Thargomindah QLD 4492

Living Here

Thargomindah is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 243 people, with a median age of 38. The typical household earns around $1,480 a week, with median rent near $153 a week. Most homes are houses. About 52% of households own their home and 37% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Far South West statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Thargomindah itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 1 school

  • Thargomindah State School
• 2 supermarkets

  • Foodworks
  • Fergie's Roadhouse and General Store
• 2 parks

  • Peiican Point Fishing and Picnic
  • Memorial Park
• 1 Catholic church

  • Mary Ever Immaculate Mother of God
• 1 hospital

  • Thargomindah Community Clinic
• 1 library

  • Bulloo Library
• 1 post office

  • Thargomindah Post Office
• 1 service station

  • Thargo Motors
• 1 hardware store

  • Thargomindah General Store
• 1 mechanic

  • Thargo Motors
• 3 places to stay

  • Explorers Caravan Park
  • Oasis Motel
  • Bulloo River Hotel-Motel

Getting around. Airport: Thargomindah Airport, 3 km north.

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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: 2.8% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 0.7% · Labour-force participation 78.1%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

5,573 bird observations recorded near Thargomindah — most often seen:

• White-plumed Honeyeater (378)
• White-browed Woodswallow (336)
• Magpie-lark (309)
• Masked Woodswallow (289)
• Black Kite (278)
• Fairy Martin (256)
• Whistling Kite (232)
• Willie Wagtail (219)
• Black-faced Woodswallow (212)
• Crested Pigeon (209)
• Australian Raven (207)
• Budgerigar (207)
• Little Corella (203)

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 Thargomindah:

• Dynevor (40.7 km)
• Norley (43 km)
• Bullawarra (47.6 km)

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