brown Honeyeater (2)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Taunton
- Common Myna (2)
- Glossy Black-cockatoo (2)
- Little Pied Cormorant (2)
- Nankeen Kestrel (2)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (2)
- Straw-necked Ibis (2)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (2)
- Australian Magpie (1)
- Black Kite (1)
- Brown Falcon (1)
- Chestnut-breasted Munia (1)
- Comb-crested Jacana (1)
- Cotton Pygmy-goose (1)
- Double-barred Finch (1)
- Emu (1)
- Fairy Martin (1)
- Glossy Ibis (1)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Taunton:
- Oyster Creek (6.5 km)
- Euleilah (7.5 km)
- Mount Maria (10.6 km)
- Lowmead (13.7 km)
- Deepwater (13.8 km)
- Baffle Creek (14.3 km)
- Mount Tom (15.6 km)
- Captain Creek (18.2 km)
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Streets
- Fingerboard Road (1)
- Gorge Road (14)
- Round Hill Road (3)
- Tableland Road (10)
- Taunton Road (18)
- Williams Way (3)