Burgowan QLD 4659
23 addresses · 8 streets
Hinkler Electorate › Fraser Coast LGA › Burgowan · 241 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Burgowan is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 56 people, with a median age of 30. The typical household earns around $1,333 a week, with median rent near $365 a week. Most homes are houses. About 53% of households own their home and 47% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Burrum - Fraser statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Burgowan itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 Catholic church
1 service station
1 gym
1 golf club
1 place to stay
Getting around. Train station: Howard, 6.7 km west · Airport: Maryborough Airport, 22 km south.
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: 80.7% 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 | 80.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 96.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 10.5% · Labour-force participation 51.4%
Population by age in Burgowan
| 0-4 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 12 |
| 15-19 | 4 |
| 20-24 | 6 |
| 25-34 | 3 |
| 35-44 | 6 |
| 45-54 | 8 |
| 55-64 | 6 |
| 65-74 | 3 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Burgowan
| House | 13 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Top ancestries in Burgowan
| Australian | 22 |
|---|---|
| English | 21 |
| German | 13 |
| Ancestry NS | 9 |
| Irish | 6 |
| Italian | 4 |
Housing tenure in Burgowan
| Owned | 4 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 4 |
| Rented | 7 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Burgowan
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Burgowan
| Car | 11 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 3 |
Top countries of birth in Burgowan
| New Zealand | 6 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
426 bird observations recorded near Burgowan — most often seen:
- Brown Honeyeater (27)
- Pacific Black Duck (25)
- Australasian Grebe (21)
- Hardhead (21)
- Grey Teal (19)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (19)
- Rufous Whistler (18)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (18)
- Willie Wagtail (17)
- Peaceful Dove (14)
- Pied Butcherbird (14)
- Laughing Kookaburra (13)
- Striated Pardalote (13)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Burgowan
- Welcome Swallow (13)
- Australian Magpie (12)
- Double-barred Finch (12)
- Grey Fantail (12)
- Magpie-lark (12)
- White-throated Gerygone (12)
- White-throated Honeyeater (12)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (11)
- Masked Lapwing (11)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (11)
- Torresian Crow (11)
- Australian Wood Duck (10)
- Azure Kingfisher (10)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (10)
- Little Friarbird (10)
- Black Swan (9)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (9)
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 Burgowan:
- Torbanlea (4.6 km)
- Burrum Town (4.6 km)
- Beelbi Creek (5.2 km)
- Howard (7 km)
- Takura (7.8 km)
- Burrum River (8 km)
- Toogoom (10.2 km)
- Pacific Haven (11.8 km)
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Streets
- Antill Road (3)
- Bales Road (2)
- Churchill Mine Road (2)
- Grabbes Road (1)
- Mungomery Road (1)
- Old Toogoom Road (1)
- Rowston Road (2)
- Torbanlea - Pialba Road (11)
