Cooee Bay
QLD 4703 · Livingstone
942 (2021) → 1,031 est. (2025)
Based on transport, liveability & education. Safety is scored separately below.
Cooee Bay is a suburb in Livingstone, QLD 4703, about 532km from Brisbane CBD. Recent property sales in Cooee Bay are too limited to report a reliable median price. The suburb has no schools recorded, a transport score of 0/100, and is right by the coast. Cooee Bay has an overall score of 37/100, based on transport, liveability and education, plus a separate residential safety score of 95/100.
Demographics
Age distribution
Housing tenure
- Owned
- Mortgage
- Rented
Commute to work
- Car
- Public transport
- Walk/cycle
- Work from home
Top countries of birth: England (3.29%), New Zealand (2.97%), South Africa (1.49%), Netherlands (0.74%), Ireland (0.64%)
Top languages: Afrikaans (0.64%), Thai (0.32%)
Source: ABS Census 2021
Residential Safety
Small population (under 3,000) — crime rates may be volatile due to low sample size.
QLDdoesn't publish crime data at the suburb level. The rates shown are the Livingstone local-government-area average applied to this suburb, so other suburbs in the same LGA share the same figures.
Recorded residential incidents (latest year), with rate per 100,000 residents:
Residential incidents over time
Sum of the five residential categories above — not all recorded crime.
Area crime context
An independent score — crime data quality varies by state, so safety is shown separately and is not part of the overall score.
Source: Queensland Police Service (LGA-level) · Updated 2025
Schools
Average ICSEA of schools within 10km 991 (below the national average of 1000).
No schools inside the suburb boundary — the schools below are in adjoining suburbs (counted within 10km for the education score).
Nearby (within 10km)
- Taranganba State SchoolPrimary · Government · 1.3kmICSEA 975
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary · Catholic · 1.8kmICSEA 1025
- St Ursula's CollegeSecondary · Catholic · 2.2kmICSEA 1014
- Yeppoon State High SchoolSecondary · Government · 2.6kmICSEA 961
- Yeppoon State SchoolPrimary · Government · 3kmICSEA 925
- St Brendan's CollegeSecondary · Catholic · 4.5kmICSEA 987
- St Benedict's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary · Catholic · 5.7kmICSEA 1043
- Farnborough State SchoolPrimary · Government · 7.6kmICSEA 997
Source: ACARA 2023
Transport
Source: TfNSW GTFS
Liveability
Amenities within 2–3km
Counted within a short distance of the suburb centre (so nearby facilities count), with the in-boundary count shown beneath.
Source: Bureau of Meteorology · OpenStreetMap
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Frequently asked questions about Cooee Bay
Is Cooee Bay safe?
Cooee Bay has a residential safety score of 95/100, based on residential crime (break-ins, theft from dwellings, vehicle theft, domestic assault and robbery) per resident relative to the NSW median. Its total recorded incident rate is 4,284 per 100,000 across all categories.
How far is Cooee Bay from Brisbane CBD?
Cooee Bay is about 532.2 km from Brisbane CBD.
What schools are in Cooee Bay?
Cooee Bay has 0 schools. Schools are listed factually, not ranked.
What is public transport like in Cooee Bay?
Cooee Bay has a transport score of 0/100.