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Tin Can Bay QLD 4580

2,102 addresses · 77 streets

Wide Bay Electorate › Gympie LGA › Tin Can Bay · 173 km from Brisbane

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Living Here

Tin Can Bay is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 2,293 people, with a median age of 65. The typical household earns around $734 a week, with median rent near $260 a week. Most homes are houses. About 69% of households own their home and 28% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

2,293Population
65Median age
$734Median household income / wk
$260Median rent / wk
1.8Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Cooloola statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Tin Can Bay itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Bus interchange: Rainbow Beach, 9 km east · Airport: Gympie Airport, 50.9 km south-west.

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Socio-economic Standing

😟More disadvantaged · 1/10
Economic resources1/10
Education & jobs1/10

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: 35.7% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Tin Can Bay

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

Tree cover measures, Tin Can Bay QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202035.7%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202177.8%

Demographics

Unemployment 7.1% · Labour-force participation 25.7%

Population by age in Tin Can Bay
Population by age, Tin Can Bay QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-432
5-14111
15-1965
20-2443
25-3480
35-44107
45-54210
55-64466
65-74702
75-84376
85+102
Dwelling types in Tin Can Bay
Dwelling types, Tin Can Bay QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House856
Townhouse74
Apartment79
Other78
Households by weekly income in Tin Can Bay
Households by weekly income, Tin Can Bay QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$650422
$650-1,499455
$1,500-2,999133
$3,000+29
Top ancestries in Tin Can Bay
Top ancestries, Tin Can Bay QLD (ABS Census 2021)
English1,077
Australian844
Scottish285
Irish274
Ancestry NS194
German152
Housing tenure in Tin Can Bay
Housing tenure, Tin Can Bay QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned626
Mortgage118
Rented300
Other42
Cars per household in Tin Can Bay
Cars per household, Tin Can Bay QLD (ABS Census 2021)
082
1550
2353
391
4+29
Commute to work in Tin Can Bay
Commute to work, Tin Can Bay QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car293
Train0
Bus5
Tram/ferry0
Walked30
Bicycle8
Home60
Top countries of birth in Tin Can Bay
Top countries of birth, Tin Can Bay QLD (ABS Census 2021)
England134
New Zealand55
Germany17
Philippines15
Scotland14
South Africa12
Languages used at home in Tin Can Bay
Languages used at home, Tin Can Bay QLD (ABS Census 2021)
German8
Italian4
Tagalog4
Afrikaans3
Mandarin3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

7,961 bird observations recorded near Tin Can Bay — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Tin Can Bay

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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Image — Hagai Agmon-Snir حچاي اچمون-سنير חגי אגמון-שניר · CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons).