Goorganga Plains, QLD
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Around the national middle
Goorganga Plains is more socio-economically advantaged than about 40% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 969, where about 1000 is the national average).
A socio-economic measure from ABS Census data — not a measure of how good a suburb is to live in or visit. How we calculate this.
Is Goorganga Plains a good place to live?
There’s no single answer — it depends on what matters to you. So instead of one mystery number, we break it down: a transparent score on each part of life we can back with public data, and an honest “not yet” on the parts we can’t.
Below the national middle on the data we score
A weighted blend of the 1 component we can score for Goorganga Plains from public data. It sits alongside — and reconciles with — the socio-economic Suburb Score above; it is a transparent read, not a complete verdict.
Socio-economic advantage
40/100Around the national middle
Around the national middle — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (40/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Not yet scored
We’d rather leave these open than publish a number we can’t stand behind. Here’s where each one stands.
- Housing affordabilityNot scored — no ABS Census median-rent figure for this suburb.
- Amenities & accessNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap amenity mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- Green spaceNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap green-space mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- TransportNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap public-transport mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- SchoolsNot scored yet — school performance (ACARA / ICSEA) needs a data-reuse licence cleared before we can publish it.
- SafetyNot scored yet — Australia has no single open crime dataset and safety data carries defamation and legal care, so it is gated pending a go/no-go and will be data-only when added.
- CommunityNot scored yet — we won't reduce community to a number from a proxy. We'd rather leave it open than publish an invented value judgement.
A transparent read on public data, not a verdict — and not a measure of any person or community. See our methodology for how each component is worked out and why some aren’t scored yet.
Goorganga Plains at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 3
- Median age
- 59
- SEIFA score
- 969
- Local government area
- Whitsunday
- Coordinates
- -20.4891, 148.6603
Map of Goorganga Plains
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Goorganga Plains demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Goorganga Plains using the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census; every percentage is a share of a clearly stated Census count, so each one traces back to the source. At a glance, the largest age group is mid-life (45–64) at 100%.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 0 | 0% |
| Youth (15–24) | 0 | 0% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 0 | 0% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 3 | 100% |
| Seniors (65+) | 0 | 0% |
Share of the 3 people counted by age.
Housing and households
- Average household size
- 2 people
- Median weekly personal income
- $1,125
Community and culture
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 0 (0%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 0 (0%)
- Labour-force participation
- 50%
- Employed full-time
- 0
- Employed part-time
- 0
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (General Community Profile, by Suburb and Locality). © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. How we group bands and derive each share is set out on our methodology page.
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Common questions about Goorganga Plains
Is Goorganga Plains a good place to live?
There's no single answer, so we score what the public data can back. On socio-economic advantage, Goorganga Plains rates 40/100 overall (Below the national middle on the data we score). Public transport, schools and safety aren't scored yet — see our methodology for why.
Where is Goorganga Plains?
Goorganga Plains is a suburb of Queensland, Australia, in the Whitsunday local government area.
What is the population of Goorganga Plains?
At the 2021 Census, Goorganga Plains had a population of about 3.
Is Goorganga Plains an advantaged area?
Goorganga Plains has an ABS SEIFA score of 969, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 40 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 40% of Australian suburbs.
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