Wondecla QLD 4887
410 addresses · 48 streets
Kennedy Electorate › Tablelands LGA › Wondecla · 1362 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Wondecla is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 661 people, with a median age of 52. The typical household earns around $1,083 a week, with median rent near $250 a week. Most homes are houses. About 84% 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 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Herberton statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Wondecla itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
1 hospital
1 library
1 service station
2 gyms & sports centres
1 hardware store
Getting around. Railway halt: Herberton Historic Village, 6.8 km north-west · Airport: Mareeba Airport, 39.1 km north.
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: 71.5% 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 | 71.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 89.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5.2% · Labour-force participation 52.4%
Population by age in Wondecla
| 0-4 | 26 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 85 |
| 15-19 | 35 |
| 20-24 | 28 |
| 25-34 | 42 |
| 35-44 | 68 |
| 45-54 | 82 |
| 55-64 | 143 |
| 65-74 | 114 |
| 75-84 | 39 |
| 85+ | 7 |
Dwelling types in Wondecla
| House | 253 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Wondecla
| <$650 | 59 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 79 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 52 |
| $3,000+ | 22 |
Top ancestries in Wondecla
| English | 270 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 251 |
| Scottish | 85 |
| Ancestry NS | 72 |
| Irish | 70 |
| German | 45 |
Housing tenure in Wondecla
| Owned | 125 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 85 |
| Rented | 27 |
| Other | 12 |
Cars per household in Wondecla
| 0 | 8 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 68 |
| 2 | 109 |
| 3 | 42 |
| 4+ | 26 |
Commute to work in Wondecla
| Car | 192 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 10 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 17 |
Top countries of birth in Wondecla
| England | 29 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 9 |
| United States | 8 |
| Germany | 4 |
| Netherlands | 4 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 |
Languages used at home in Wondecla
| German | 9 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
15,900 bird observations recorded near Wondecla — most often seen:
- Fuscous Honeyeater (916)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (809)
- Willie Wagtail (723)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (705)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (686)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (673)
- White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike (656)
- Rufous Whistler (644)
- Noisy Friarbird (610)
- Red-browed Finch (606)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (593)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (586)
- Peaceful Dove (581)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Wondecla
- Noisy Miner (569)
- Dusky Woodswallow (546)
- Magpie-lark (539)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (521)
- Laughing Kookaburra (495)
- Pacific Black Duck (468)
- Red-backed Fairy-wren (457)
- Grey Fantail (449)
- Bridled Honeyeater (411)
- White-cheeked Honeyeater (391)
- Crested Shrike-tit (373)
- White-throated Treecreeper (347)
- White-naped Honeyeater (337)
- Grey Butcherbird (330)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (301)
- Comb-crested Jacana (294)
- Eurasian Coot (284)
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 Wondecla:
- Kalunga (4.2 km)
- Herberton (5.8 km)
- Moomin (7 km)
- Kaban (10.5 km)
- Wongabel (11.5 km)
- Watsonville (13.6 km)
- Evelyn (13.7 km)
- Upper Barron (14.1 km)
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Streets
- Adams Road (3)
- Alma Road (3)
- Bajema Road (4)
- Bass Road (3)
- Bradlaugh Road (6)
- Brewery Hill Road (3)
- Bushnell Road (8)
- Byers Road (5)
- Chester Road (19)
- Christie Palmerston Drive (8)
- Cleghorn Road (2)
- Cliff Road (1)
- Coorey Road (1)
- Corey Road (4)
- Dielhof Drive (18)
- E Hill Road (25)
- East Hill Road (25)
- Elms Road (21)
- Elms Road W (5)
- Flaggy Creek Road (2)
- Glue Pot Road (1)
- Goldfinch Road (5)
- Gollogly Road (3)
- Gribble Road (4)
- Harding Road (7)
- Homestead Road (2)
- J A Dawson Road (2)
- James Road (3)
- Longlands Gap Herberton Road (66)
- Longlands Gap Road (26)
- Ludlow Road (3)
- Lyall Street (1)
- Miller Road (4)
- Monds Dip Road (1)
- Nicholson Road (3)
- Pompo Close (6)
- Reynolds Road (2)
- Robinson Road (8)
- Rolley Road (32)
- Sigley Road (11)
- Springvale Road (2)
- Taylor Road (2)
- Tepon Road (7)
- Wayne Bishop Road (10)
- Webster Road (7)
- Wieland Road (10)
- Wyatt Road (1)
- Zingelmann Road (15)
