Amity QLD 4183
499 addresses · 28 streets
Bowman Electorate › Redland LGA › Amity · 42 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Amity is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 453 people, with a median age of 58. The typical household earns around $931 a week, with median rent near $350 a week. Most homes are houses. About 74% of households own their home and 24% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Redland Islands statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Amity itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 cafés & restaurants
1 beach
1 library
Getting around. Airport: Dunwich Airport, 13.6 km south.
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 82.4% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 82.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 90.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.5% · Labour-force participation 38.4%
Population by age in Amity
| 0-4 | 16 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 34 |
| 15-19 | 11 |
| 20-24 | 17 |
| 25-34 | 32 |
| 35-44 | 40 |
| 45-54 | 57 |
| 55-64 | 86 |
| 65-74 | 108 |
| 75-84 | 51 |
| 85+ | 7 |
Dwelling types in Amity
| House | 172 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 12 |
| Apartment | 5 |
| Other | 3 |
Households by weekly income in Amity
| <$650 | 56 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 76 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 34 |
| $3,000+ | 18 |
Top ancestries in Amity
| English | 202 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 148 |
| Irish | 74 |
| Scottish | 64 |
| Ancestry NS | 62 |
| Aboriginal | 30 |
Housing tenure in Amity
| Owned | 98 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 41 |
| Rented | 45 |
| Other | 5 |
Cars per household in Amity
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 76 |
| 2 | 67 |
| 3 | 27 |
| 4+ | 11 |
Commute to work in Amity
| Car | 69 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 14 |
| Bicycle | 4 |
| Home | 19 |
Top countries of birth in Amity
| England | 19 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 9 |
| South Africa | 7 |
| Scotland | 3 |
| Thailand | 3 |
Languages used at home in Amity
| Italian | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
5,089 bird observations recorded near Amity — most often seen:
- Silver Gull (359)
- Australian Pelican (278)
- Crested Tern (271)
- Noisy Friarbird (242)
- Welcome Swallow (215)
- Torresian Crow (203)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (198)
- Pied Cormorant (197)
- Whistling Kite (196)
- White-bellied Sea-eagle (190)
- Bush Stone-curlew (185)
- Masked Lapwing (179)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (172)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Amity
- Caspian Tern (165)
- Brown Honeyeater (163)
- Willie Wagtail (162)
- Laughing Kookaburra (149)
- Osprey (137)
- Eastern Curlew (134)
- Australian White Ibis (133)
- Galah (133)
- Little Black Cormorant (130)
- Australian Wood Duck (125)
- Brahminy Kite (125)
- White-breasted Woodswallow (120)
- Australasian Figbird (117)
- Crested Pigeon (113)
- Australian Magpie (108)
- Red-capped Plover (101)
- Whimbrel (89)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Amity:
- Kooringal (5.8 km)
- North Stradbroke Island (7.9 km)
- Point Lookout (9.3 km)
- Dunwich (11.7 km)
- Coochiemudlo Island (22.2 km)
- Ormiston (22.6 km)
- Cleveland (22.8 km)
- Wellington Point (23.2 km)
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Streets
- Ballow Street (42)
- Berkeley Street (5)
- Birch Street (42)
- Brig Street (5)
- Chettle Street (6)
- Claytons Road (24)
- Cook Street (12)
- Cumberland Street (17)
- Dunbar Street (1)
- Fernandez Street (3)
- Flinders Beach Drive (2)
- Geera Street (2)
- Gonzales Street (60)
- Gore Street (15)
- Hexton Street (5)
- Kawana Street (8)
- Kindara Street (80)
- Llewellyn Street (39)
- Macland Street (3)
- Miles Street (18)
- Millers Lane (9)
- Mirimar Street (8)
- Old Ballow Street (11)
- Point Lookout Road (1)
- Providence Street (16)
- Sovereign Road (47)
- Toompany Street (16)
- Tosh Street (2)
