Thoopara QLD 4800
28 addresses · 5 streets
Dawson Electorate › Whitsunday LGA › Thoopara · 890 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Thoopara is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 52 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $1,812 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 73% of households own their home and 27% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Proserpine statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Thoopara itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 golf club
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Whitsunday Coast Airport, 9.1 km north.
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: 26.6% 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 | 26.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 43.2% |
Demographics
Population by age in Thoopara
| 0-4 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 6 |
| 15-19 | 4 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 3 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 19 |
| 55-64 | 3 |
| 65-74 | 5 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 5 |
Dwelling types in Thoopara
| House | 15 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Thoopara
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 11 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Thoopara
| Australian | 22 |
|---|---|
| English | 22 |
| Irish | 10 |
| Scottish | 6 |
| Ancestry NS | 6 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
Housing tenure in Thoopara
| Owned | 6 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 5 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Thoopara
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Thoopara
| Car | 16 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 7 |
Top countries of birth in Thoopara
| England | 5 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
514 bird observations recorded near Thoopara — most often seen:
- Whistling Kite (29)
- Black Kite (28)
- Pacific Black Duck (28)
- Australian Pelican (24)
- Great Egret (20)
- Magpie Goose (20)
- Peaceful Dove (20)
- Fairy Martin (19)
- Pheasant Coucal (18)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (18)
- Welcome Swallow (18)
- Forest Kingfisher (17)
- Masked Lapwing (17)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Thoopara
- Plumed Whistling-duck (17)
- Black Swan (16)
- Blue-winged Kookaburra (16)
- Brahminy Kite (15)
- Brolga (15)
- Laughing Kookaburra (15)
- Torresian Crow (15)
- Australasian Figbird (14)
- Australian White Ibis (14)
- Black-necked Stork (13)
- Leaden Flycatcher (13)
- Little Black Cormorant (13)
- Magpie-lark (13)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (13)
- Australian Magpie (12)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (12)
- Chestnut-breasted Munia (12)
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 Thoopara:
- Lethebrook (6.9 km)
- Gunyarra (7.9 km)
- Laguna Quays (9.4 km)
- Goorganga Plains (10.7 km)
- Goorganga Creek (12.4 km)
- Bloomsbury (12.9 km)
- Andromache (13.1 km)
- Midge Point (14.6 km)
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Streets
- Bruce Highway (3)
- Gunyarra Road (2)
- Holcombe Road (3)
- Maloney Road (18)
- Vickers Road (2)