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Woombye QLD 4559

2,088 addresses · 91 streets

Fairfax Electorate › Sunshine Coast LGA › Woombye · 90 km from Brisbane

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Living Here

Woombye is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 3,944 people, with a median age of 40. The typical household earns around $1,763 a week, with median rent near $400 a week. Most homes are houses. About 72% of households own their home and 27% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

3,944Population
40Median age
$1,763Median household income / wk
$400Median rent / wk
2.7Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Woombye, 550 m west · Tram stop: William Street, 3.9 km north · Railway halt: Koala, 2.7 km south-east · Airport: Sunshine Coast Airport, 13.8 km north-east.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙂Above average · 6/10
Economic resources6/10
Education & jobs6/10

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: 31.6% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Woombye

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

Tree cover measures, Woombye QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202031.6%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202164.0%

Demographics

Unemployment 4.3% · Labour-force participation 66.3%

Population by age in Woombye
Population by age, Woombye QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-4208
5-14540
15-19282
20-24205
25-34437
35-44543
45-54593
55-64523
65-74374
75-84190
85+50
Dwelling types in Woombye
Dwelling types, Woombye QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House1,204
Townhouse104
Apartment8
Other84
Households by weekly income in Woombye
Households by weekly income, Woombye QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$650186
$650-1,499395
$1,500-2,999477
$3,000+256
Top ancestries in Woombye
Top ancestries, Woombye QLD (ABS Census 2021)
English1,843
Australian1,539
Scottish510
Irish479
German324
Other298
Housing tenure in Woombye
Housing tenure, Woombye QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned392
Mortgage615
Rented370
Other14
Cars per household in Woombye
Cars per household, Woombye QLD (ABS Census 2021)
043
1364
2591
3255
4+146
Commute to work in Woombye
Commute to work, Woombye QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car1,419
Train3
Bus16
Tram/ferry0
Walked25
Bicycle0
Home248
Top countries of birth in Woombye
Top countries of birth, Woombye QLD (ABS Census 2021)
England224
New Zealand157
South Africa67
Germany20
Scotland20
Canada18
Languages used at home in Woombye
Languages used at home, Woombye QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Afrikaans34
German18
Italian15
French11
Mandarin7
Cantonese6

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

15,055 bird observations recorded near Woombye — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near 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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Image — Woombye Community Association · CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons).