Cherwell QLD 4660
5 addresses · 1 street
Hinkler Electorate › Fraser Coast LGA › Cherwell · 248 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Cherwell is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 10 people, with a median age of 39. The typical household earns around $3,249 a week. Most homes are houses. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Aboriginal. 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 Burrum - Fraser statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Cherwell itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 golf club
Getting around. Train station: Howard, 9.6 km east · Airport: Maryborough Airport, 34.2 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: 84.4% 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 | 84.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 96.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 16.7% · Labour-force participation 60%
Population by age in Cherwell
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 6 |
| 15-19 | 4 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 3 |
| 55-64 | 0 |
| 65-74 | 0 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Cherwell
| House | 4 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Top ancestries in Cherwell
| English | 9 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 3 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
| Croatian | 0 |
| Dutch | 0 |
Commute to work in Cherwell
| Car | 6 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
87 bird observations recorded near Cherwell — most often seen:
- Variegated Fairy-wren (20)
- Torresian Crow (9)
- Laughing Kookaburra (4)
- Mistletoebird (4)
- Willie Wagtail (4)
- Fuscous Honeyeater (3)
- Noisy Friarbird (3)
- Peaceful Dove (3)
- Red-backed Fairy-wren (3)
- Southern Noisy Friarbird (3)
- Welcome Swallow (3)
- Emu (2)
- Grey Butcherbird (2)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Cherwell
- Grey Shrike-thrush (2)
- Magpie-lark (2)
- Rufous Whistler (2)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (2)
- Whistling Kite (2)
- White-faced Heron (2)
- White-necked Heron (2)
- Black Kite (1)
- Black-headed Pardalote (1)
- Brown Honeyeater (1)
- Brown Treecreeper (1)
- Buff-rumped Thornbill (1)
- Double-barred Finch (1)
- Dusky Honeyeater (1)
- Dusky Woodswallow (1)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (1)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (1)
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 Cherwell:
- Pacific Haven (9.1 km)
- Howard (9.3 km)
- Duckinwilla (10.1 km)
- Isis River (10.3 km)
- Burrum River (11.6 km)
- Burrum Town (11.8 km)
- Torbanlea (12.6 km)
- Buxton (12.6 km)
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Streets
- Bruce Highway (5)
