Traveston QLD 4570
247 addresses · 24 streets
Wide Bay Electorate › Gympie LGA › Traveston · 130 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Traveston is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 509 people, with a median age of 50. The typical household earns around $1,645 a week, with median rent near $325 a week. Most homes are houses. About 91% of households own their home and 6% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. 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: Traveston itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 place to stay
Getting around. Train station: Traveston, 1.7 km east · Airport: Gympie Airport, 7.4 km north-west.
Socio-economic Standing
Greenery
🌳 Tree canopy: 52.9% satellite estimate · 2021
Demographics
Unemployment 4.6% · Labour-force participation 59.9%
Population by age in Traveston
| 0-4 | 23 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 55 |
| 15-19 | 42 |
| 20-24 | 19 |
| 25-34 | 27 |
| 35-44 | 59 |
| 45-54 | 100 |
| 55-64 | 104 |
| 65-74 | 65 |
| 75-84 | 21 |
| 85+ | 9 |
Dwelling types in Traveston
| House | 175 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Traveston
| <$650 | 30 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 42 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 46 |
| $3,000+ | 35 |
Top ancestries in Traveston
| English | 224 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 171 |
| Scottish | 70 |
| Ancestry NS | 64 |
| Irish | 51 |
| German | 47 |
Housing tenure in Traveston
| Owned | 77 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 77 |
| Rented | 10 |
| Other | 5 |
Cars per household in Traveston
| 0 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 29 |
| 2 | 65 |
| 3 | 48 |
| 4+ | 32 |
Commute to work in Traveston
| Car | 159 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 27 |
Top countries of birth in Traveston
| England | 24 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 17 |
| Scotland | 7 |
| Fiji | 5 |
| Germany | 5 |
| South Africa | 5 |
Languages used at home in Traveston
| Afrikaans | 5 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,393 bird observations recorded near Traveston — most often seen:
- Eastern Whipbird (136)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (136)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (103)
- Torresian Crow (103)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (96)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (92)
- South-east Eastern Whipbird (88)
- Laughing Kookaburra (87)
- Australian White Ibis (86)
- Grey Fantail (82)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (80)
- Australian Torresian Crow (78)
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (77)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Traveston
- Noisy Miner (77)
- Southern Lewin's Honeyeater (77)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (76)
- Striated Pardalote (74)
- Willie Wagtail (73)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (69)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (68)
- Southern Brown Cuckoo-dove (67)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (67)
- Spangled Drongo (66)
- Australian Magpie (65)
- Australasian Figbird (64)
- Brown Cuckoo-dove (64)
- Pacific Black Duck (64)
- Red-backed Fairy-wren (60)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (60)
- Peaceful Dove (58)
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Streets
- Bruce Highway (3)
- Cooroy - Gympie Road (5)
- Flindersia Drive (10)
- Gregory Road (1)
- Hoskins Road (3)
- Howe Road (5)
- Kenman Road (24)
- King Street (6)
- Lehman Road (20)
- Mckellar Road (1)
- Noakes Road (17)
- Noosa Road (22)
- Nura Lane (3)
- O'connell Road (5)
- O'rourkes Road (17)
- Old Bruce Highway (5)
- Old Traveston Road (7)
- Riley Road (6)
- Straughair Lane (2)
- Tandur Road (1)
- Tandur Traveston Road (21)
- Thomason Road (15)
- Toomey Street (15)
- Traveston Road (33)
