Closeburn QLD 4520

Living Here

Closeburn is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 562 people, with a median age of 47. The typical household earns around $2,839 a week, with median rent near $575 a week. Most homes are houses. About 93% of households own their home and 5% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Samford Valley statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Closeburn itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 1 school

  • Mount Samson State School
• 2 parks

  • Herron Park
  • Arthur Ross Park
• 1 Catholic church

  • Sacred Heart Catholic Church
• 1 optometrist

  • Emphasis on Eyecare
• 1 hospital

  • Pine Rivers Private Hospital
• 2 vets

  • Samford Emergency Vets
  • Samford Valley Veterinary Hospital
• 1 golf club

  • Samford Valley Golf and Country Club
• 1 dog park

  • Samford Valley Dog Park
• 2 hardware stores

  • Mower Mart Samford
  • Mooey's Hardware & Landscaping
• 7 places to stay

  • Stable Room
  • The Barn
  • Honeymoon Bay
  • The Cottage
  • Midway Cottage
  • Spillway Cottage
  • Samford Cottage Accommodation

Getting around. Train station: Ferny Grove, 11 km south-east · Airport: Brisbane Airport, 26.5 km east.

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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: 59.3% 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 3.3% · Labour-force participation 65.5%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

36,577 bird observations recorded near Closeburn — most often seen:

• Lewin's Honeyeater (1,882)
• Torresian Crow (1,730)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (1,728)
• Eastern Whipbird (1,687)
• Laughing Kookaburra (1,657)
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (1,346)
• Bar-shouldered Dove (1,345)
• Silvereye (1,344)
• Grey Shrike-thrush (1,334)
• Grey Fantail (1,276)
• Australian Magpie (1,274)
• Eastern Yellow Robin (1,269)
• Willie Wagtail (1,266)

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 Closeburn:

• Yugar (2.5 km)
• Mount Samson (2.9 km)
• Clear Mountain (3.8 km)
• Cedar Creek (4.1 km)
• Samford Valley (4.6 km)
• Draper (5.2 km)
• Samford Village (5.7 km)
• Samsonvale (6.4 km)

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