Black Snake QLD 4600
52 addresses · 14 streets
Wide Bay Electorate › Gympie LGA › Black Snake · 161 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Black Snake is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 88 people, with a median age of 54. The typical household earns around $1,062 a week, with median rent near $280 a week. Most homes are houses. About 92% of households own their home and 8% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, 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 Kilkivan statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Black Snake itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Wondai Aerodrome, 41.8 km west.
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: 58.4% 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 | 58.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 68.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 15.8% · Labour-force participation 49.4%
Population by age in Black Snake
| 0-4 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 11 |
| 15-19 | 4 |
| 20-24 | 5 |
| 25-34 | 3 |
| 35-44 | 6 |
| 45-54 | 18 |
| 55-64 | 24 |
| 65-74 | 21 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Black Snake
| House | 33 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Black Snake
| <$650 | 7 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 13 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 7 |
| $3,000+ | 6 |
Top ancestries in Black Snake
| English | 42 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 32 |
| Scottish | 12 |
| Irish | 9 |
| Ancestry NS | 8 |
| German | 5 |
Housing tenure in Black Snake
| Owned | 25 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 8 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Black Snake
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 11 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Black Snake
| Car | 30 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
164 bird observations recorded near Black Snake — most often seen:
- Rainbow Lorikeet (8)
- Pale-headed Rosella (7)
- Pied Currawong (7)
- Red-browed Finch (7)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (7)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (7)
- White-throated Honeyeater (7)
- Black-headed Pardalote (6)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (6)
- Australian Magpie (5)
- Australian Torresian Crow (5)
- Australian Wood Duck (5)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (5)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Black Snake
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (5)
- Laughing Kookaburra (5)
- Little Friarbird (5)
- Noisy Miner (5)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (5)
- South-eastern Grey Fantail (5)
- South-eastern Yellow-faced Honeyeater (5)
- Southern Lewin's Honeyeater (5)
- Southern Noisy Friarbird (5)
- Southern Pale-headed Rosella (5)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (5)
- Torresian Crow (5)
- White-throated Treecreeper (5)
- Willie Wagtail (5)
- Australasian Grebe (4)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (4)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (4)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
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Streets
- Baxter Road (1)
- Blacksnake Road (18)
- Godber Road (3)
- Golden Nugget Road (1)
- Jackson Road (6)
- Lahiff Road (1)
- Mariner Road (1)
- Mengel Road (2)
- Mount Coora Road (2)
- Richardson Road (1)
- Rossmore Road (2)
- Shamrock Road (1)
- Webb Road (12)
- Williams Road (1)
