Woombye is a rural town and locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the locality of Woombye …Woombye is a rural town and locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the locality of Woombye had a population of 3,944 people. Woombye is located on the Sunshine Coast hinterland in Queensland, Australia, approximately 100 kilometres north of the Brisbane CBD. The name is derived from words from the local Aboriginal language - a place of black snake, or black myrtle or axe handle made from black myrtle.