Ashwell QLD 4340
58 addresses · 11 streets
Blair Electorate › Ipswich LGA › Ashwell · 49 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Ashwell is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 97 people, with a median age of 47. The typical household earns around $1,375 a week, with median rent near $363 a week. Most homes are houses. About 83% of households own their home and 17% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. 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 Rosewood statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Ashwell itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 library
1 post office
1 service station
1 gym
1 golf club
1 mechanic
1 place to stay
Getting around. Train station: Rosewood, 4 km south-east · Railway halt: Kunkala, 1.8 km north.
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: 4.5% 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 | 4.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 15.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2% · Labour-force participation 61.7%
Population by age in Ashwell
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 18 |
| 15-19 | 6 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 9 |
| 35-44 | 7 |
| 45-54 | 14 |
| 55-64 | 19 |
| 65-74 | 14 |
| 75-84 | 8 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Ashwell
| House | 32 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Ashwell
| <$650 | 4 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 8 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 9 |
| $3,000+ | 7 |
Top ancestries in Ashwell
| English | 45 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 34 |
| Ancestry NS | 21 |
| German | 11 |
| NZ | 7 |
| Irish | 6 |
Housing tenure in Ashwell
| Owned | 11 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 14 |
| Rented | 5 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Ashwell
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 5 |
| 4+ | 5 |
Commute to work in Ashwell
| Car | 32 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 9 |
Top countries of birth in Ashwell
| England | 4 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
6,732 bird observations recorded near Ashwell — most often seen:
- Torresian Crow (388)
- Australian Magpie (329)
- Silvereye (329)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (310)
- Brown Honeyeater (299)
- Pied Butcherbird (272)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (271)
- Laughing Kookaburra (256)
- Striated Pardalote (244)
- Pale-headed Rosella (243)
- Willie Wagtail (239)
- Red-backed Fairy-wren (237)
- Double-barred Finch (233)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Ashwell
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (230)
- Noisy Miner (210)
- Eastern Whipbird (208)
- Grey Fantail (206)
- Superb Fairy-wren (198)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (191)
- Grey Butcherbird (187)
- Rufous Whistler (186)
- Australasian Figbird (184)
- White-browed Scrubwren (177)
- Striped Honeyeater (167)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (163)
- Magpie-lark (162)
- Mistletoebird (161)
- Pheasant Coucal (154)
- Peaceful Dove (152)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (146)
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 Ashwell:
- The Bluff (2.6 km)
- Lanefield (2.7 km)
- Tallegalla (3.8 km)
- Rosewood (3.9 km)
- Woolshed (6.1 km)
- Calvert (6.7 km)
- Mount Marrow (7 km)
- Thagoona (7.3 km)
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Streets
- Bassett Road (6)
- Bluff Road (3)
- Embreys Road (3)
- Freeman Road (8)
- Greet Road (5)
- Keates Road (4)
- Perrins Road (6)
- Reinke Road (6)
- Rosewood - Laidley Road (2)
- Stevens Road (8)
- Urry Road (7)
