Colinton QLD 4314
52 addresses · 8 streets
Blair Electorate › Somerset LGA › Colinton · 92 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Colinton is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 60 people, with a median age of 56. The typical household earns around $959 a week, with median rent near $295 a week. Most homes are houses. About 77% of households own their home and 9% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Kilcoy statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Colinton itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 42.3% 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.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 42.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 56.2% |
Demographics
Population by age in Colinton
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 5 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 4 |
| 45-54 | 13 |
| 55-64 | 12 |
| 65-74 | 19 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Colinton
| House | 32 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Colinton
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 11 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 5 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Colinton
| Australian | 28 |
|---|---|
| English | 28 |
| German | 9 |
| Scottish | 7 |
| Ancestry NS | 6 |
| Irish | 5 |
Housing tenure in Colinton
| Owned | 18 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 9 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 5 |
Cars per household in Colinton
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 11 |
| 2 | 12 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Colinton
| Car | 7 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 18 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
115 bird observations recorded near Colinton — most often seen:
- Torresian Crow (8)
- Australian Torresian Crow (5)
- Australian Wood Duck (5)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (5)
- Magpie-lark (5)
- Noisy Miner (5)
- Willie Wagtail (5)
- Australian Magpie (4)
- Dollarbird (4)
- Dusky Moorhen (4)
- Pale-headed Rosella (4)
- Peaceful Dove (4)
- Pied Butcherbird (4)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Colinton
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (4)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (4)
- Straw-necked Ibis (4)
- Striated Pardalote (4)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (3)
- Black-headed Pardalote (3)
- Eastern Pied Butcherbird (3)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (3)
- Galah (3)
- Noisy Friarbird (3)
- Pacific Black Duck (3)
- South-eastern Grey Butcherbird (3)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (3)
- Welcome Swallow (3)
- White-faced Heron (3)
- Australasian Figbird (2)
- Black Kite (2)
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 Colinton:
- Harlin (6.1 km)
- Moore (7.2 km)
- Yimbun (10.6 km)
- Ivory Creek (11.4 km)
- Gregors Creek (11.9 km)
- Linville (13.2 km)
- Braemore (13.5 km)
- Scrub Creek (15.2 km)
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Streets
- D'aguilar Highway (8)
- Emu Creek Road (8)
- Glenhowden Road (9)
- Grieves Road (15)
- Happy Creek Road (4)
- Nurinda Road (5)
- Turners Road (2)
- Westaway Road (1)