Suburb profile
Tin Can Bay QLD 4580
Tin Can Bay is located in the Wide Bay region of Queensland, postcode 4580. It has 2,092 properties across 77 streets, mostly houses. Explore every street in Tin Can Bay, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Tin Can Bay
Tin Can Bay, QLD 4580, sits in the Wide Bay region and neighbours Cooloola, Cooloola Cove, Inskip and Tinnanbar. Its 77 streets hold 2,092 properties, 1,579 of them houses and 513 units.
Census figures are for the Cooloola area, which covers the whole suburb. Cooloola had 6,568 residents, a median age of 62 and an average household of 2 people. Median household income was $790 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month and the median rent $280 a week. Of 2,937 dwellings, 2,454 were separate houses, 156 semi-detached, 124 flats and 145 other; 1,604 were owned outright, 554 owned with a mortgage and 638 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Tin Can Bay
- 6,568Peoplelive in the area
- 62Median ageyears
- $790Median household incomea week
- $280Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses2,454
- Townhouses and semis156
- Flats and apartments124
- Other145
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$1,300a month
- Household size2people on average
How homes are held
Properties in Tin Can Bay
Schools in Tin Can Bay
Tin Can Bay State School
GovernmentPrimary and secondary
Tin Can Bay State School
GovernmentPrimary and secondary
Streets in Tin Can Bay
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- Sailfish Street16 properties
- Salmon Street15 properties
- Saratoga Court25 properties
- Sarawak Court13 properties
- Schumann Street3 properties
- Scullett Drive31 properties
- Skyring Place9 properties
- Snapper Creek Road7 properties
- Sole Street14 properties
- Squire Street19 properties
- Sterling Castle Road47 properties
- Summer Way50 properties
- Sweetlip Circle49 properties
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Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.
School details © Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), from the Australian Schools List, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International and modified. ACARA does not endorse Listd.
Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.
