Wallu QLD 4570
85 addresses · 6 streets
Wide Bay Electorate › Gympie LGA › Wallu · 170 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Wallu is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 108 people, with a median age of 51. The typical household earns around $875 a week, with median rent near $350 a week. Most homes are houses. About 91% of households own their home and 9% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. 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 Cooloola statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Wallu itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 carpenter
Getting around. Airport: Gympie Airport, 43 km south-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: 39.8% 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 | 39.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 79.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 6.1% · Labour-force participation 36.7%
Population by age in Wallu
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 10 |
| 15-19 | 11 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 6 |
| 35-44 | 8 |
| 45-54 | 15 |
| 55-64 | 18 |
| 65-74 | 25 |
| 75-84 | 8 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Wallu
| House | 35 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Wallu
| <$650 | 8 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 18 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Wallu
| English | 46 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 41 |
| Ancestry NS | 18 |
| Irish | 14 |
| German | 10 |
| Scottish | 7 |
Housing tenure in Wallu
| Owned | 23 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 6 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Wallu
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 11 |
| 2 | 12 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Wallu
| Car | 28 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 3 |
Top countries of birth in Wallu
| England | 4 |
|---|---|
| United States | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
271 bird observations recorded near Wallu — most often seen:
- Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (19)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (18)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (16)
- Noisy Friarbird (13)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (13)
- Dollarbird (11)
- Laughing Kookaburra (10)
- Australian Magpie (9)
- Rufous Whistler (9)
- Southern Noisy Friarbird (9)
- Torresian Crow (9)
- Brown Honeyeater (8)
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (8)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Wallu
- Eastern Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (8)
- Peaceful Dove (8)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (8)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (8)
- White-cheeked Honeyeater (8)
- Australian Torresian Crow (7)
- Brown Falcon (7)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (7)
- Forest Kingfisher (7)
- Red-winged Parrot (7)
- Welcome Swallow (7)
- Willie Wagtail (7)
- Australian Pipit (6)
- Eastern Brown Honeyeater (6)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (6)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (6)
- Magpie-lark (6)
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 Wallu:
- Toolara Forest (8 km)
- Cooloola Cove (8.1 km)
- Tin Can Bay (9.8 km)
- Kia Ora (16 km)
- Neerdie (17.1 km)
- Inskip (17.7 km)
- Rainbow Beach (18.6 km)
- Goomboorian (19.1 km)
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Streets
- Bobrei Court (14)
- Clyde Road (7)
- Lebier Court (13)
- Osborne Court (47)
- Rainbow Beach Road (1)
- Tin Can Bay Road (3)
