Welcome Creek QLD 4670

Living Here

Welcome Creek is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 421 people, with a median age of 45. The typical household earns around $1,781 a week, with median rent near $270 a week. Most homes are houses. About 81% of households own their home and 17% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Bundaberg Region - North statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Welcome Creek itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 5 hospitals

  • Mater Misericordiae Hospital Bundaberg
  • Bundaberg Base Hospital
  • CCU - Community Care Unit
  • Friendly Society Private Hospital
  • Bundaberg Private Day Hospital

Getting around. Airport: Bundaberg Airport, 14.9 km south.

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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: 17.9% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 4.1% · Labour-force participation 62.4%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

715 bird observations recorded near Welcome Creek — most often seen:

• Black Kite (39)
• Black-shouldered Kite (37)
• Pacific Black Duck (37)
• Willie Wagtail (34)
• Magpie-lark (31)
• Torresian Crow (30)
• Australian Magpie (28)
• Pied Butcherbird (27)
• Spotted Harrier (26)
• Australasian Figbird (25)
• Brown Honeyeater (25)
• Australian White Ibis (24)
• Golden-headed Cisticola (24)

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 Welcome Creek:

• Meadowvale (5.4 km)
• Gooburrum (7.2 km)
• Moore Park Beach (7.2 km)
• Moorland (7.7 km)
• Oakwood (8.6 km)
• Fairymead (9.2 km)
• Bundaberg North (10.6 km)
• Sharon (12.2 km)

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