Woombye
QLD 4559 · Sunshine Coast
3,944 (2021) → 4,264 est. (2025)
Based on transport, liveability & education. Safety is scored separately below.
Woombye is a suburb in Sunshine Coast, QLD 4559, about 90km from Brisbane CBD. Recent property sales in Woombye are too limited to report a reliable median price. The suburb has 3 schools, a transport score of 78/100, and is about 13km inland. Woombye has an overall score of 65/100, based on transport, liveability and education, plus a separate residential safety score of 100/100.
Demographics
Age distribution
Housing tenure
- Owned
- Mortgage
- Rented
Commute to work
- Car
- Public transport
- Walk/cycle
- Work from home
Top countries of birth: England (5.68%), New Zealand (3.98%), South Africa (1.7%), Germany (0.51%), Scotland (0.51%)
Top languages: Afrikaans (0.86%), German (0.46%), Italian (0.38%), French (0.28%), Mandarin (0.18%)
Source: ABS Census 2021
Property
Suburb-level sale prices aren't published for QLD. Median weekly rents:
Source: RTA Queensland · Updated Q1 2026
Residential Safety
QLDdoesn't publish crime data at the suburb level. The rates shown are the Sunshine Coast 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 1046 (above the national average of 1000).
In suburb
- Suncoast Christian CollegeCombined · IndependentICSEA 1085
- Nambour Christian CollegeCombined · IndependentICSEA 1076
- Woombye State SchoolPrimary · GovernmentICSEA 1012
Nearby (within 10km)
- Montessori International CollegeCombined · Independent · 3.2kmICSEA 1102
- St Joseph's Primary SchoolPrimary · Catholic · 3.8kmICSEA 1039
- St John's CollegeSecondary · Catholic · 4kmICSEA 1062
- Sunshine Coast Grammar SchoolCombined · Independent · 4kmICSEA 1120
- Nambour Special SchoolCombined · Government · 4.3kmICSEA 1006
- Burnside State SchoolPrimary · Government · 4.4kmICSEA 972
- Nambour State CollegeCombined · Government · 4.4kmICSEA 981
- Nambour State College - Junior SchoolPrimary · Government · 4.5km
- Burnside State High SchoolSecondary · Government · 4.5kmICSEA 1004
- Palmwoods State SchoolPrimary · Government · 4.7kmICSEA 1029
- Chevallum State SchoolPrimary · Government · 4.8kmICSEA 1053
- OneSchool Global QLD - NambourCombined · Independent · 6km
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 Woombye
Is Woombye safe?
Woombye has a residential safety score of 100/100, 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 3,532 per 100,000 across all categories.
How far is Woombye from Brisbane CBD?
Woombye is about 90.1 km from Brisbane CBD.
What schools are in Woombye?
Woombye has 3 schools, with an average ICSEA of 1058 (the national average is 1000). Schools are listed factually, not ranked.
What is public transport like in Woombye?
Woombye has a transport score of 78/100, including 1 train station and 14 bus stops.