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Wangan QLD 4871

340 addresses · 23 streets

Kennedy Electorate › Cassowary Coast LGA › Wangan · 1315 km from Brisbane

Living Here

Wangan is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 612 people, with a median age of 41. The typical household earns around $1,345 a week, with median rent near $255 a week. Most homes are houses. About 76% of households own their home and 24% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Italian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

612Population
41Median age
$1,345Median household income / wk
$255Median rent / wk
2.5Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Johnstone statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Wangan itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Innisfail, 5.4 km north · Railway halt: Innisfail Mini Rail, 6.4 km north · Airport: Innisfail Aerodrome, 1.7 km north.

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Socio-economic Standing

😟More disadvantaged · 1/10
Economic resources3/10
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: 18.3% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Wangan

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

Tree cover measures, Wangan QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202018.3%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202120.7%

Demographics

Unemployment 3.7% · Labour-force participation 56.3%

Population by age in Wangan
Population by age, Wangan QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-432
5-1492
15-1934
20-2422
25-3464
35-4482
45-5468
55-6489
65-7484
75-8430
85+14
Dwelling types in Wangan
Dwelling types, Wangan QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House209
Townhouse8
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Wangan
Households by weekly income, Wangan QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$65039
$650-1,49959
$1,500-2,99976
$3,000+18
Top ancestries in Wangan
Top ancestries, Wangan QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Australian212
English200
Italian94
Ancestry NS65
Irish60
Other55
Housing tenure in Wangan
Housing tenure, Wangan QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned93
Mortgage67
Rented50
Other0
Cars per household in Wangan
Cars per household, Wangan QLD (ABS Census 2021)
013
169
288
331
4+15
Commute to work in Wangan
Commute to work, Wangan QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car212
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked11
Bicycle6
Home3
Top countries of birth in Wangan
Top countries of birth, Wangan QLD (ABS Census 2021)
England12
Italy8
New Zealand4
Papua New Guinea4
India3
Languages used at home in Wangan
Languages used at home, Wangan QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Italian5
Punjabi4

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

1,468 bird observations recorded near Wangan — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Wangan

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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Satellite view — Digital Earth Australia (Geoscience Australia) · CC BY 4.0.