Biddeston QLD 4401
131 addresses · 18 streets
Groom Electorate › Toowoomba LGA › Biddeston · 128 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Biddeston is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 269 people, with a median age of 47. The typical household earns around $1,833 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 80% of households own their home and 16% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, German. 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 Jondaryan statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Biddeston itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
Getting around. Airport: Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport, 6.7 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: 2.5% 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 | 2.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 8.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.1% · Labour-force participation 71.8%
Population by age in Biddeston
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 31 |
| 15-19 | 19 |
| 20-24 | 17 |
| 25-34 | 29 |
| 35-44 | 28 |
| 45-54 | 40 |
| 55-64 | 40 |
| 65-74 | 40 |
| 75-84 | 15 |
| 85+ | 5 |
Dwelling types in Biddeston
| House | 90 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Biddeston
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 21 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 25 |
| $3,000+ | 10 |
Top ancestries in Biddeston
| Australian | 133 |
|---|---|
| English | 109 |
| German | 35 |
| Irish | 33 |
| Scottish | 28 |
| Ancestry NS | 24 |
Housing tenure in Biddeston
| Owned | 37 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 29 |
| Rented | 13 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Biddeston
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 15 |
| 2 | 47 |
| 3 | 18 |
| 4+ | 9 |
Commute to work in Biddeston
| Car | 106 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 29 |
Top countries of birth in Biddeston
| England | 6 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 5 |
| Germany | 4 |
| South Africa | 3 |
Languages used at home in Biddeston
| Afrikaans | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
818 bird observations recorded near Biddeston — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (60)
- Cockatiel (51)
- Nankeen Kestrel (50)
- Red-rumped Parrot (40)
- Galah (39)
- Pale-headed Rosella (36)
- Torresian Crow (36)
- Magpie-lark (35)
- Common Starling (34)
- Pied Butcherbird (32)
- Black-shouldered Kite (31)
- Noisy Miner (30)
- Crested Pigeon (29)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Biddeston
- Willie Wagtail (27)
- Common Myna (26)
- Rock Dove (26)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (24)
- Australian Wood Duck (20)
- Laughing Kookaburra (20)
- Indian Common Myna (19)
- Straw-necked Ibis (18)
- Australian Torresian Crow (17)
- Pacific Black Duck (16)
- White-faced Heron (16)
- White-winged Chough (16)
- Australian White Ibis (15)
- White-necked Heron (15)
- House Sparrow (14)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (13)
- Eastern Galah (13)
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 Biddeston:
- Athol (7.5 km)
- Aubigny (7.5 km)
- Linthorpe (8.2 km)
- Gowrie Mountain (10.5 km)
- Purrawunda (11.3 km)
- Wellcamp (11.4 km)
- Umbiram (11.7 km)
- Motley (11.7 km)
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Streets
- Anderson Road (1)
- Beauaraba Road (8)
- Berghofer Road (11)
- Biddeston Linthorpe Road (2)
- Biddeston Southbrook Road (23)
- Brimblecombe Road (1)
- Clarke Road (7)
- Crighton Road (3)
- Croxley Road (9)
- Grose Road (2)
- Hibbert Road (1)
- Mckewin Road (2)
- Oakey Biddeston Road (8)
- Oakey Crosshill Road (9)
- Southbrook Biddeston Road (1)
- Telford Road (3)
- Toowoomba - Cecil Plains Road (32)
- Walsh Road (8)
