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West Woombye QLD 4559

476 addresses · 24 streets

Fisher Electorate › Sunshine Coast LGA › West Woombye · 90 km from Brisbane

Living Here

West Woombye is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 1,083 people, with a median age of 47. The typical household earns around $2,115 a week, with median rent near $420 a week. Most homes are houses. About 87% of households own their home and 11% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

1,083Population
47Median age
$2,115Median household income / wk
$420Median rent / wk
3.1Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Woombye, 2.8 km east · Tram stop: Nambour, 4.8 km north-east · Railway halt: Sunshine Railway Modellers Society., 4.8 km north-east · Airport: Sunshine Coast Airport, 16.9 km north-east.

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Socio-economic Standing

😄Very advantaged · 8/10
Economic resources10/10
Education & jobs7/10

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: 42.7% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in West Woombye

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

Tree cover measures, West Woombye QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202042.7%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202178.6%

Demographics

Unemployment 3.2% · Labour-force participation 59.1%

Population by age in West Woombye
Population by age, West Woombye QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-436
5-14134
15-1974
20-2455
25-3482
35-44113
45-54161
55-64146
65-74136
75-8493
85+44
Dwelling types in West Woombye
Dwelling types, West Woombye QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House313
Townhouse0
Apartment4
Other0
Households by weekly income in West Woombye
Households by weekly income, West Woombye QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$65037
$650-1,49970
$1,500-2,999103
$3,000+80
Top ancestries in West Woombye
Top ancestries, West Woombye QLD (ABS Census 2021)
English478
Australian446
Scottish151
Irish110
Ancestry NS106
German84
Housing tenure in West Woombye
Housing tenure, West Woombye QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned139
Mortgage136
Rented36
Other5
Cars per household in West Woombye
Cars per household, West Woombye QLD (ABS Census 2021)
00
147
2124
364
4+79
Commute to work in West Woombye
Commute to work, West Woombye QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car358
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked9
Bicycle0
Home66
Top countries of birth in West Woombye
Top countries of birth, West Woombye QLD (ABS Census 2021)
England46
New Zealand27
Germany11
South Africa7
Hong Kong6
Wales6
Languages used at home in West Woombye
Languages used at home, West Woombye QLD (ABS Census 2021)
German8
French7
Sinhalese3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

10,730 bird observations recorded near West Woombye — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near West Woombye

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.