Wilson Beach QLD 4800
60 addresses · 2 streets
Dawson Electorate › Whitsunday LGA › Wilson Beach · 892 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Wilson Beach is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 68 people, with a median age of 58. The typical household earns around $1,312 a week, with median rent near $178 a week. Most homes are houses. About 88% of households own their home and 12% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, German. 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 Proserpine statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Wilson Beach itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 café or restaurant
1 park
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Whitsunday Coast Airport, 17.7 km 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: 51.7% 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 | 51.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 36.7% |
Demographics
Population by age in Wilson Beach
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 5 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 5 |
| 35-44 | 7 |
| 45-54 | 11 |
| 55-64 | 15 |
| 65-74 | 12 |
| 75-84 | 9 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Wilson Beach
| House | 28 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Wilson Beach
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 16 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 15 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Wilson Beach
| English | 42 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 23 |
| German | 10 |
| Scottish | 9 |
| Aboriginal | 8 |
| Ancestry NS | 7 |
Housing tenure in Wilson Beach
| Owned | 17 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 13 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Wilson Beach
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 13 |
| 3 | 5 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Wilson Beach
| Car | 27 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Top countries of birth in Wilson Beach
| Philippines | 3 |
|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
891 bird observations recorded near Wilson Beach — most often seen:
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (49)
- Silver Gull (46)
- Brahminy Kite (40)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (40)
- Olive-backed Sunbird (34)
- Whimbrel (34)
- Red-capped Plover (32)
- Eastern Bar-shouldered Dove (31)
- Australian Brush-turkey (30)
- Black Kite (30)
- Eastern Curlew (29)
- Eastern Peaceful Dove (29)
- Hornbill Helmeted Friarbird (29)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Wilson Beach
- Southern Spangled Drongo (29)
- White-throated Honeyeater (29)
- White-breasted Woodswallow (28)
- Central Queensland Coast Lewin's Honeyeater (27)
- Eastern Forest Kingfisher (27)
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (27)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (27)
- Masked Lapwing (27)
- Southern Queensland Orange-footed Scrubfowl (27)
- White-bellied Sea-eagle (27)
- Australian Torresian Crow (25)
- Eastern Leaden Flycatcher (25)
- Little Egret (25)
- Eastern Dusky Honeyeater (24)
- Mainland Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (22)
- Northern Red-tailed Black-cockatoo (22)
- Great Egret (20)
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 Wilson Beach:
- Conway Beach (1.8 km)
- Conway (1.9 km)
- Palm Grove (8.9 km)
- Lethebrook (11.1 km)
- Goorganga Plains (12.1 km)
- Preston (12.1 km)
- Glen Isla (14.4 km)
- Breadalbane (14.5 km)
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Streets
- Davison Road (41)
- Hall Drive (19)