Broken River QLD 4757
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Capricornia Electorate › Mackay LGA › Broken River · 837 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Broken River is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 18 people, with a median age of 47. The typical household earns around $1,437 a week, with median rent near $84 a week. About 0% of households own their home and 100% rent. Most workers walk to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Ancestry NS, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Pioneer Valley statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Broken River itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 café or restaurant
2 places to stay
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: 68.1% 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 | 68.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 80.8% |
Demographics
Population by age in Broken River
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 4 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 6 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 3 |
| 55-64 | 4 |
| 65-74 | 0 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Broken River
| English | 8 |
|---|---|
| Ancestry NS | 5 |
| German | 3 |
| Scottish | 3 |
| Australian | 0 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
Housing tenure in Broken River
| Owned | 0 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 0 |
Commute to work in Broken River
| Car | 3 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
18,273 bird observations recorded near Broken River — most often seen:
- Lewin's Honeyeater (1,256)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (1,207)
- Australian Brush-turkey (981)
- Pied Currawong (832)
- Grey Fantail (807)
- Eastern Whipbird (801)
- Laughing Kookaburra (788)
- Topknot Pigeon (767)
- White-browed Scrubwren (729)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (725)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (717)
- Brown Cuckoo-dove (631)
- Brown Thornbill (607)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Broken River
- Noisy Pitta (507)
- Red-browed Finch (496)
- Black-faced Monarch (486)
- Silvereye (481)
- Central Queensland Coast Lewin's Honeyeater (455)
- Eungella Honeyeater (450)
- Spectacled Monarch (445)
- Wompoo Fruit-dove (440)
- Azure Kingfisher (438)
- Large-billed Scrubwren (435)
- Buff-breasted Scrubwren (432)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (423)
- North-eastern Yellow Robin (421)
- Torresian Crow (419)
- Brown Gerygone (368)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (366)
- Eastern Spinebill (363)
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 Broken River:
- Netherdale (4.7 km)
- Eungella (5 km)
- Crediton (5.1 km)
- Dalrymple Heights (12.8 km)
- Finch Hatton (13.9 km)
- Eungella Dam (14.5 km)
- Pinnacle (21.2 km)
- Eungella Hinterland (21.5 km)
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