Chirnside QLD 4723
32 addresses · 10 streets
Flynn Electorate › Central Highlands (Qld) LGA › Chirnside · 695 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Chirnside is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 56 people, with a median age of 52. The typical household earns around $2,349 a week, with median rent near $125 a week. Most homes are houses. About 75% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Central Highlands - West statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Chirnside itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
1 library
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Emerald Airport, 50.3 km south.
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: 4.2% 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 | 4.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 8.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 6.7% · Labour-force participation 58.8%
Population by age in Chirnside
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 3 |
| 35-44 | 6 |
| 45-54 | 11 |
| 55-64 | 13 |
| 65-74 | 8 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Chirnside
| House | 15 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Chirnside
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 3 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 4 |
| $3,000+ | 4 |
Top ancestries in Chirnside
| English | 26 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 16 |
| German | 13 |
| Ancestry NS | 10 |
| Scottish | 7 |
| Dutch | 5 |
Housing tenure in Chirnside
| Owned | 8 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 4 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Chirnside
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Chirnside
| Car | 17 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
60 bird observations recorded near Chirnside — most often seen:
- Mistletoebird (4)
- Cockatiel (3)
- Crested Pigeon (3)
- Eastern Yellow-throated Miner (3)
- Pale-headed Rosella (3)
- Australian Magpie (2)
- Australian Torresian Crow (2)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (2)
- Black Kite (2)
- Double-barred Finch (2)
- Eastern Brown Honeyeater (2)
- Eastern Pied Butcherbird (2)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (2)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Chirnside
- Grey Butcherbird (2)
- Magpie-lark (2)
- Peaceful Dove (2)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (2)
- Rufous Whistler (2)
- Southern Rufous Whistler (2)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (2)
- Spotted Bowerbird (2)
- Striped Honeyeater (2)
- Torresian Crow (2)
- Willie Wagtail (2)
- Apostlebird (1)
- Australian Bustard (1)
- Australian Raven (1)
- Birds (1)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (1)
- Black-headed Pardalote (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 Chirnside:
- Capella (5.9 km)
- Belcong (10.8 km)
- Hibernia (10.9 km)
- Khosh Bulduk (11.2 km)
- Crinum (18.5 km)
- Gordonstone (21.5 km)
- Carbine Creek (27 km)
- Mount Macarthur (29.9 km)
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Streets
- Amah Road (3)
- Capella Rubyvale Road (1)
- Cedarvale Lane (1)
- Crescendo Road (1)
- Gregory Highway (9)
- Johnston Road (4)
- Lawrence Lane (3)
- Naumanns Road (1)
- The Lawrence Lane (3)
- Yan Yan Road (6)
