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Brandon QLD 4808

842 addresses · 50 streets

Dawson Electorate › Burdekin LGA › Brandon · 1053 km from Brisbane

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Living Here

Brandon is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 1,088 people, with a median age of 46. The typical household earns around $1,504 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 74% of households own their home and 22% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Italian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

1,088Population
46Median age
$1,504Median household income / wk
$200Median rent / wk
2.4Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Burdekin statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Brandon itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Ayr, 4.9 km south-east · Airport: Ayr Airport, 5.2 km south-west.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 3/10
Economic resources4/10
Education & jobs1/10

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: 1.7% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Brandon

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Brandon QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20201.7%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202134.5%

Demographics

Unemployment 3.1% · Labour-force participation 62.4%

Population by age in Brandon
Population by age, Brandon QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-463
5-14135
15-1952
20-2445
25-34104
35-44127
45-54138
55-64177
65-74150
75-8471
85+14
Dwelling types in Brandon
Dwelling types, Brandon QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House389
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Brandon
Households by weekly income, Brandon QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$65066
$650-1,499121
$1,500-2,999121
$3,000+56
Top ancestries in Brandon
Top ancestries, Brandon QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Australian489
English361
Italian200
Scottish128
Irish113
Ancestry NS83
Housing tenure in Brandon
Housing tenure, Brandon QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned182
Mortgage116
Rented90
Other13
Cars per household in Brandon
Cars per household, Brandon QLD (ABS Census 2021)
011
1103
2178
358
4+45
Commute to work in Brandon
Commute to work, Brandon QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car392
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked16
Bicycle0
Home38
Top countries of birth in Brandon
Top countries of birth, Brandon QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Italy13
New Zealand6
Scotland5
South Africa5
Zimbabwe4
England3
Languages used at home in Brandon
Languages used at home, Brandon QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Afrikaans11
Italian11
Vietnamese4
Indonesian3
Thai3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

646 bird observations recorded near Brandon — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Brandon

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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