The Dawn QLD 4570
272 addresses · 26 streets
Wide Bay Electorate › Gympie LGA › The Dawn · 140 km from Brisbane
Living Here
The Dawn is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 604 people, with a median age of 44. The typical household earns around $1,493 a week, with median rent near $305 a week. Most homes are houses. About 95% of households own their home and 5% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Gympie Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: The Dawn itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 park
1 hospital
3 service stations
1 gym
2 golf clubs
3 hardware stores
1 place to stay
Getting around. Train station: Gympie North, 9.9 km north · Railway halt: Monkland, 4.3 km north · Airport: Gympie Airport, 5.1 km south-east.
Socio-economic Standing
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 12.7% 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 | 12.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 31.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.4% · Labour-force participation 59.7%
Population by age in The Dawn
| 0-4 | 24 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 90 |
| 15-19 | 52 |
| 20-24 | 20 |
| 25-34 | 46 |
| 35-44 | 75 |
| 45-54 | 83 |
| 55-64 | 117 |
| 65-74 | 57 |
| 75-84 | 35 |
| 85+ | 7 |
Dwelling types in The Dawn
| House | 203 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in The Dawn
| <$650 | 32 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 62 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 60 |
| $3,000+ | 35 |
Top ancestries in The Dawn
| English | 278 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 267 |
| Irish | 62 |
| Scottish | 62 |
| German | 57 |
| Ancestry NS | 35 |
Housing tenure in The Dawn
| Owned | 87 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 103 |
| Rented | 10 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in The Dawn
| 0 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 42 |
| 2 | 91 |
| 3 | 45 |
| 4+ | 27 |
Commute to work in The Dawn
| Car | 205 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 7 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 33 |
Top countries of birth in The Dawn
| England | 35 |
|---|---|
| Philippines | 11 |
| New Zealand | 6 |
| India | 5 |
| Scotland | 5 |
| South Africa | 4 |
Languages used at home in The Dawn
| Punjabi | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
8,839 bird observations recorded near The Dawn — most often seen:
- Australian White Ibis (599)
- Black Swan (566)
- Dusky Moorhen (523)
- Pacific Black Duck (510)
- Magpie-lark (417)
- Magpie Goose (391)
- Little Pied Cormorant (367)
- Little Black Cormorant (352)
- Hardhead (347)
- Australian Wood Duck (327)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (326)
- Willie Wagtail (326)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (317)
Show all 30 birds recorded near The Dawn
- Australasian Darter (302)
- Torresian Crow (280)
- Welcome Swallow (264)
- Noisy Miner (262)
- Little Corella (227)
- Brown Honeyeater (226)
- Australasian Figbird (211)
- Australian Magpie (199)
- Little Friarbird (191)
- Common Mallard (190)
- Eurasian Coot (176)
- Muscovy Duck (161)
- Great Egret (158)
- Royal Spoonbill (158)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (157)
- Southern Magpie-lark (157)
- Australian Reed Warbler (152)
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to The Dawn:
- Long Flat (2.4 km)
- Jones Hill (2.4 km)
- Lagoon Pocket (2.8 km)
- Glanmire (3.2 km)
- Mcintosh Creek (3.6 km)
- Monkland (4.2 km)
- Southside (4.9 km)
- Woondum (5.3 km)
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Streets
- Annita Way (6)
- Broomlands Lane (2)
- City View Drive (18)
- Claffey Road (14)
- Dawn Connection Road (3)
- Dawn Road (20)
- Feltom Court (4)
- Fitzpatrick Road (9)
- Grenville Road (14)
- Henderson Road (1)
- Holding Road (7)
- Kyeema Road (6)
- Mary Valley Road (2)
- Old Dawn Road (10)
- Palmer Court (13)
- Panorama Drive (15)
- Rianna Road (12)
- Solare Retreat (4)
- Stacy Lane (5)
- Sunrise Circle (21)
- Trout Road (29)
- Turner Road (4)
- Valley Vista Road (19)
- Van Velsen Road (1)
- Wakeham Road (2)
- Witham Road (31)
