Athol QLD 4350
74 addresses · 15 streets
Groom Electorate › Toowoomba LGA › Athol · 125 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Athol is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 139 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $1,343 a week, with median rent near $240 a week. Most homes are houses. About 91% of households own their home and 9% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, German. 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 Pittsworth statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Athol itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 service station
1 electrician
Getting around. Airport: Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport, 6.6 km north-east.
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: 2.7% 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 | 2.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 8.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.4% · Labour-force participation 66.1%
Population by age in Athol
| 0-4 | 9 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 17 |
| 15-19 | 9 |
| 20-24 | 7 |
| 25-34 | 11 |
| 35-44 | 20 |
| 45-54 | 16 |
| 55-64 | 19 |
| 65-74 | 12 |
| 75-84 | 10 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Athol
| House | 54 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Athol
| <$650 | 8 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 20 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 14 |
| $3,000+ | 3 |
Top ancestries in Athol
| English | 57 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 51 |
| German | 30 |
| Irish | 26 |
| Scottish | 13 |
| Aboriginal | 7 |
Housing tenure in Athol
| Owned | 29 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 19 |
| Rented | 5 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Athol
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 23 |
| 3 | 10 |
| 4+ | 11 |
Commute to work in Athol
| Car | 52 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 8 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
834 bird observations recorded near Athol — most often seen:
- Nankeen Kestrel (44)
- Rock Dove (42)
- Cockatiel (41)
- Common Starling (40)
- Common Myna (38)
- Black-shouldered Kite (36)
- Eastern Galah (35)
- Southern Magpie-lark (32)
- South-eastern Red-rumped Parrot (31)
- Australian Torresian Crow (30)
- Straw-necked Ibis (30)
- Australian Magpie (28)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (28)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Athol
- Red-rumped Parrot (28)
- Torresian Crow (28)
- Crested Pigeon (27)
- Galah (27)
- Magpie-lark (24)
- Australian Wood Duck (23)
- Pied Butcherbird (23)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (22)
- Pale-headed Rosella (21)
- Banded Lapwing (20)
- Noisy Miner (20)
- Pacific Black Duck (20)
- South-eastern Grey Butcherbird (20)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (20)
- Australian Pipit (19)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (19)
- Eastern Pied Butcherbird (18)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
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Streets
- Athol School Road (17)
- Berghofer Road (5)
- Biddeston Southbrook Road (1)
- Dill Road (2)
- Gore Highway (2)
- Newton Road (11)
- Newton Road E (4)
- North Wainwright Road (1)
- Purcell Road (2)
- Short Road (1)
- Toowoomba - Athol Road (2)
- Trader Road (3)
- Wainwright Road (9)
- Wegener Road (8)
- Wyreema Athol Road (6)
