Telina QLD 4680
1,074 addresses · 53 streets
Flynn Electorate › Gladstone LGA › Telina · 436 km from Brisbane
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Living Here
Telina is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 2,197 people, with a median age of 39. The typical household earns around $1,927 a week, with median rent near $255 a week. Most homes are houses. About 67% of households own their home and 32% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Telina - Toolooa statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Telina itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
4 cafés & restaurants
3 supermarkets
2 pharmacies
1 medical clinic
1 physiotherapist
1 optometrist
2 hospitals
1 library
1 post office
4 service stations
1 golf club
2 dog parks
1 bakery
1 hardware store
Getting around. Train station: Gladstone, 4.7 km north · Ferry wharf: Heron Island Ferry Terminal/Check-in, 6 km north · Airport: Gladstone Airport, 3.4 km north-west.
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: 21.3% 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 | 21.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 38.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5.7% · Labour-force participation 64.9%
Population by age in Telina
| 0-4 | 145 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 308 |
| 15-19 | 134 |
| 20-24 | 97 |
| 25-34 | 269 |
| 35-44 | 310 |
| 45-54 | 303 |
| 55-64 | 294 |
| 65-74 | 203 |
| 75-84 | 105 |
| 85+ | 38 |
Dwelling types in Telina
| House | 739 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 111 |
| Apartment | 6 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Telina
| <$650 | 149 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 179 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 281 |
| $3,000+ | 194 |
Top ancestries in Telina
| Australian | 963 |
|---|---|
| English | 918 |
| Irish | 211 |
| Scottish | 200 |
| German | 142 |
| Other | 108 |
Housing tenure in Telina
| Owned | 224 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 342 |
| Rented | 273 |
| Other | 10 |
Cars per household in Telina
| 0 | 38 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 266 |
| 2 | 322 |
| 3 | 152 |
| 4+ | 70 |
Commute to work in Telina
| Car | 847 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 4 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 4 |
| Home | 34 |
Top countries of birth in Telina
| New Zealand | 68 |
|---|---|
| England | 52 |
| Philippines | 52 |
| South Africa | 24 |
| India | 15 |
| Thailand | 10 |
Languages used at home in Telina
| Tagalog | 27 |
|---|---|
| Mandarin | 14 |
| Filipino | 14 |
| Afrikaans | 12 |
| Thai | 10 |
| Urdu | 9 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
28,193 bird observations recorded near Telina — most often seen:
- Rainbow Lorikeet (1,821)
- Torresian Crow (1,765)
- Laughing Kookaburra (1,332)
- Pacific Black Duck (1,320)
- Brown Honeyeater (1,241)
- Dusky Moorhen (1,240)
- Willie Wagtail (1,182)
- Peaceful Dove (1,137)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (1,084)
- Double-barred Finch (1,022)
- Little Friarbird (876)
- Australian Magpie (872)
- House Sparrow (855)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Telina
- Little Pied Cormorant (849)
- Magpie-lark (842)
- Nutmeg Munia (832)
- Galah (817)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (810)
- Australian White Ibis (800)
- Welcome Swallow (789)
- Australasian Darter (785)
- Little Black Cormorant (764)
- Australian Wood Duck (755)
- Australasian Figbird (742)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (676)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (662)
- Hardhead (597)
- Masked Lapwing (583)
- Eurasian Coot (574)
- Striated Pardalote (569)
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 Telina:
- Kin Kora (1.2 km)
- Sun Valley (1.5 km)
- Toolooa (1.6 km)
- New Auckland (1.8 km)
- Glen Eden (2.4 km)
- Kirkwood (2.5 km)
- South Gladstone (3.1 km)
- West Gladstone (3.5 km)
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Streets
- Ashton Street (13)
- Birmingham Close (9)
- Bradford Road (39)
- Buckingham Court (16)
- Cambridge Close (4)
- Canopus Street (2)
- Capella Street (7)
- Caprice Street (22)
- Centaurus Close (31)
- Connolly Court (16)
- Corby Close (5)
- Covill Court (9)
- Croydon Close (4)
- Dixon Drive (97)
- Dorado Court (6)
- Earls Court (10)
- Ella Rose Drive (32)
- Fawley Close (15)
- Finchley Street (20)
- Harrow Close (3)
- Helston Street (8)
- Heritage Drive (62)
- James Court (6)
- Jupiter Street (38)
- Kings Court (12)
- Luton Street (20)
- Mars Crescent (43)
- Mars Lane (3)
- Mercury Street (22)
- Michel Place (70)
- Parsloe Street (15)
- Phoenix Place (13)
- Pioneer Drive (35)
- Pluto Street (11)
- Rigel Street (2)
- Riverside Place (8)
- Saint Clements Close (12)
- Sandringham Close (20)
- Saturn Crescent (19)
- Scorpius Place (15)
- Selwyn Close (10)
- Southern Cross Close (36)
- Spica Close (4)
- St Clements Close (12)
- Sutherland Court (15)
- Tenby Close (8)
- Threadingham Place (5)
- Uniting Place (4)
- Venus Street (49)
- Vernon Road (19)
- Watford Street (23)
- Witney Street (59)
- Woodman Way (36)
