Applethorpe QLD 4378

Living Here

Applethorpe is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 571 people, with a median age of 44. The typical household earns around $1,408 a week, with median rent near $265 a week. Most homes are houses. About 81% of households own their home and 19% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Italian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Stanthorpe Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Applethorpe itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 5 schools

  • Applethorpe State School
  • Stanthorpe State High School
  • Stanthorpe State School
  • St Joseph's School
  • The Summit State School
• 1 café or restaurant

  • The Rocks
• 1 park

  • Applethorpe Memorial Park
• 1 optometrist

  • Chas Sankey Fraser
• 1 hospital

  • Stanthorpe Hospital
• 1 vet

  • Southern Cross Veterinary Services
• 1 library

  • Stanthorpe Library & Art Gallery
• 2 service stations

  • Ampol
  • Lowes
• 1 golf club

  • Stanthorpe Golf Course
• 1 hardware store

  • Mitre 10
• 1 mechanic

  • Favero Motors
• 1 plumber

  • MWF Plumbing
• 11 places to stay

  • Honeysuckle Cottages
  • High Street Motor Inn
  • Top Of The Town Tourist Park
  • Granite Belt Retreat
  • iComply Worker's Honestead
  • Murray Garden Motel
  • Apple and Grape Motel
  • The Boulevard Motel
  • The Vines
  • Stannum Lodge Motor Inn

  See all 11 places to stay near Applethorpe →

Getting around. Railway halt: The Summit, 4.6 km north · Airport: Stanthorpe Airport, 3.4 km east.

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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: 47.3% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 5.2% · Labour-force participation 57%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

18,145 bird observations recorded near Applethorpe — most often seen:

• Australian Magpie (817)
• Australian Wood Duck (775)
• Magpie-lark (747)
• Pacific Black Duck (747)
• Noisy Miner (733)
• Crested Pigeon (732)
• Little Corella (723)
• Common Myna (705)
• Pied Currawong (675)
• Dusky Moorhen (668)
• Masked Lapwing (666)
• Torresian Crow (650)
• Galah (642)

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 Applethorpe:

• Glen Niven (4.3 km)
• The Summit (4.3 km)
• Stanthorpe (4.7 km)
• Diamondvale (5.2 km)
• Dalcouth (5.5 km)
• Thulimbah (7.3 km)
• Cannon Creek (7.5 km)
• Broadwater (8.7 km)

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