Bucca (Qld), QLD

By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan · Updated 30 May 2026

10/100

Suburb Score

Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs

Bucca (Qld) is more socio-economically advantaged than about 10% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 889, 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.

Bucca (Qld) at a glance

Population (2021): 1,063
Median age: 47
Median weekly household income: $1,281
SEIFA score: 889
Coordinates: -24.8631, 152.1009

Bucca (Qld) demographics (2021 Census)

The figures below profile Bucca (Qld) 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 34%, 8% of homes are rented, and 13% of residents were born overseas.

Age profile

Age group	People	Share
Children (0–14)	175	16%
Youth (15–24)	110	10%
Young adults (25–44)	211	20%
Mid-life (45–64)	368	34%
Seniors (65+)	204	19%

Share of the 1,068 people counted by age.

Housing and households

Tenure	Dwellings	Share
Owned outright	150	42%
Owned with a mortgage	151	42%
Rented	29	8%

Dwelling type	Dwellings	Share
Houses	347	97%
Townhouses & semis	8	2%
Flats & apartments	0	0%

Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 358 occupied private dwellings in Bucca (Qld).

Median weekly rent: $260
Median monthly mortgage: $1,213
Average household size: 2.7 people
Median weekly family income: $1,389
Median weekly personal income: $574

Community and culture

Born overseas: 118 (13%)
Speaks a language other than English at home: 30 (3%)
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander: 46 (4%)

Work and education

Completed Year 12: 297 (34%)
Labour-force participation: 50%
Unemployment rate: 6.5%
Employed full-time: 253
Employed part-time: 132

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.

Common questions about Bucca (Qld)

Where is Bucca (Qld)?

Bucca (Qld) is a suburb of Queensland, Australia.

What is the population of Bucca (Qld)?

At the 2021 Census, Bucca (Qld) had a population of about 1,063.

Is Bucca (Qld) an advantaged area?

Bucca (Qld) has an ABS SEIFA score of 889, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 10 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 10% of Australian suburbs.