Charlton QLD 4350
136 addresses · 18 streets
Groom Electorate › Toowoomba LGA › Charlton · 116 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Charlton is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 107 people, with a median age of 44. The typical household earns around $1,625 a week, with median rent near $280 a week. Most homes are houses. About 61% of households own their home and 30% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, German. 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 Toowoomba - West statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Charlton itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 schools
1 gym
1 golf club
1 dog park
1 butcher
4 hardware stores
1 electrician
2 places to stay
Getting around. Train station: Toowoomba, 10.5 km south-east · Bus interchange: Harristown High School bus interchange, 9.9 km south-east · Airport: Toowoomba City Aerodrome, 6.9 km south-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: 2.6% 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 | 2.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 8.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.4% · Labour-force participation 64.4%
Population by age in Charlton
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 16 |
| 15-19 | 7 |
| 20-24 | 9 |
| 25-34 | 17 |
| 35-44 | 9 |
| 45-54 | 16 |
| 55-64 | 22 |
| 65-74 | 9 |
| 75-84 | 4 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Charlton
| House | 33 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Charlton
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 10 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 8 |
| $3,000+ | 13 |
Top ancestries in Charlton
| Australian | 50 |
|---|---|
| English | 39 |
| German | 14 |
| Greek | 8 |
| Aboriginal | 7 |
| Irish | 7 |
Housing tenure in Charlton
| Owned | 15 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 5 |
| Rented | 10 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Charlton
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 10 |
| 3 | 7 |
| 4+ | 12 |
Commute to work in Charlton
| Car | 44 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
14,798 bird observations recorded near Charlton — most often seen:
- Eastern Australian Magpie (614)
- Australian Torresian Crow (612)
- Common Myna (610)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (591)
- Eastern Galah (589)
- Southern Magpie-lark (585)
- Southern Pale-headed Rosella (562)
- Eastern Pied Currawong (553)
- Mainland Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (551)
- Eastern Pied Butcherbird (540)
- Eastern Brown Honeyeater (529)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (508)
- Common Starling (501)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Charlton
- Eastern Asian Spotted Dove (484)
- South-eastern Yellow-rumped Thornbill (482)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (474)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (468)
- Nankeen Kestrel (465)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (463)
- Eastern Silvereye (459)
- South-eastern Grey Butcherbird (459)
- Double-barred Finch (447)
- South-eastern Golden-headed Cisticola (431)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (427)
- Southern Lewin's Honeyeater (416)
- Striped Honeyeater (412)
- Swamp Quail (406)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (391)
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (387)
- Eastern Bar-shouldered Dove (382)
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 Charlton:
- Gowrie Mountain (3.1 km)
- Wellcamp (3.5 km)
- Cotswold Hills (4.1 km)
- Torrington (4.3 km)
- Gowrie Junction (4.9 km)
- Kingsthorpe (5.8 km)
- Glencoe (6.8 km)
- Wilsonton (6.9 km)
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Streets
- Draper Road (2)
- Heinemann Road (3)
- Jordan Court (13)
- Leesons Road (8)
- Linora Drive (2)
- Logistics Drive (3)
- Moorebank Road (7)
- Nass Road (15)
- O'mara Road (4)
- Piedmont Street (2)
- Steger Road (27)
- Toowoomba Connection Road (1)
- Toowoomba-connection Road (1)
- Troys Road (7)
- Warrego Highway (31)
- Willett Road (6)
- Wirth Road (2)
- Witmack Road (2)
