Bonnie Doon QLD 4873
298 addresses · 19 streets
Leichhardt Electorate › Douglas LGA › Bonnie Doon · 1455 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Bonnie Doon is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 563 people, with a median age of 39. The typical household earns around $1,690 a week, with median rent near $405 a week. Most homes are houses. About 83% of households own their home and 17% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Daintree statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Bonnie Doon itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 cafés & restaurants
1 park
1 beach
1 pharmacy
1 medical clinic
1 dentist
1 hospital
1 vet
1 library
1 post office
2 service stations
2 golf clubs
1 hardware store
1 hairdresser
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: 29.3% 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 | 29.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 35.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.7% · Labour-force participation 69.5%
Population by age in Bonnie Doon
| 0-4 | 42 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 99 |
| 15-19 | 20 |
| 20-24 | 16 |
| 25-34 | 72 |
| 35-44 | 79 |
| 45-54 | 83 |
| 55-64 | 74 |
| 65-74 | 51 |
| 75-84 | 28 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Bonnie Doon
| House | 190 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 7 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Bonnie Doon
| <$650 | 18 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 60 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 81 |
| $3,000+ | 34 |
Top ancestries in Bonnie Doon
| Australian | 205 |
|---|---|
| English | 203 |
| Other | 53 |
| Irish | 52 |
| Scottish | 52 |
| German | 45 |
Housing tenure in Bonnie Doon
| Owned | 61 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 109 |
| Rented | 35 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Bonnie Doon
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 57 |
| 2 | 107 |
| 3 | 25 |
| 4+ | 11 |
Commute to work in Bonnie Doon
| Car | 216 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 7 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 20 |
Top countries of birth in Bonnie Doon
| England | 25 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 19 |
| Scotland | 11 |
| France | 9 |
| Philippines | 6 |
| Thailand | 5 |
Languages used at home in Bonnie Doon
| German | 13 |
|---|---|
| French | 7 |
| Gujarati | 4 |
| Italian | 4 |
| Tagalog | 4 |
| Vietnamese | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
19,730 bird observations recorded near Bonnie Doon — most often seen:
- Masked Lapwing (1,148)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (1,124)
- White-breasted Woodswallow (1,093)
- Welcome Swallow (972)
- Crested Tern (836)
- Australasian Figbird (832)
- Magpie-lark (774)
- Common Myna (772)
- Australian White Ibis (739)
- Torresian Imperial-pigeon (735)
- Peaceful Dove (718)
- Spangled Drongo (678)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (673)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Bonnie Doon
- Rainbow Bee-eater (634)
- Silver Gull (610)
- Great Egret (596)
- Metallic Starling (592)
- Yellow Oriole (581)
- Straw-necked Ibis (576)
- Laughing Kookaburra (545)
- Willie Wagtail (527)
- Whimbrel (471)
- Helmeted Friarbird (464)
- Forest Kingfisher (451)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (450)
- Australian Swiftlet (447)
- Black Kite (446)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (442)
- Brahminy Kite (427)
- Chestnut-breasted Munia (377)
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 Bonnie Doon:
- Cooya Beach (0.7 km)
- Newell (3 km)
- Mossman (3.2 km)
- Mossman Gorge (5.3 km)
- Finlayvale (5.4 km)
- Killaloe (5.9 km)
- Miallo (5.9 km)
- Shannonvale (6.4 km)
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Streets
- Alchera Drive (1)
- Barrbal Drive (69)
- Bayil Drive (42)
- Bonnie Doon Road (3)
- Bunjulu Close (5)
- Captain Cook Highway (3)
- Cooya Beach Road (52)
- Danbal Close (9)
- Dawal Close (17)
- Eagle Close (3)
- Julaji Close (35)
- Kalu Close (11)
- Kudi Close (6)
- Kurrubal Close (18)
- Lou Prince Drive (9)
- Mccracken Road (1)
- Santarossa Road (1)
- Tolentini Road (1)
- Yidi Close (12)
