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QLD · Cassowary Coast Council
Wongaling Beach, 4852
Est. population · Jun 2025
1,429
Growth (1 yr)
+1.5%
Growth (5 yr)
+6.9%
Median age
48
Median income
$1,256/wk
Employment rate
49.7%
Languages at home
9.5%non-English
Most common: Samoan, Punjabi, Afrikaans
2021 Census · usual residence
Desirability score
- Green suburb
- National parks
- High desirability
- Education hub
- Café precinct
Suburb profile
Wongaling Beach is a regional smaller community in Cassowary Coast Council, oriented around local life rather than the metro orbit of Brisbane. Retirees and empty-nesters are well represented here, with multiple generations sharing the same neighbourhood. Fitness and outdoor sport options are a real part of local life, not just a distant club trip away.
Parks and open space are a real strength relative to many regional towns, easy for walks, sport and weekend downtime. Buses serve the suburb. Purchase and rent costs sit on the more affordable side of the local range.
Reported crime has been falling recently. Tree-lined streets and established homes set the tone, with little pressure to reinvent the neighbourhood.
Versus similar regional towns, the suburb reads around average on desirability, chiefly because community and employment, plus schools and education trail behind.
At a glance
Wongaling Beach snapshot
A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk
Median rent
$450/wk
Population (ERP)
1,429
+1.5% annual growth
Dwelling vacancy
22.3%
Census unoccupied dwellings
Livability profile
Desirability pillars vs the peer median (50th percentile)
How it compares
Relative standing using percentiles, ranks, and national deciles
Desirability
#32
among Country & regional · Mature
Safety
6th
percentile in state (higher = safer)
Pop. growth
63rd
percentile in QLD
Advantage (IRSAD)
3/10
national SEIFA decile
School ICSEA
43rd
percentile among schools with ICSEA
Population growth
Recent ERP change over 1 and 5 years
Housing mix
Dwelling types from the 2021 Census
Risks & flags
Quick scan — open a section below for full context
Living here
Desirability
Ranks & confidence
- Desirability score
- 54.1/100 — Average
- State standing
- Top 26% of Queensland's suburbs
- National rank
- 1665th in Australia
- State rank
- 383rd in QLD
- Peer rank
- #32 among Country & regional · Mature suburbs
- Cohort rank
- #108 among Country & regional suburbs
- Data confidence
- 77%
Data sources & freshness
- Suburb Guide desirability index — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
Housing
- All types (Mar 2026)
- $450
Median weekly rent from Queensland RTA rental bond data. Figures can be unreliable where few bonds were lodged in the quarter.
Contributes to desirability score · Housing (15%) · Future Growth (7%)
Median price, rental yield and vacancy Recent price momentum
Data sources & freshness
- RTA bond statistics — Residential Tenancies Authority (Queensland) · Mar 2026 · Updated · Quarterly releases
Population
Estimated resident population
1,429(June 2025)
+1.5% annual · +6.9% over 5 years · 63th percentile in QLD
Growth figures & methodology
- Annual growth
- +1.5%
- 5-year growth
- +6.9%
- Change in 1 year
- +21
- Change in 5 years
- +92
- Growth rank in QLD
- 63th percentile
ABS Estimated Resident Population allocated to this suburb from SA2-level data. Not an official ABS suburb count.
Methodology
Figures are allocated from ABS Estimated Resident Population at Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2), using 2021 Census share within overlapping SA2 regions. Where Census data is unavailable, area overlap is used instead.
The dashed chart line is a simple growth-trend estimate to June 2030 (~1,500), extrapolated at +0.8% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.
2021 Census figures
2021 Census
- Population
- 1,323
- Median age
- 48
- Median household income / week
- $1,256
- Dwelling vacancy
- 22.3%
- Unoccupied private dwellings
- 144 of 647
- Median monthly mortgage
- $1,517
- Employment rate
- 49.7%
- Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
- 370 / 42 / 73 (+ 8 other)
Contributes to desirability score · Community (5%)
Employment, household income and age diversity (2021 Census)
Data sources & freshness
- 2021 Census — General Community Profile — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
The 2026 Census runs in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.
- Estimated Resident Population — Australian Bureau of Statistics · 2025 · Updated · SA2 ERP allocated to suburb boundaries
Community & culture
No 2021 Census cultural diversity data for this suburb yet.
Data sources & freshness
- 2021 Census — General Community Profile — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
The 2026 Census runs in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.
Crime & safety
Reported offences are running lower than the same point last year.
Offence counts & rates
- Total offences (Jan 2026 to Aug 2026)
- 20
- Against the person
- 5
- Against property
- 5
- Rate per 1,000 residents
- 14
- Person-crime prevalence
- About 1 in 265 residents
- State safety percentile
- 5.8th (lower crime is better)
- Decrease (daily rate, partial year)
- -22.8%
Most common offence types
- Drug Offences6
- Traffic And Related Offences26
- Assault10
- Good Order Offences6
- Other Theft (Excl. Unlawful Entry)7
Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)
Crime rate and year-on-year trend
Data sources & freshness
- QPS Online Crime Map — Queensland Police Service · Jan 2025 to Dec 2025 → Jan 2026 to Aug 2026; Jan 2026 to Aug 2026 · Updated · Calendar-year aggregates
Family & Lifestyle
Schools & preschools
- Schools within 2 km
- 1
- Median school ICSEA
- 991
- Median ICSEA percentile
- 43th
School list
- Mission Beach State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 991 · 43th percentile · LBOTE 15% · 296 students · Top SEA quarter 12% · 0.6 km awayView on My School →
Contributes to desirability score · Education (15%)
School and preschool counts, median school ICSEA
Data sources & freshness
- ACARA school locations — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority · 2025 · Updated · Annual release
- School ICSEA scores — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority · 2025 · Updated · Annual release
Childcare
1 childcare service from OpenStreetMap
- Bright Horizons Australia Childcarekindergarten
Contributes to desirability score · Education (15%)
Childcare centre count
Data sources & freshness
- Childcare services — OpenStreetMap · current · Updated
Amenities
145 nearby amenities within ~1.5 km
2 restaurants · 2 cafes · 1 supermarkets · 1 pharmacies · 2 libraries · 1 places of worship · 5 playgrounds · 6 swimming pools
Local character & venue list
Local character
- A car helps for daily errands
- Great for outdoor family life — 2 parks mapped in suburb, 5 playgrounds nearby
- Strong local sport and recreation — 17 sport and outdoor facilities nearby
- Walkability proxy
- 50/100
- Cafés per 1,000 residents
- 1.51
- Food & drink per 1,000 residents
- 3.02
- Parks per 1,000 residents
- 1.51
Food & drink(4)
- Cafe Bang BangCafe
38-40 Dickinson Street, Wongaling Beach
- The ShackCafe
1996 Tully Mission Beach Road, Wongaling Beach
- Bunmee Thai FoodRestaurant
2044 Tully Mission Beach Road
- Spicy Thai HutRestaurant
Shopping(2)
- WoolworthsSupermarket
38-40 Dickinson Street, Wongaling Beach
Community(5)
- Bright Horizons Australia ChildcareKindergarten
- Library
- Wongaling Beach LibraryLibrary
- Carey ZeroSchool
- Mission Beach State SchoolSchool
21 - 101 Webb Road, Wongaling Beach
Health & services(3)
- Tristar MedicalClinic
- LiveLifePharmacy
34-40 Dickinson Street, Wongaling Beach
- Tropical Vets - Mission BeachVeterinary
Sport & outdoors(18)
- Survivor Fitness GymGym
2042 Tully Mission Beach Road, Wongaling Beach
- Lions ParkPark
- Junior PlaygroundPlayground
- Playground
- Preparatory PlaygroundPlayground
- Senior PlaygroundPlayground
- Year 3 PlaygroundPlayground
- 1/2 FieldSports field
- 3/4 FieldSports field
- Mission Beach Skate ParkSports field
- MultiPurpose CourtSports field
- Sports field
- Chemex Pool Shop & ChemicalsSwimming pool
2044 Tully Mission Beach Road, Wongaling Beach
- Swimming pool (5)
Transport(1)
1 bus stops
Other(63)
- BWSAlcohol
38-40 Dickinson Street, Wongaling Beach
- BWSAlcohol
Wongaling Beach Road
- Apartment (12)
- Mission Beach ShoresApartment
137-139 Reid Road, Wongaling Beach
- Roya Holiday HouseApartment
8 Koda Street, Wongaling Beach
- Artwork
- WestpacATM
- The Big CassowaryAttraction
Tully-Mission Beach Road
- Bendigo BankBank
38-40 Dickinson Street, Wongaling Beach
- Bbq
- Bench (10)
- Buddy BenchBench
- Bicycle Parking
- Mission BeachBus Station
- Bali Hai Holiday ParkCamp Site
- Tropical Hibiscus Caravan ParkCaravan Site
- Beach Lyfe Co.Clothes
38-40 Dickinson Street, Wongaling Beach
- Cold BubblersDrinking water
- Drinking water (6)
- Mission Beach Fire StationFire station
- Garden 2016Garden
- Licuala LodgeGuest House
11 Mission Circle
- Minx Hair & BeautyHairdresser
38-40 Dickinson Street, Wongaling Beach
- Absolute BackpackersHostel
- Scotty's HostelHostel
78 Holland Street, Wongaling Beach
- Mission Beach Information StationInformation
- Reid Road Coastal Reserve (Sign)Information
- Rotary ParkInformation
- Lounger (2)
- Relax with Reiki ReflexologyMassage
30 Wongaling Beach Road
- Boutique BungalowsMotel
- Music Storage RoomMusic School
- Koda Street Coastal ReserveNature Reserve
- Reid Road Coastal ReserveNature Reserve
- Parking (17)
- Caltex WoolworthsPetrol station
- Cassowary Coast PhysiotherapyPhysiotherapist
- Picnic Table (7)
- Holy Spirit Catholic ChurchPlace of worship
- Mission Beach Police StationPolice
- Australia PostPost Box
- Mens BathroomPublic toilets
- Public toilets
- Staff BathroomPublic toilets
- Womens BathroomPublic toilets
- Recycling
- Cassowary Coast PhysiotherapyRehabilitation
Unit 9 1996 Tully Mission Beach Road, Wongaling Beach
- Bali Hai Holiday ParkResort
1 Wongaling Beach Drive
- Mission Beach ResortResort
Lot 4 Wongaling Beach Road
- Mission Reef ResortResort
58-62 Holland Street, Wongaling Beach
- Resort
- Lions Park Pinic AreaShelter
- Shelter
- Shower
- Mission Beach TaxiTaxi
- Taxi
- TelstraTelephone
- Telstra PayphoneTelephone
- TSGTobacco
38-40 Dickinson Street, Wongaling Beach
- Track
- Waste Basket (3)
- Splash N' DunkWater Park
- Mission Beach Community Health CentreYes
Names and addresses from OpenStreetMap. Unnamed venues show as their type (e.g. Cafe). Transport stops are summarised by type rather than listed individually.
Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (15%)
Food, shopping, recreation and sport (OpenStreetMap)
Data sources & freshness
- Local amenity insights — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
- OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated
Parks & reserves
4 parks and public open space in this suburb
- Alan Wheatley Memorial ParkPark
- Koda Street Coastal ReserveNature reserve
- Lions ParkPark
- Reid Road Coastal ReserveNature reserve
Data sources & freshness
- Parks & reserves — State government + ABS LGA boundaries · current · Updated
Green cover
- Parks & woodland (OSM)
- 13
- Parks (OSM)
- 2
OpenStreetMap parks and natural woodland features mapped within the suburb boundary.
Contributes to desirability score · Environment (10%)
Parks and green cover (OpenStreetMap)
Data sources & freshness
- OpenStreetMap green cover — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated
Places of worship
1 places of worship within ~1.5 km
- Holy Spirit Catholic Church
From OpenStreetMap within ~1.5 km of the suburb centre.
Data sources & freshness
- OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated
Health access
- Hospitals & GP clinics in suburb
- 5
- Nearest hospital
- Tully Hospital (17.9 km)
- Nearest hospital type
- Hospital
- Nearest hospital emergency
- Emergency department
- Emergency department in suburb
- Not in suburb
- Cassowary Coast PhysiotherapyTully Mission Beach RoadRehabilitation
- Cassowary Coast PhysiotherapyPhysiotherapist
- LiveLifeDickinson StreetPharmacy
- Mission Beach Community Health CentreYes
- Tristar MedicalClinic
Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (15%)
Hospitals and GP clinics
Data sources & freshness
- Hospitals & clinics — OpenStreetMap + state health datasets · current · Updated
NDIS participation
- NDIS participants (31 March 2026)
- 30
- Participants per 1,000 residents
- 21.0
Active NDIS participants allocated from NDIA Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2, ASGS 2016) counts to this suburb boundary. Not an official suburb-level NDIS figure · as at 31 March 2026.
For NDIS spend and service-demand exploration by SA2 or postcode, see the Care Sector Demand Map.
Data sources & freshness
- NDIS participants by SA2 — National Disability Insurance Agency · 2026-Q1 · Updated · Quarterly SA2 counts allocated to suburb boundaries
Weather
Typical conditions by season for suburbs in the same ~44 km climate area. Rainfall totals are summed from monthly WorldClim layers; rainy-day counts are approximate.
Summer (Dec–Feb)
- Usual max / min
- 31° / 23°
- Rainfall
- 883 mm · ~90 rainy days
Autumn (Mar–May)
- Usual max / min
- 29° / 21°
- Rainfall
- 553 mm · ~69 rainy days
Winter (Jun–Aug)
- Usual max / min
- 25° / 15°
- Rainfall
- 124 mm · ~16 rainy days
Spring (Sep–Nov)
- Usual max / min
- 29° / 20°
- Rainfall
- 196 mm · ~24 rainy days
Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (15%)
Temperature and humidity comfort
Data sources & freshness
- Seasonal climate normals — WorldClim 2.1 · Updated
Future & Planning
Hazards
- Bushfire planning zone
- No overlay at centroid
Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid via Queensland Bushfire Prone Area mapping.
Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)
Bushfire hazard overlays
Data sources & freshness
- Hazard planning overlays — State government hazard layers · current · Updated
Politics & representation
- Federal electorate
- Kennedy
- Member of Parliament
- Bob KATTER (Katter's Australian Party (KAP))
- Results from
- 2025 federal election
- Electorate enrolment (2025)
- 123,696
- Turnout (2025)
- 83.8%
- Swing since 2022 (2025)
- +0.8 pp toward Labor
Two-party preferred (2025)
Coalition 59.3%Labor 40.7%
Estimated suburb voting profile
Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 20.5 km away).
Coalition 49.0%Labor 51.0%
10.4 percentage points more Labor-leaning than the electorate
Estimated swing since 2022: +5.0 pp toward Labor
Nearest polling places
- South Mission BeachLabor 51.1% · Coalition 48.9% TPP (2025)0.6 km away
- Mission BeachLabor 51.6% · Coalition 48.4% TPP (2025)4.2 km away
- El ArishLabor 44.3% · Coalition 55.7% TPP (2025)13.8 km away
- Kurrimine BeachLabor 33.5% · Coalition 66.5% TPP (2025)13.9 km away
- Lower TullyLabor 41.2% · Coalition 58.8% TPP (2025)14.4 km away
Federal electorate from AEC federal division boundaries (2025 redistribution). Division-level results are official AEC figures from the latest general election, with by-election updates where applicable. The estimated suburb profile blends up to eight nearest ordinary polling booths in the same electorate using inverse-distance weighting from the suburb centroid — an approximation, not official AEC data. Nearest polling places are shown for reference.
Data sources & freshness
- Federal election results — Australian Electoral Commission · Updated · 2025 election with by-election overlays
Socio-economic
- IRSAD decile (2021)
- 3/10
- IRSD decile (2021)
- 3/10
ABS Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), 2021 release — the latest available, derived from the 2021 Census. Deciles rank suburbs nationally from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest).
What do IRSAD and IRSD measure?
IRSAD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage. Combines indicators of advantage (e.g. high income, skilled occupations) and disadvantage. Higher decile = more advantaged relative to other Australian areas.
IRSD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage. Focuses on disadvantage only (e.g. low income, unemployment, limited education). Higher decile = less disadvantage nationally.
A new SEIFA edition typically follows each census; the ABS has not announced a release date beyond 2021.
Contributes to desirability score · Community (5%)
Socio-economic advantage (IRSAD decile)
Data sources & freshness
- SEIFA 2021 (IRSAD / IRSD) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
More in Cassowary Coast Council
Other suburbs in the same local government area.
Comparable suburbs
Similar population and socio-economic profile in other parts of Queensland.