Baffle Creek QLD 4674
125 addresses · 10 streets
Flynn Electorate › Gladstone LGA › Baffle Creek · 350 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Baffle Creek is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 155 people, with a median age of 57. The typical household earns around $1,062 a week, with median rent near $159 a week. Most homes are houses. About 94% of households own their home and 6% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Agnes Water - Miriam Vale statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Baffle Creek itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 library
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: 68.4% 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 | 68.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 90.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 19.1% · Labour-force participation 33.8%
Population by age in Baffle Creek
| 0-4 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 14 |
| 15-19 | 5 |
| 20-24 | 5 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 11 |
| 45-54 | 24 |
| 55-64 | 45 |
| 65-74 | 26 |
| 75-84 | 17 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Baffle Creek
| House | 60 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Baffle Creek
| <$650 | 21 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 18 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 15 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Baffle Creek
| Australian | 62 |
|---|---|
| English | 39 |
| Ancestry NS | 31 |
| Scottish | 18 |
| Irish | 12 |
| Aboriginal | 8 |
Housing tenure in Baffle Creek
| Owned | 38 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 21 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Baffle Creek
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 28 |
| 2 | 21 |
| 3 | 12 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Baffle Creek
| Car | 24 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 6 |
Top countries of birth in Baffle Creek
| England | 4 |
|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
376 bird observations recorded near Baffle Creek — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (24)
- Willie Wagtail (21)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (20)
- Laughing Kookaburra (18)
- Grey Fantail (17)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (15)
- Jacky Winter (15)
- Magpie-lark (15)
- Masked Lapwing (15)
- Noisy Miner (15)
- Pacific Black Duck (14)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (13)
- Rufous Whistler (13)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Baffle Creek
- Peaceful Dove (12)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (12)
- Striated Pardalote (12)
- Torresian Crow (11)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (10)
- Pale-headed Rosella (10)
- Pied Butcherbird (10)
- Australian Wood Duck (9)
- Little Pied Cormorant (9)
- Noisy Friarbird (9)
- Red-backed Fairy-wren (9)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (9)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (8)
- Fuscous Honeyeater (8)
- Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (8)
- Welcome Swallow (8)
- Australian Pelican (7)
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 Baffle Creek:
- Deepwater (7.4 km)
- Oyster Creek (8 km)
- Rules Beach (8.3 km)
- Euleilah (8.6 km)
- Winfield (9.6 km)
- Mount Maria (12.3 km)
- Taunton (14.3 km)
- Rosedale (14.9 km)
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Streets
- Bayfield Road (2)
- Boat Ramp Road (2)
- Coast Road (74)
- Emery Road (3)
- Fernfield Road (2)
- Flat Rock Road (1)
- Lindy Drive (1)
- Muller Road (35)
- Munchton Road (2)
- Sorensen Road (3)
