Tuan QLD 4650
175 addresses · 11 streets
Wide Bay Electorate › Fraser Coast LGA › Tuan · 200 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Tuan is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 140 people, with a median age of 63. The typical household earns around $928 a week, with median rent near $270 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, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Maryborough Region - South statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Tuan itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
Getting around. Airport: Maryborough Airport, 24.5 km north-west.
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: 32.3% 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 | 32.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 52.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5.7% · Labour-force participation 27.3%
Population by age in Tuan
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 13 |
| 15-19 | 5 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 14 |
| 45-54 | 17 |
| 55-64 | 30 |
| 65-74 | 48 |
| 75-84 | 10 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Tuan
| House | 58 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Tuan
| <$650 | 16 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 25 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 20 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Tuan
| English | 69 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 57 |
| German | 21 |
| Other | 18 |
| Scottish | 16 |
| Irish | 12 |
Housing tenure in Tuan
| Owned | 39 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 18 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Tuan
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 20 |
| 2 | 28 |
| 3 | 7 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Tuan
| Car | 19 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 4 |
Top countries of birth in Tuan
| Cambodia | 5 |
|---|---|
| England | 3 |
Languages used at home in Tuan
| Khmer | 5 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
6,972 bird observations recorded near Tuan — most often seen:
- Eastern Curlew (399)
- Great Knot (387)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (365)
- Bar-tailed Godwit (354)
- Masked Lapwing (318)
- Mangrove Honeyeater (310)
- Whistling Kite (286)
- Red-capped Plover (282)
- Australian White Ibis (260)
- Whimbrel (259)
- Caspian Tern (257)
- White-faced Heron (246)
- Silver Gull (237)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Tuan
- Grey Plover (221)
- Red-necked Stint (218)
- Australian Wood Duck (202)
- Red Knot (200)
- Willie Wagtail (188)
- Little Egret (187)
- Australian Magpie (186)
- Magpie-lark (182)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (173)
- Welcome Swallow (171)
- Grey-tailed Tattler (161)
- Mongolian Lesser Sand Plover (160)
- Torresian Crow (160)
- Noisy Miner (153)
- Australian Pelican (152)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (152)
- Royal Spoonbill (146)
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 Tuan:
- Boonooroo (2.1 km)
- Poona (5.5 km)
- Maaroom (7.8 km)
- Tuan Forest (8.8 km)
- Boonooroo Plains (9 km)
- Tinnanbar (11.9 km)
- The Dimonds (14.4 km)
- Magnolia (19.1 km)
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Streets
- Bottlebrush Road (5)
- Esplanade (14)
- Lynette Street (3)
- Maryborough - Cooloola Road (2)
- Milzewski Street (10)
- Sanctuary Place (14)
- Shaw Street (17)
- Tuan Esplanade (47)
- Turton Street (20)
- Weber Street (10)
- Wilkinson Road (33)
