Woondum, QLD
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Less advantaged than the national average
Woondum is more socio-economically advantaged than about 37% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 964, 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 Woondum 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 Woondum 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
37/100Less advantaged than the national average
Less advantaged than the national average — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (37/100) 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.
Woondum at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 66
- Median age
- 44
- Median weekly household income
- $1,375
- SEIFA score
- 964
- Local government area
- Gympie
- Coordinates
- -26.2521, 152.7284
Map of Woondum
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Housing & property in Woondum
What it costs to live in Woondum and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median mortgage
- $1,733
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 100%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 0%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Woondum demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Woondum demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Woondum 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 39% and 0% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 15 | 21% |
| Youth (15–24) | 6 | 8% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 15 | 21% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 28 | 39% |
| Seniors (65+) | 7 | 10% |
Share of the 71 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 12 | 48% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 13 | 52% |
| Rented | 0 | 0% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 20 | 100% |
| Townhouses & semis | 0 | 0% |
| Flats & apartments | 0 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 20 occupied private dwellings in Woondum.
- Average household size
- 2.6 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,875
- Median weekly personal income
- $562
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 0 (0%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 0 (0%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 5 (8%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 22 (44%)
- Labour-force participation
- 56.6%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.3%
- Employed full-time
- 13
- Employed part-time
- 16
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.
Weather and climate in Woondum
Based on 2014–2023 records, the warmest month in Woondum is January (average daytime high around 29.5°C) and the coolest is July (around 20.7°C). The area receives roughly 934 mm of rain across the year.
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 29.5°C | 20.4°C | 114 mm |
| Feb | 29.1°C | 20.4°C | 131 mm |
| Mar | 28.1°C | 19.8°C | 127 mm |
| Apr | 25.5°C | 16.6°C | 49 mm |
| May | 22.9°C | 13.6°C | 67 mm |
| Jun | 20.9°C | 11.2°C | 40 mm |
| Jul | 20.7°C | 10°C | 43 mm |
| Aug | 22.3°C | 10.6°C | 30 mm |
| Sep | 24.8°C | 12.9°C | 30 mm |
| Oct | 26.9°C | 15.6°C | 109 mm |
| Nov | 28.6°C | 17.5°C | 87 mm |
| Dec | 29.5°C | 19.4°C | 107 mm |
Climate normals, 2014–2023 (Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis).
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Common questions about Woondum
Is Woondum a good place to live?
There's no single answer, so we score what the public data can back. On socio-economic advantage, Woondum rates 37/100 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 Woondum?
Woondum is a suburb of Queensland, Australia, in the Gympie local government area.
What is the population of Woondum?
At the 2021 Census, Woondum had a population of about 66.
Is Woondum an advantaged area?
Woondum has an ABS SEIFA score of 964, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 37 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 37% of Australian suburbs.
What is the weather like in Woondum?
Woondum has average daytime highs of about 25.7°C and overnight lows of about 15.7°C, with roughly 934 mm of rain across the year (based on 2014–2023 climate normals).
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