Widgee QLD 4570

Living Here

Widgee is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 862 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $1,223 a week, with median rent near $280 a week. Most homes are houses. About 90% of households own their home and 9% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

• 1 school

  • Widgee State School
• 2 parks

  • Webb Park
  • Marg McIntosh Park
• 1 service station

  • Widgee Store

Getting around. Airport: Gympie Airport, 27.9 km east.

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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: 49.3% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 6% · Labour-force participation 47.5%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

1,149 bird observations recorded near Widgee — most often seen:

• Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (58)
• Torresian Crow (57)
• Double-barred Finch (51)
• Brown Honeyeater (48)
• Lewin's Honeyeater (45)
• Rainbow Bee-eater (44)
• Striated Pardalote (41)
• Australian Magpie (40)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (40)
• Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (39)
• Eastern Whipbird (39)
• Eastern Australian Magpie (38)
• Bar-shouldered Dove (37)

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 Widgee:

• Glastonbury (9.7 km)
• Upper Glastonbury (9.8 km)
• Lower Wonga (11.9 km)
• Scrubby Creek (13.7 km)
• Wrattens Forest (14.7 km)
• The Palms (15.6 km)
• Marys Creek (15.8 km)
• Bells Bridge (16.2 km)

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