Ashfield QLD 4670
530 addresses · 33 streets
Hinkler Electorate › Bundaberg LGA › Ashfield · 296 km from Brisbane
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Living Here
Ashfield is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 1,152 people, with a median age of 32. The typical household earns around $2,315 a week, with median rent near $393 a week. Most homes are houses. About 84% of households own their home and 16% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Ashfield - Kepnock statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Ashfield itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
5 cafés & restaurants
4 supermarkets
2 Catholic churches
2 pharmacies
3 doctors & medical clinics
2 dentists
2 physiotherapists
4 childcare & kindergartens
1 library
2 post offices
3 bakeries
3 butchers
3 hairdressers
Getting around. Train station: Bundaberg, 4.7 km west · Railway halt: Australian Sugar Cane Railway, 6.1 km north-west · Bus interchange: Bundaberg Coach Station, 3.9 km west · Airport: Bundaberg Airport, 7.7 km south-west.
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: 5.3% 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.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 5.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 9.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.8% · Labour-force participation 69.9%
Population by age in Ashfield
| 0-4 | 87 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 195 |
| 15-19 | 60 |
| 20-24 | 50 |
| 25-34 | 220 |
| 35-44 | 182 |
| 45-54 | 110 |
| 55-64 | 99 |
| 65-74 | 89 |
| 75-84 | 41 |
| 85+ | 6 |
Dwelling types in Ashfield
| House | 325 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Ashfield
| <$650 | 22 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 68 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 110 |
| $3,000+ | 108 |
Top ancestries in Ashfield
| Australian | 426 |
|---|---|
| English | 413 |
| Other | 130 |
| Scottish | 95 |
| German | 83 |
| Irish | 66 |
Housing tenure in Ashfield
| Owned | 107 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 165 |
| Rented | 51 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Ashfield
| 0 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 69 |
| 2 | 185 |
| 3 | 46 |
| 4+ | 22 |
Commute to work in Ashfield
| Car | 462 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 15 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 6 |
| Home | 34 |
Top countries of birth in Ashfield
| South Korea | 33 |
|---|---|
| Taiwan | 31 |
| England | 28 |
| India | 27 |
| Vietnam | 19 |
| New Zealand | 18 |
Languages used at home in Ashfield
| Mandarin | 46 |
|---|---|
| Korean | 36 |
| Malayalam | 27 |
| Vietnamese | 16 |
| Cantonese | 9 |
| Hindi | 6 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
15,848 bird observations recorded near Ashfield — most often seen:
- Australian White Ibis (1,035)
- Pacific Black Duck (827)
- Willie Wagtail (641)
- Australasian Darter (622)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (620)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (616)
- Dusky Moorhen (614)
- Magpie Goose (601)
- Magpie-lark (593)
- Noisy Miner (576)
- Australian Wood Duck (559)
- Little Black Cormorant (549)
- Peaceful Dove (543)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Ashfield
- Brown Honeyeater (532)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (523)
- Australasian Figbird (493)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (480)
- Little Pied Cormorant (473)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (464)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (439)
- Welcome Swallow (432)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (430)
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (412)
- Crested Pigeon (409)
- Laughing Kookaburra (401)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (397)
- Little Friarbird (393)
- Torresian Crow (393)
- Australian Magpie (392)
- Great Egret (389)
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 Ashfield:
- Kepnock (1.6 km)
- Bundaberg East (2.4 km)
- Woongarra (2.8 km)
- Avenell Heights (2.8 km)
- Kalkie (2.8 km)
- Bundaberg South (3.3 km)
- Walkervale (3.4 km)
- Windermere (3.8 km)
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Streets
- Amalfi Court (6)
- Ashfield Road (25)
- Beech Links Drive (24)
- Belle Eden Drive (26)
- Corrigan Court (5)
- Elliott Heads Road (13)
- Fe Walker Street (11)
- Fischer Court (4)
- Greathead Road (63)
- Gum Nut Drive (19)
- Hallii Street (10)
- Higgins Court (6)
- Kirchner Drive (1)
- Lomandra Drive (9)
- Longview Street (30)
- Lugano Street (36)
- Messina Way (2)
- Montepaone Avenue (12)
- Outlook Court (8)
- Palermo Avenue (41)
- Pearlshell Court (5)
- Pristine Close (6)
- Ragusa Way (5)
- Rannoch Street (15)
- Sanctuary Drive (26)
- Sienna Boulevard (38)
- St Clair Street (16)
- Sweetwater Court (10)
- Tamar Street (2)
- Venezia Court (10)
- Villa Court (10)
- Wedgeleaf Place (21)
- Zucchero Lane (15)
