Benarkin QLD 4314

Living Here

Benarkin is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 61 people, with a median age of 59. The typical household earns around $700 a week, with median rent near $148 a week. Most homes are houses. About 77% of households own their home and 23% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Scottish, Australian. 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 Nanango statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Benarkin itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 2 schools

  • Benarkin State School
  • Blackbutt State School
• 1 park

  • First Settlers' Park
• 1 Catholic church

  • Sacred Heart Catholic Church
• 1 vet

  • South East Country Vets
• 1 library

  • Blackbutt Library
• 1 post office

  • Blackbutt Post Office
• 1 service station

  • Blackbutt Fuel & Tyre
• 1 gym

  • Blackbutt Community Pool
• 1 golf club

  • Blackbutt Golf Club
• 1 hardware store

  • Blackbutt Hardware
• 1 mechanic

  • Blackbutt Smash Repairs
• 2 places to stay

  • Edelwiess B&B
  • Blackbutt Motel

Getting around. Airport: Kingaroy Airport, 45.2 km north-west.

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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: 53.8% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 29.4% · Labour-force participation 32.1%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

2,799 bird observations recorded near Benarkin — most often seen:

• Lewin's Honeyeater (150)
• Pied Currawong (144)
• Magpie-lark (127)
• Torresian Crow (126)
• Grey Fantail (114)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (110)
• Australian Wood Duck (109)
• Australian Magpie (101)
• Noisy Friarbird (101)
• Eastern Whipbird (98)
• Galah (96)
• Noisy Miner (95)
• Eastern Yellow Robin (94)

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 Benarkin:

• Blackbutt North (2.8 km)
• Blackbutt (3.4 km)
• Blackbutt South (3.8 km)
• Benarkin North (4 km)
• Cherry Creek (4.5 km)
• Nukku (6.6 km)
• Taromeo (6.9 km)
• Teelah (11.1 km)

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