Conway QLD 4800
111 addresses · 6 streets
Dawson Electorate › Whitsunday LGA › Conway · 894 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Conway is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 202 people, with a median age of 52. The typical household earns around $1,399 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 85% of households own their home and 11% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Proserpine statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Conway itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 park
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Whitsunday Coast Airport, 17.6 km west.
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: 64.3% 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 | 64.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 81.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.1% · Labour-force participation 55.9%
Population by age in Conway
| 0-4 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 25 |
| 15-19 | 10 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 12 |
| 35-44 | 17 |
| 45-54 | 23 |
| 55-64 | 55 |
| 65-74 | 27 |
| 75-84 | 9 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Conway
| House | 72 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Conway
| <$650 | 17 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 25 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 17 |
| $3,000+ | 11 |
Top ancestries in Conway
| English | 92 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 78 |
| Irish | 26 |
| Scottish | 23 |
| Ancestry NS | 21 |
| German | 14 |
Housing tenure in Conway
| Owned | 22 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 33 |
| Rented | 7 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Conway
| 0 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 14 |
| 2 | 27 |
| 3 | 8 |
| 4+ | 10 |
Commute to work in Conway
| Car | 62 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 14 |
Top countries of birth in Conway
| England | 9 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 4 |
| South Africa | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
877 bird observations recorded near Conway — most often seen:
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (47)
- Silver Gull (45)
- Brahminy Kite (39)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (38)
- Whimbrel (34)
- Olive-backed Sunbird (33)
- Eastern Bar-shouldered Dove (31)
- Red-capped Plover (31)
- Australian Brush-turkey (30)
- Black Kite (30)
- Eastern Peaceful Dove (29)
- Hornbill Helmeted Friarbird (29)
- Southern Spangled Drongo (29)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Conway
- Eastern Curlew (28)
- White-breasted Woodswallow (28)
- White-throated Honeyeater (28)
- Central Queensland Coast Lewin's Honeyeater (27)
- Eastern Forest Kingfisher (27)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (27)
- Masked Lapwing (27)
- Southern Queensland Orange-footed Scrubfowl (27)
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (26)
- Australian Torresian Crow (25)
- Eastern Leaden Flycatcher (25)
- White-bellied Sea-eagle (25)
- Eastern Dusky Honeyeater (24)
- Little Egret (24)
- Mainland Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (22)
- Northern Red-tailed Black-cockatoo (22)
- North-eastern Black Butcherbird (20)
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 Conway:
- Wilson Beach (1.9 km)
- Conway Beach (3.2 km)
- Palm Grove (7 km)
- Preston (10.4 km)
- Goorganga Plains (11.9 km)
- Lethebrook (12.2 km)
- Glen Isla (13.2 km)
- Breadalbane (13.6 km)
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Streets
- Allan Road (21)
- Capridglio Road (7)
- Caprioglio Road (7)
- Conway Road (68)
- Montrose Road (3)
- Slater Road (5)
