Balgowan QLD 4401
13 addresses · 5 streets
Groom Electorate › Toowoomba LGA › Balgowan · 132 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Balgowan is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 7 people, with a median age of 44. The typical household earns around $575 a week. Most homes are houses. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, German. 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 Crows Nest - Rosalie statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Balgowan itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 3.5% 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 | 3.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 7.3% |
Demographics
Population by age in Balgowan
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 3 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 0 |
| 55-64 | 3 |
| 65-74 | 0 |
| 75-84 | 5 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Balgowan
| House | 3 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Top ancestries in Balgowan
| Australian | 3 |
|---|---|
| English | 3 |
| German | 3 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
| Croatian | 0 |
Commute to work in Balgowan
| Car | 5 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
508 bird observations recorded near Balgowan — most often seen:
- Cockatiel (38)
- Australian Torresian Crow (31)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (28)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (27)
- Eastern Pied Butcherbird (25)
- Nankeen Kestrel (24)
- Eastern Galah (23)
- Southern Pale-headed Rosella (22)
- Black-shouldered Kite (21)
- Common Starling (21)
- South-eastern Grey Butcherbird (20)
- Common Myna (15)
- Australian Magpie (14)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Balgowan
- Magpie-lark (14)
- Pied Butcherbird (14)
- Torresian Crow (14)
- Black-headed Pardalote (13)
- Eastern Pied Currawong (13)
- Galah (13)
- Red-rumped Parrot (13)
- Crested Pigeon (12)
- Variegated Fairy-wren (12)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (11)
- Laughing Kookaburra (10)
- Mainland Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (10)
- Mistletoebird (10)
- Noisy Miner (10)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (10)
- Southern Magpie-lark (10)
- Striped Honeyeater (10)
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 Balgowan:
- Muldu (2.8 km)
- Rosalie Plains (5.1 km)
- Acland (5.8 km)
- Highland Plains (5.8 km)
- Kulpi (7.8 km)
- Brymaroo (8.8 km)
- Greenwood (9 km)
- Silverleigh (9.6 km)
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Streets
- Balgowan Road (1)
- Muldu Plainview Road (1)
- Oakey - Cooyar Road (4)
- Oakey Cooyar Road (3)
- Oakey-cooyar Road (4)