Benair QLD 4610
72 addresses · 12 streets
Maranoa Electorate › South Burnett LGA › Benair · 161 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Benair is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 151 people, with a median age of 45. The typical household earns around $1,416 a week, with median rent near $285 a week. Most homes are houses. About 82% of households own their home and 11% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. 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 Kingaroy Region - South statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Benair itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 café or restaurant
1 golf club
2 places to stay
Getting around. Airport: Kingaroy Airport, 14.9 km 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: 8.1% 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 | 8.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 16.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.3% · Labour-force participation 70.5%
Population by age in Benair
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 32 |
| 15-19 | 7 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 8 |
| 35-44 | 20 |
| 45-54 | 23 |
| 55-64 | 22 |
| 65-74 | 22 |
| 75-84 | 7 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Benair
| House | 46 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Benair
| <$650 | 14 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 9 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 18 |
| $3,000+ | 4 |
Top ancestries in Benair
| Australian | 68 |
|---|---|
| English | 45 |
| Scottish | 22 |
| Ancestry NS | 18 |
| Aboriginal | 14 |
| German | 13 |
Housing tenure in Benair
| Owned | 24 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 13 |
| Rented | 5 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Benair
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 19 |
| 3 | 13 |
| 4+ | 9 |
Commute to work in Benair
| Car | 41 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 10 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 15 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
211 bird observations recorded near Benair — most often seen:
- Torresian Crow (13)
- Australian Magpie (12)
- Galah (11)
- Superb Fairy-wren (11)
- Willie Wagtail (11)
- Brown Honeyeater (10)
- Crested Pigeon (10)
- Magpie-lark (10)
- Apostlebird (9)
- Noisy Miner (9)
- Pied Currawong (9)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (8)
- Double-barred Finch (7)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Benair
- Pale-headed Rosella (7)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (6)
- Red-winged Parrot (6)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (6)
- Australian Wood Duck (5)
- Little Corella (5)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (5)
- Straw-necked Ibis (5)
- Striated Pardalote (5)
- Australasian Figbird (4)
- Grey Fantail (4)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (4)
- Little Pied Cormorant (4)
- Pied Butcherbird (4)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (4)
- Welcome Swallow (4)
- Black-shouldered Kite (3)
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 Benair:
- Wattle Grove (6.2 km)
- Inverlaw (7.2 km)
- Haly Creek (7.6 km)
- Kumbia (8.4 km)
- Mannuem (9.5 km)
- Goodger (11.4 km)
- Taabinga (12.2 km)
- Ellesmere (12.6 km)
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Streets
- Benair Road (13)
- Bunya Highway (12)
- Deep Creek Road (5)
- Haly Creek Road (1)
- Kumbia Back Road (4)
- Kumbia Minmore Road (7)
- Magees Road (1)
- Morrisseys Road (1)
- Reedy Creek Road (21)
- Strongs Road (1)
- Wattlegrove Road (5)
- Winters Road (1)
