Chillagoe QLD 4871

Living Here

Chillagoe is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 214 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $772 a week, with median rent near $170 a week. Most homes are houses. About 64% of households own their home and 27% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. 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 Tablelands statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Chillagoe itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 1 school

  • Chillagoe State School
• 1 supermarket

  • Chillagoe General Store
• 1 park

  • Chillagoe Racecourse
• 1 library

  • Library in the Hub
• 1 post office

  • Post Office is in the hub
• 1 service station

  • BP Tourist Village
• 1 hardware store

  • Chillagoe Hardware
• 4 places to stay

  • Chillagoe Guesthouse
  • Chillagoe Tourist Village
  • Chillagoe Cabins
  • Eco Park and Observatory

Getting around. Airport: Chillagoe Airport, 1.8 km north.

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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: 34.4% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 9.1% · Labour-force participation 44.3%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

8,063 bird observations recorded near Chillagoe — most often seen:

• Red-winged Parrot (448)
• Galah (405)
• Blue-faced Honeyeater (388)
• Rainbow Bee-eater (360)
• Black Kite (352)
• Great Bowerbird (318)
• Masked Lapwing (318)
• Apostlebird (316)
• Bar-shouldered Dove (316)
• Eastern Blue-faced Honeyeater (308)
• Northern Galah (298)
• Helmeted Guineafowl (282)
• Australian Magpie (270)

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 Chillagoe:

• Almaden (26.5 km)
• Crystalbrook (43 km)
• Petford (48.1 km)
• Mount Mulligan (50 km)
• Barwidgi (53.3 km)
• Nychum (55.6 km)
• Dimbulah (60.6 km)
• Thornborough (61.1 km)

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