Woongoolba QLD 4207
198 addresses · 17 streets
Fadden Electorate › Gold Coast LGA › Woongoolba · 41 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Woongoolba is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 282 people, with a median age of 39. The typical household earns around $1,542 a week, with median rent near $290 a week. Most homes are houses. About 59% of households own their home and 30% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, 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 Jacobs Well - Alberton statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Woongoolba itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
2 gyms & sports centres
2 golf clubs
Getting around. Train station: Ormeau, 7.5 km south-west · Airport: Southport Flying Club, 21.2 km south.
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: 23.8% 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.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 23.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 12.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4% · Labour-force participation 67.6%
Population by age in Woongoolba
| 0-4 | 15 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 41 |
| 15-19 | 17 |
| 20-24 | 21 |
| 25-34 | 28 |
| 35-44 | 43 |
| 45-54 | 43 |
| 55-64 | 32 |
| 65-74 | 28 |
| 75-84 | 9 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Woongoolba
| House | 93 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Woongoolba
| <$650 | 16 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 15 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 24 |
| $3,000+ | 12 |
Top ancestries in Woongoolba
| Australian | 116 |
|---|---|
| English | 112 |
| German | 83 |
| Irish | 21 |
| Scottish | 21 |
| Aboriginal | 16 |
Housing tenure in Woongoolba
| Owned | 37 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 21 |
| Rented | 29 |
| Other | 11 |
Cars per household in Woongoolba
| 0 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 23 |
| 2 | 44 |
| 3 | 18 |
| 4+ | 16 |
Commute to work in Woongoolba
| Car | 110 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 11 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 21 |
Top countries of birth in Woongoolba
| New Zealand | 13 |
|---|---|
| Indonesia | 3 |
Languages used at home in Woongoolba
| Indonesian | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,051 bird observations recorded near Woongoolba — most often seen:
- Australian White Ibis (128)
- Australian Pelican (126)
- Whistling Kite (104)
- Silver Gull (90)
- Variegated Fairy-wren (86)
- White-bellied Sea-eagle (81)
- Australian Magpie (80)
- Torresian Crow (80)
- Brahminy Kite (75)
- Black Kite (74)
- Magpie-lark (71)
- Welcome Swallow (69)
- Masked Lapwing (66)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Woongoolba
- Great Egret (65)
- Crested Pigeon (62)
- Crested Tern (62)
- Willie Wagtail (61)
- Little Egret (60)
- Noisy Miner (56)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (55)
- Australian Wood Duck (54)
- Mangrove Gerygone (53)
- Osprey (52)
- Black-shouldered Kite (51)
- Mangrove Honeyeater (50)
- Straw-necked Ibis (49)
- White-faced Heron (49)
- Brown Honeyeater (48)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (48)
- Pied Butcherbird (46)
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 Woongoolba:
- Steiglitz (3.4 km)
- Norwell (4.2 km)
- Gilberton (4.6 km)
- Alberton (6.5 km)
- Ormeau (7.2 km)
- Jacobs Well (7.3 km)
- Stapylton (7.7 km)
- Ormeau Hills (9.4 km)
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Streets
- Cooks Road (7)
- Finglas Road (16)
- Fischers Road (5)
- Gibsons Road (12)
- Gross Road (7)
- Holmstead Road (4)
- Loves Road (5)
- Marks Road (8)
- Mill Road (22)
- New Norwell Road (16)
- Norwell Road (2)
- Rocky Point Road (9)
- School Road (16)
- Short Cut Road (5)
- Stapylton - Jacobs Well Road (55)
- Sugarcane Road (1)
- Wohlsen Road (8)
