Cambooya QLD 4358
1,235 addresses · 71 streets
Groom Electorate › Toowoomba LGA › Cambooya · 117 km from Brisbane
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Living Here
Cambooya is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 2,260 people, with a median age of 31. The typical household earns around $1,574 a week, with median rent near $290 a week. Most homes are houses. About 63% of households own their home and 36% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Cambooya - Wyreema statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Cambooya itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 Catholic church
1 pharmacy
1 medical clinic
1 childcare centre
1 post office
1 service station
1 gym
1 electrician
Getting around. Airport: Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport, 18.1 km north.
Socio-economic Standing
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 5.3% 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 | 5.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 13.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3% · Labour-force participation 65.8%
Population by age in Cambooya
| 0-4 | 220 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 329 |
| 15-19 | 116 |
| 20-24 | 178 |
| 25-34 | 423 |
| 35-44 | 248 |
| 45-54 | 241 |
| 55-64 | 230 |
| 65-74 | 171 |
| 75-84 | 81 |
| 85+ | 13 |
Dwelling types in Cambooya
| House | 743 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 58 |
| Apartment | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Cambooya
| <$650 | 98 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 257 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 281 |
| $3,000+ | 99 |
Top ancestries in Cambooya
| Australian | 1,068 |
|---|---|
| English | 880 |
| Irish | 256 |
| Scottish | 237 |
| Ancestry NS | 182 |
| German | 180 |
Housing tenure in Cambooya
| Owned | 176 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 324 |
| Rented | 284 |
| Other | 14 |
Cars per household in Cambooya
| 0 | 7 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 233 |
| 2 | 347 |
| 3 | 126 |
| 4+ | 74 |
Commute to work in Cambooya
| Car | 840 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 6 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 21 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 79 |
Top countries of birth in Cambooya
| England | 34 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 33 |
| South Africa | 12 |
| Netherlands | 8 |
| China | 7 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 |
Languages used at home in Cambooya
| Mandarin | 15 |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | 10 |
| Japanese | 8 |
| Tagalog | 5 |
| Italian | 4 |
| Korean | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,363 bird observations recorded near Cambooya — most often seen:
- Nankeen Kestrel (92)
- Common Myna (91)
- Magpie-lark (73)
- Australian Magpie (62)
- Black-shouldered Kite (62)
- Crested Pigeon (61)
- Torresian Crow (61)
- Cockatiel (57)
- Galah (56)
- Common Starling (54)
- Zebra Finch (50)
- Rock Dove (46)
- Willie Wagtail (44)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Cambooya
- Superb Fairy-wren (40)
- Pacific Black Duck (39)
- Red-rumped Parrot (39)
- Golden-headed Cisticola (37)
- Pale-headed Rosella (37)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (37)
- Australian Wood Duck (36)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (35)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (34)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (30)
- Grey Teal (30)
- Pied Butcherbird (29)
- South-eastern Golden-headed Cisticola (28)
- Southern Magpie-lark (28)
- Australian Torresian Crow (27)
- Masked Lapwing (24)
- Noisy Miner (24)
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Cambooya:
- Wyreema (6.1 km)
- Vale View (7.4 km)
- Greenmount (8.7 km)
- Hodgson Vale (9.3 km)
- Finnie (9.8 km)
- Mount Rascal (10 km)
- Ramsay (10.6 km)
- East Greenmount (10.7 km)
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Streets
- Alfred Street (41)
- Bishop Street (12)
- Bourne Road (5)
- Cambooya Connection Road (32)
- Cambooya Felton Road (12)
- Carmalong Street (3)
- Carnamah Street (16)
- Charles Road (1)
- Corack Avenue (22)
- Coral Court (8)
- Creek Street (33)
- Cudmore Road (28)
- Cudmores Road (2)
- Donald Street (8)
- Eric Court (13)
- Ernest Street (1)
- Esmeralda Street (29)
- Eton Street (56)
- Fairfax Street (20)
- Frank Road (4)
- George Street (36)
- Gordon Street (5)
- Gore Street (24)
- Gray Street (8)
- Greenup Road (6)
- Harrow Street (48)
- Hennessey Road (10)
- Henry Road (3)
- Hoffman Road (1)
- Hoffmann Road (2)
- Hurga Road (1)
- James Street (12)
- John Street (37)
- Karara Road (1)
- Karto Street (48)
- Kuhn Road (3)
- Little Street (1)
- Love Road (1)
- Lucy Street (19)
- Lysaght Road (8)
- Macdiarmid Road (7)
- Magpie Drive (144)
- Mcnally Road (4)
- Mcnallys Road (4)
- Murwillock Street (17)
- Myrtleford Crescent (84)
- New England Highway (24)
- Paterson Street (3)
- Perrin Road (16)
- Quarry Street (24)
- Railway Parade (7)
- Railway Street (30)
- Ramsay Road (11)
- Ramsay Street (6)
- Richards Avenue (6)
- Ridge Drive (26)
- Savage Road (6)
- Schmorl Road (2)
- Short Street (11)
- Strand Road (2)
- Strands Road (2)
- Thomas Street (18)
- Todd Road (3)
- Toowoomba - Karara Road (24)
- Utz Road (1)
- Watts Siding Road (6)
- Weebah Place (61)
- West Road (6)
- William Street (19)
- Wongalee Place (17)
- Wyreema Cambooya Road (24)
