Birnam QLD 4352

Living Here

Birnam is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 63 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $2,374 a week, with median rent near $460 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

Over time — Census 2011 → 2021

Getting Around & Local Services

• 7 schools

  • Toowoomba Christian College
  • Gowrie State School
  • Rockville State School
  • Highfields State School
  • Wilsonton State High School
  • Mary MacKillop Catholic College
  • Fairview Heights State School
• 4 parks

  • Lee Steinberg Park
  • McLachlan Drive Park
  • Denaid Street Park
  • Davidson Arboretum
• 1 Catholic church

  • St Patrick's Cathedral
• 1 physiotherapist

  • MET Phys
• 2 optometrists

  • Wise Eyes Optometrist
  • Durkin & Black Optometrists
• 7 hospitals

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

  • Greencross Vets
• 1 library

  • Highfields Library
• 3 service stations

  • Mobil
  • Gowrie One Stop Convenience
  • BP Highfields
• 2 golf clubs

  • Borneo Barracks Golf Club
  • City Golf Club
• 1 dog park

  • Clearview Steet Park - Dog-off leash area
• 1 hardware store

  • TradeTools
• 6 places to stay

  • Country Comfort Motel
  • Northpoint Motel
  • Cotswold Motor Inn
  • Sunray Motor Inn
  • Garden City Backpackers
  • Wilsonton Hotel

Getting around. Train station: Toowoomba, 7.6 km south · Railway halt: Willowburn, 4.4 km south-east · Bus interchange: Greyhound Australia, 8.1 km south · Airport: Toowoomba City Aerodrome, 5.8 km south.

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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: 15.6% 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

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

26,346 bird observations recorded near Birnam — most often seen:

• Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (1,263)
• Lewin's Honeyeater (1,048)
• Eastern Australian Magpie (1,041)
• Eastern Galah (1,003)
• Australian Torresian Crow (1,000)
• Common Myna (982)
• Eastern Pied Currawong (974)
• Southern Pale-headed Rosella (970)
• Double-barred Finch (957)
• Eastern Crested Pigeon (943)
• Southern Magpie-lark (935)
• Noisy Miner (870)
• Laughing Kookaburra (866)

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 Birnam:

• Mount Kynoch (3.2 km)
• Cawdor (3.2 km)
• Blue Mountain Heights (3.5 km)
• Cranley (3.6 km)
• Gowrie Junction (3.8 km)
• Wilsonton Heights (4.4 km)
• Cotswold Hills (4.4 km)
• Highfields (4.4 km)

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