Bidwill QLD 4650
238 addresses · 18 streets
Wide Bay Electorate › Fraser Coast LGA › Bidwill · 211 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Bidwill is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 517 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $1,490 a week, with median rent near $260 a week. Most homes are houses. About 90% of households own their home and 10% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. 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 Granville statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Bidwill itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 Catholic church
1 optometrist
1 library
1 golf club
1 hardware store
2 electricians
Getting around. Train station: Maryborough, 6 km north · Airport: Maryborough Airport, 8.4 km north.
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: 32.1% 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 | 32.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 41.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 6.1% · Labour-force participation 53.8%
Population by age in Bidwill
| 0-4 | 18 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 73 |
| 15-19 | 27 |
| 20-24 | 14 |
| 25-34 | 44 |
| 35-44 | 50 |
| 45-54 | 74 |
| 55-64 | 92 |
| 65-74 | 79 |
| 75-84 | 36 |
| 85+ | 7 |
Dwelling types in Bidwill
| House | 184 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Bidwill
| <$650 | 24 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 52 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 59 |
| $3,000+ | 20 |
Top ancestries in Bidwill
| English | 240 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 231 |
| Scottish | 59 |
| German | 56 |
| Irish | 49 |
| Ancestry NS | 24 |
Housing tenure in Bidwill
| Owned | 88 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 72 |
| Rented | 17 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Bidwill
| 0 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 34 |
| 2 | 81 |
| 3 | 39 |
| 4+ | 16 |
Commute to work in Bidwill
| Car | 167 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 14 |
Top countries of birth in Bidwill
| England | 18 |
|---|---|
| Germany | 7 |
| New Zealand | 3 |
Languages used at home in Bidwill
| Greek | 5 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,523 bird observations recorded near Bidwill — most often seen:
- Peaceful Dove (101)
- Pacific Black Duck (98)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (93)
- Noisy Miner (89)
- Pale-headed Rosella (67)
- Laughing Kookaburra (60)
- Torresian Crow (60)
- Galah (58)
- Magpie-lark (58)
- Crested Pigeon (57)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (56)
- Brown Honeyeater (48)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (47)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Bidwill
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (45)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (44)
- Plumed Whistling-duck (44)
- Willie Wagtail (43)
- Australian Magpie (42)
- Rufous Whistler (39)
- Dusky Moorhen (38)
- Australian White Ibis (36)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (36)
- White-winged Chough (36)
- Grey Butcherbird (35)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (35)
- Double-barred Finch (33)
- Red-backed Fairy-wren (33)
- Little Friarbird (31)
- Variegated Fairy-wren (31)
- Little Corella (30)
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 Bidwill:
- Tinana South (5.3 km)
- Granville (5.6 km)
- Tinana (5.8 km)
- Teddington (6.4 km)
- Maryborough (7 km)
- Glenorchy (7.3 km)
- Magnolia (8 km)
- Ferney (9.1 km)
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Streets
- Bidwill Road (62)
- Bond Street (26)
- Carnaby Street (33)
- Carne Court (10)
- Frederiksen Road (2)
- Jumpo Road (1)
- Kinbacher Road (6)
- Langer Road (27)
- Mayfair Street (23)
- Minter Road (5)
- Oxford Street (23)
- Powerline Road (2)
- Tulesco Road (5)
- Vine Street (4)
- Vollmerhause Road (4)
- Volmerhause Road (1)
- White Road (2)
- Willowbank Road (2)
