Wongaling Beach QLD 4852

Living Here

Wongaling Beach is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 1,323 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $1,256 a week, with median rent near $273 a week. Most homes are houses. About 67% of households own their home and 31% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. 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 Tully statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Wongaling Beach itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 2 schools

  • Mission Beach State School
  • Carey Zero
• 5 cafés & restaurants

  • Cafe Bang Bang
  • The Shack
  • Spicy Thai Hut
  • Bunmee Thai Food
  • Glows' Cafe
• 1 supermarket

  • Woolworths
• 2 parks

  • Lions Park
  • Alan Wheatley Memorial Park
• 1 beach

  • Wongaling Beach
• 1 Catholic church

  • Holy Spirit Catholic Church
• 1 pharmacy

  • LiveLife
• 1 medical clinic

  • Tristar Medical
• 1 physiotherapist

  • Cassowary Coast Physiotherapy
• 1 vet

  • Tropical Vets - Mission Beach
• 1 childcare centre

  • Bright Horizons Australia Childcare
• 1 library

  • Wongaling Beach Library
• 1 service station

  • Caltex Woolworths
• 2 gyms & sports centres

  • Survivor Fitness Gym
  • Mission Beach Aquatic Centre
• 4 playgrounds

  • Senior Playground
  • Preparatory Playground
  • Year 3 Playground
  • Junior Playground
• 1 hardware store

  • Mitre 10
• 1 hairdresser

  • Minx Hair & Beauty
• 1 mechanic

  • The Caravan Man
• 24 places to stay

  • Scotty's Hostel
  • Mission Beach Shores
  • Absolute Backpackers
  • Tropical Hibiscus Caravan Park
  • Beach Break
  • Roya Holiday House
  • Beach Holiday Units
  • Boutique Bungalows
  • Fragipani Place
  • Wongalinga Apartments

  See all 24 places to stay near Wongaling Beach →

Getting around. Bus interchange: Mission Beach, 700 m north · Airport: Innisfail Aerodrome, 39.2 km north.

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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: 65.8% 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 4.8% · Labour-force participation 52.2%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

41,738 bird observations recorded near Wongaling Beach — most often seen:

• Australasian Figbird (2,991)
• Black Butcherbird (2,558)
• White-breasted Woodswallow (2,524)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (2,224)
• Australian Swiftlet (2,122)
• Torresian Imperial-pigeon (2,058)
• Bar-shouldered Dove (1,961)
• Masked Lapwing (1,850)
• Rainbow Bee-eater (1,760)
• Southern Cassowary (1,678)
• Helmeted Friarbird (1,542)
• Spangled Drongo (1,521)
• Metallic Starling (1,504)

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 Wongaling Beach:

• Mission Beach (3.8 km)
• South Mission Beach (4.5 km)
• Djiru (4.5 km)
• Carmoo (6.5 km)
• Bingil Bay (8 km)
• Granadilla (9.5 km)
• Garners Beach (9.5 km)
• East Feluga (9.6 km)

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