Cottonvale QLD 4375
88 addresses · 15 streets
Maranoa Electorate › Southern Downs LGA › Cottonvale · 158 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Cottonvale is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 153 people, with a median age of 40. The typical household earns around $1,071 a week, with median rent near $165 a week. Most homes are houses. About 74% of households own their home and 26% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Stanthorpe Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Cottonvale itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
Getting around. Railway halt: The Summit, 6 km south · Airport: Stanthorpe Airport, 11.7 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: 15% 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 | 15.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 31.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.3% · Labour-force participation 51.3%
Population by age in Cottonvale
| 0-4 | 8 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 24 |
| 15-19 | 10 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 21 |
| 35-44 | 14 |
| 45-54 | 18 |
| 55-64 | 20 |
| 65-74 | 23 |
| 75-84 | 8 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Cottonvale
| House | 51 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Cottonvale
| <$650 | 11 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 14 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 13 |
| $3,000+ | 8 |
Top ancestries in Cottonvale
| English | 53 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 43 |
| Ancestry NS | 18 |
| Italian | 16 |
| Aboriginal | 15 |
| Irish | 14 |
Housing tenure in Cottonvale
| Owned | 21 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 11 |
| Rented | 11 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Cottonvale
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 12 |
| 2 | 18 |
| 3 | 14 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Cottonvale
| Car | 30 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 18 |
Top countries of birth in Cottonvale
| England | 4 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 4 |
| Croatia | 3 |
| Nepal | 3 |
Languages used at home in Cottonvale
| Italian | 6 |
|---|---|
| Filipino | 4 |
| Croatian | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
4,561 bird observations recorded near Cottonvale — most often seen:
- Australasian Grebe (320)
- Eurasian Coot (292)
- Pacific Black Duck (270)
- Hardhead (227)
- Great Crested Grebe (216)
- Australian Wood Duck (197)
- Grey Teal (192)
- Little Pied Cormorant (188)
- Torresian Crow (174)
- Dusky Moorhen (171)
- Superb Fairy-wren (169)
- Australian Magpie (160)
- Noisy Miner (156)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Cottonvale
- Blue-billed Duck (146)
- Eastern Rosella (144)
- White-faced Heron (139)
- Little Black Cormorant (128)
- Galah (126)
- Magpie-lark (118)
- Welcome Swallow (116)
- Pied Currawong (115)
- Red Wattlebird (105)
- Crimson Rosella (100)
- Hoary-headed Grebe (96)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (95)
- Masked Lapwing (88)
- Australian Reed Warbler (81)
- Crested Pigeon (78)
- Grey Butcherbird (77)
- Laughing Kookaburra (77)
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 Cottonvale:
- Fleurbaix (2.5 km)
- Thulimbah (3.2 km)
- Dalveen (5.6 km)
- The Summit (6.3 km)
- Pozieres (6.3 km)
- Glen Niven (7.3 km)
- Applethorpe (10.6 km)
- Bapaume (11.7 km)
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Streets
- Cosmo Lane (5)
- Cottonvale School Road (6)
- Devereux Lane (1)
- Granite Belt Drive (16)
- Halloran Drive (10)
- Hutchisons Lane (6)
- Mavin Lane (1)
- Mcnicol Lane (3)
- Middleton Road (4)
- Newlands Road (10)
- Pozieres Road (7)
- Rabbit Fence Road (12)
- Siviter Road (2)
- Thulimbah School Road (4)
- Watson Road (1)
