The country of birth of Telegraph Point residents is 3.2% England, 0.5% Germany, 0.6% Fiji, 0.5% Denmark, 2.4% New Zealand.

94% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 0.5% Lao, 0.5% German, 0.5% Fijian Hindustani, 0.5% Danish, 0.5% Spanish.

The religious make up of Telegraph Point is 30.2% Anglican, 4% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.6% Uniting Church, 20.7% No Religion, 26.3% Catholic.

[3] Local activities include waterskiing, mountain bike riding, bush walking, four-wheel-driving, camping, swimming, rock hopping in streams and creeks and picnicking.

[8] The traditional owners of country throughout the Telegraph Point and Rollands Plains region are the Ngaku people (north of the Wilson River along the coast and inland to Kemps Pinnacle in the Willi Willi National Park), and the Ngambaa peoples (south of the Upper Wilson River, inland through Bril Bril towards the Manning).

The first European land grants in the Telegraph Point area were issued in the region then-known as ‘Prospect’ in 1832.

[11] In April 1974, the town was bypassed by the Pacific Highway with the construction of a 555 metre 15 span bridge as part of a six kilometre deviation.