The median age for people living in The Dawn was 38. The Dawn is a suburb of Gympie, Queensland, Australia 8 kilometres (5 mi) south of Gympie's central business district on the south-western bank of the Mary River. The Dawn is a sparsely inhabited, mostly rural-residential area dependent upon Jones Hill and Southside for facilities.. In the 2011 Australian census the population of The Dawn was 394 when there were 185 Females and 209 Males living there. The Dawn is a suburb of South Eastern, Queensland and is about 141 kms north-northwest of QLD's capital city of Brisbane