Cedar Vale QLD 4285
978 addresses · 56 streets
Wright Electorate › Logan LGA › Cedar Vale · 46 km from Brisbane
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Living Here
Cedar Vale is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 2,856 people, with a median age of 37. The typical household earns around $2,261 a week, with median rent near $460 a week. Most homes are houses. About 91% of households own their home and 8% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. 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 Jimboomba statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Cedar Vale itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
1 hospital
1 library
1 electrician
1 plumber
1 carpenter
Getting around. Airport: Southport Flying Club, 35.8 km east.
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: 49.2% 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 | 49.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 76.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5.5% · Labour-force participation 70%
Population by age in Cedar Vale
| 0-4 | 176 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 486 |
| 15-19 | 222 |
| 20-24 | 148 |
| 25-34 | 293 |
| 35-44 | 431 |
| 45-54 | 457 |
| 55-64 | 343 |
| 65-74 | 203 |
| 75-84 | 76 |
| 85+ | 23 |
Dwelling types in Cedar Vale
| House | 849 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 5 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Cedar Vale
| <$650 | 53 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 169 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 345 |
| $3,000+ | 220 |
Top ancestries in Cedar Vale
| English | 1,278 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 1,153 |
| Scottish | 361 |
| Irish | 284 |
| Other | 189 |
| German | 166 |
Housing tenure in Cedar Vale
| Owned | 206 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 570 |
| Rented | 67 |
| Other | 8 |
Cars per household in Cedar Vale
| 0 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 114 |
| 2 | 325 |
| 3 | 219 |
| 4+ | 175 |
Commute to work in Cedar Vale
| Car | 1,057 |
|---|---|
| Train | 6 |
| Bus | 3 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 8 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 148 |
Top countries of birth in Cedar Vale
| New Zealand | 122 |
|---|---|
| England | 102 |
| Scotland | 19 |
| South Africa | 18 |
| Netherlands | 13 |
| Philippines | 12 |
Languages used at home in Cedar Vale
| Russian | 10 |
|---|---|
| Spanish | 9 |
| Mandarin | 6 |
| French | 5 |
| German | 4 |
| Italian | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
6,476 bird observations recorded near Cedar Vale — most often seen:
- Pacific Black Duck (293)
- Australian Wood Duck (275)
- Magpie-lark (275)
- Australian Magpie (273)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (271)
- Torresian Crow (271)
- Willie Wagtail (263)
- Superb Fairy-wren (255)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (246)
- Comb-crested Jacana (219)
- Masked Lapwing (217)
- Pale-headed Rosella (213)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (211)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Cedar Vale
- Pied Butcherbird (210)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (209)
- Little Black Cormorant (209)
- Straw-necked Ibis (202)
- Australasian Darter (199)
- Crested Pigeon (199)
- Little Pied Cormorant (199)
- Welcome Swallow (193)
- Striped Honeyeater (181)
- Brown Honeyeater (179)
- Galah (178)
- Common Myna (177)
- Noisy Friarbird (176)
- Australasian Grebe (173)
- Striated Pardalote (171)
- Dusky Moorhen (170)
- Intermediate Egret (169)
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 Cedar Vale:
- Woodhill (2.8 km)
- Cedar Grove (3.7 km)
- Veresdale Scrub (3.8 km)
- Veresdale (5 km)
- Glenlogan (5.3 km)
- Jimboomba (5.7 km)
- Mundoolun (6 km)
- Riverbend (7.2 km)
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Streets
- Adrian Street (7)
- Allspice Street (5)
- Apollo Court (6)
- Ashley Court (6)
- Ashwood Drive (63)
- Bamboo Drive (62)
- Banksia Court (11)
- Barnes Road (19)
- Birchwood Street (3)
- Blackbean Street (13)
- Blackbutt Road (27)
- Bloodwood Court (10)
- Bluff Parkway (2)
- Bluff Road (71)
- Bunya Court (14)
- Cadagi Close (6)
- Cascara Drive (18)
- Cassia Court (12)
- Cedar Vale Road (15)
- Champney Court (28)
- Coral Tree Court (4)
- Dennis Road (69)
- Elwyn Drive (18)
- Fern Tree Court (14)
- Fernhurst Close (3)
- Galen Court (6)
- Harrison Road (28)
- Kamala Court (18)
- Kauri Court (14)
- Lightwood Court (9)
- Logyard Court (18)
- Maggie Court (13)
- Michael Close (3)
- Millstream Road (73)
- Mount Lindesay Highway (1)
- Norfolk Drive (16)
- Old Bluff Road (14)
- Orbit Court (6)
- Orion Road (75)
- Papworth Court (4)
- Peta Court (13)
- Pinkwood Street (5)
- Quail Street (32)
- Rose Gum Court (6)
- Samantha Road (10)
- Saturn Court (6)
- Silky Oak Court (5)
- Sirius Court (5)
- Teak Street (9)
- The Bluff Court (5)
- Turpentine Drive (21)
- Venus Court (6)
- Waratah Place (12)
- White Beech Court (5)
- White Cedar Court (14)
- Whitman Road (20)
