Columbia QLD 4820

Living Here

Columbia is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 97 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $2,062 a week, with median rent near $220 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Charters Towers statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Columbia itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 9 schools

  • All Souls & St Gabriels School
  • All Souls and St Gabriels
  • Columba Catholic College
  • Richmond Hill State School
  • Columba Catholic College
  • Blackheath and Thonborugh
  • Charters Towers Central State School
  • Millchester State School
  • Charters Towers State High School
• 2 cafés & restaurants

  • Coffee and Flowers
  • Lissners Restaurant
• 1 supermarket

  • IGA
• 3 parks

  • Defiance Mill Park
  • Centenary Park
  • Listner Park
• 1 Catholic church

  • St Columba's
• 2 dentists

  • Gold City Dental Centre
  • Towers Family Dental
• 1 physiotherapist

  • Bodyfix Physiotherapy
• 2 optometrists

  • Eyecare Plus
  • Stacey & Stacey
• 1 hospital

  • Charters Towers Health Services
• 1 vet

  • Charters Towers Veterinary Service
• 1 library

  • Charters Towers Excelsior Library
• 1 post office

  • Charters Towers Post Shop
• 4 service stations

  • BP
  • Ampol
  • EG Australia
  • Mobil Products
• 1 gym

  • Charters Towers Racecourse
• 1 golf club

  • Charters Towers Golf Club
• 1 butcher

  • B T Meats
• 3 hardware stores

  • Mitre 10
  • Hollimans Rural Mitre 10
  • Home Timber & Hardware
• 1 hairdresser

  • Sisbella Hair and Beauty
• 1 mechanic

  • CT Auto Group
• 1 plumber

  • Browns Pump Shop
• 7 places to stay

  • BIG 4 Aussie Outback Oasis Holiday Park
  • Cattlemans Rest Motor Lodge
  • Dalrymple Tourist Van Park
  • The Park Motel
  • Courthouse Hotel / Courty Hotel
  • Royal Private Hotel
  • Charters Towers Tourist Park

Getting around. Train station: Charters Towers, 2.6 km south-west · Airport: Charters Towers Aerodrome, 1.8 km north-west.

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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: 13.8% 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 4.8% · Labour-force participation 56%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

4,886 bird observations recorded near Columbia — most often seen:

• Black Kite (293)
• Crested Pigeon (293)
• Magpie-lark (287)
• Australian Magpie (267)
• Peaceful Dove (230)
• Pied Butcherbird (225)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (225)
• Blue-faced Honeyeater (224)
• Straw-necked Ibis (209)
• Galah (202)
• Torresian Crow (193)
• Masked Lapwing (191)
• Brown Honeyeater (168)

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 Columbia:

• Queenton (2.5 km)
• Richmond Hill (2.5 km)
• Toll (3.1 km)
• Charters Towers City (3.3 km)
• Millchester (3.7 km)
• Grand Secret (4.4 km)
• Towers Hill (4.5 km)
• Alabama Hill (4.6 km)

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