Ballard QLD 4352

Living Here

Ballard is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 167 people, with a median age of 37. The typical household earns around $1,825 a week, with median rent near $360 a week. Most homes are houses. About 92% of households own their home and 8% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Lockyer Valley - West statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Ballard itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 2 schools

  • Toowoomba Christian College
  • Highfields State School
• 3 parks

  • Nugent Park
  • Mt Kynoch Park
  • Spring Bluff
• 1 Catholic church

  • St Patrick's Cathedral
• 2 physiotherapists

  • MET Phys
  • Up and Active Physiotherapy
• 1 optometrist

  • Wise Eyes Optometrist
• 7 hospitals

  • Baillie Henderson Hospital
  • St Andrew's Toowoomba Hospital
  • Toowoomba Surgicentre
  • Toowoomba Allied Health
  • St Vincent's Private Hospital
  • Toowoomba Base Hospital
  • Toowoomba Hospice Association
• 1 library

  • Highfields Library
• 3 service stations

  • BP Highfields
  • Coles Express Highfields
  • Mobil
• 1 golf club

  • Borneo Barracks Golf Club
• 3 places to stay

  • Country Comfort Motel
  • Northpoint Motel
  • Garden City Backpackers

Getting around. Train station: Toowoomba, 7.6 km south · Railway halt: Willowburn, 5 km south-west · Bus interchange: Greyhound Australia, 7.9 km south · Airport: Toowoomba City Aerodrome, 8 km south-west.

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Socio-economic Standing

Greenery

🌳 Tree canopy: 93.7% satellite estimate · 2021

Demographics

Unemployment 2.4% · Labour-force participation 62.9%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

20,334 bird observations recorded near Ballard — most often seen:

• Lewin's Honeyeater (1,141)
• Eastern Whipbird (919)
• Eastern Yellow Robin (885)
• Laughing Kookaburra (867)
• White-naped Honeyeater (860)
• Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (850)
• Grey Fantail (828)
• Noisy Miner (759)
• Pale-headed Rosella (745)
• Yellow-faced Honeyeater (728)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (727)
• White-browed Scrubwren (702)
• Variegated Fairy-wren (684)

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Ballard:

• Blue Mountain Heights (1.7 km)
• Mount Kynoch (3 km)
• Spring Bluff (3.3 km)
• Highfields (4.5 km)
• Birnam (4.6 km)
• Harlaxton (5 km)
• Cawdor (5.9 km)
• Cranley (6 km)

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