Woongarra QLD 4670
254 addresses · 19 streets
Hinkler Electorate › Bundaberg LGA › Woongarra · 293 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Woongarra is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 585 people, with a median age of 46. The typical household earns around $2,010 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 79% of households own their home and 18% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Bargara - Burnett Heads statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Woongarra itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 Catholic churches
1 optometrist
1 service station
1 hardware store
Getting around. Train station: Bundaberg, 7.2 km west · Bus interchange: Bundaberg Coach Station, 6.5 km west · Airport: Bundaberg Airport, 9.4 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: 5.9% 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 | 5.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 10.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.4% · Labour-force participation 68.1%
Population by age in Woongarra
| 0-4 | 19 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 84 |
| 15-19 | 36 |
| 20-24 | 27 |
| 25-34 | 50 |
| 35-44 | 71 |
| 45-54 | 93 |
| 55-64 | 111 |
| 65-74 | 59 |
| 75-84 | 28 |
| 85+ | 6 |
Dwelling types in Woongarra
| House | 201 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Woongarra
| <$650 | 12 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 45 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 75 |
| $3,000+ | 42 |
Top ancestries in Woongarra
| English | 262 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 227 |
| German | 85 |
| Scottish | 76 |
| Irish | 50 |
| Other | 34 |
Housing tenure in Woongarra
| Owned | 77 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 81 |
| Rented | 36 |
| Other | 7 |
Cars per household in Woongarra
| 0 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 33 |
| 2 | 64 |
| 3 | 49 |
| 4+ | 41 |
Commute to work in Woongarra
| Car | 230 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 3 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 18 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 32 |
Top countries of birth in Woongarra
| England | 14 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 14 |
| Thailand | 12 |
| Netherlands | 9 |
| Fiji | 5 |
| United States | 5 |
Languages used at home in Woongarra
| Thai | 8 |
|---|---|
| Italian | 5 |
| Australian Indigenous | 4 |
| Mandarin | 4 |
| German | 3 |
| Vietnamese | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,151 bird observations recorded near Woongarra — most often seen:
- Australian White Ibis (68)
- Pacific Black Duck (55)
- Magpie Goose (49)
- Magpie-lark (48)
- Australian Wood Duck (45)
- Dusky Moorhen (45)
- Double-barred Finch (42)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (42)
- Crested Pigeon (40)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (40)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (39)
- Willie Wagtail (39)
- Noisy Miner (38)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Woongarra
- Rainbow Lorikeet (38)
- Australian Magpie (34)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (34)
- Eastern Asian Spotted Dove (34)
- Little Black Cormorant (34)
- Peaceful Dove (34)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (34)
- Australasian Darter (33)
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (33)
- House Sparrow (33)
- Little Pied Cormorant (33)
- White-breasted Woodswallow (33)
- Common Myna (31)
- Eastern Brown Honeyeater (31)
- Nankeen Kestrel (31)
- Southern Magpie-lark (31)
- Green Figbird (30)
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 Woongarra:
- Ashfield (2.8 km)
- Windermere (3.5 km)
- Kepnock (4.1 km)
- Avenell Heights (4.4 km)
- Thabeban (5.1 km)
- Bundaberg East (5.2 km)
- Kalkie (5.3 km)
- Walkervale (5.5 km)
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Streets
- Back Springfield Road (30)
- Behnkes Road (5)
- Bells Road (4)
- Chards Road (5)
- Dahls Road (10)
- Elliott Heads Road (67)
- Elverys Road (9)
- Fingers Road (1)
- Hummock Road (10)
- Kleins Road (11)
- Langbeckers East Road (15)
- Lovers Walk (27)
- Saint Johns Road (12)
- School Lane (2)
- St Johns Road (14)
- Three Chain Road (16)
- Wallace Road (6)
- Wawoon Road (7)
- Zinks Road (3)
