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The Palms QLD 4570

567 addresses · 31 streets

Wide Bay Electorate › Gympie LGA › The Palms · 149 km from Brisbane

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Living Here

The Palms is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 1,083 people, with a median age of 46. The typical household earns around $1,379 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 92% of households own their home and 6% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

1,083Population
46Median age
$1,379Median household income / wk
$300Median rent / wk
2.6Avg household

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 Palms itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Gympie North, 10 km east · Airport: Gympie Airport, 15.6 km south-east.

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Socio-economic Standing

😟More disadvantaged · 2/10
Economic resources6/10
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: 44.5% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in The Palms

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

Tree cover measures, The Palms QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202044.5%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202167.9%

Demographics

Unemployment 5.1% · Labour-force participation 53.4%

Population by age in The Palms
Population by age, The Palms QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-466
5-14136
15-1956
20-2434
25-34120
35-44120
45-54138
55-64201
65-74143
75-8461
85+16
Dwelling types in The Palms
Dwelling types, The Palms QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House384
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in The Palms
Households by weekly income, The Palms QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$65071
$650-1,499116
$1,500-2,999129
$3,000+26
Top ancestries in The Palms
Top ancestries, The Palms QLD (ABS Census 2021)
English483
Australian459
Irish131
German101
Scottish101
Ancestry NS67
Housing tenure in The Palms
Housing tenure, The Palms QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned175
Mortgage182
Rented25
Other8
Cars per household in The Palms
Cars per household, The Palms QLD (ABS Census 2021)
03
193
2154
374
4+59
Commute to work in The Palms
Commute to work, The Palms QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car346
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked9
Bicycle0
Home33
Top countries of birth in The Palms
Top countries of birth, The Palms QLD (ABS Census 2021)
England42
New Zealand30
South Africa15
Germany7
Netherlands7
Cambodia6
Languages used at home in The Palms
Languages used at home, The Palms QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Vietnamese6
Afrikaans5
Italian5
French3
German3
Polish3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

1,149 bird observations recorded near The Palms — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near The Palms

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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