Cushnie QLD 4608
102 addresses · 23 streets
Flynn Electorate › South Burnett LGA › Cushnie · 179 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Cushnie is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 145 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $1,312 a week, with median rent near $250 a week. Most homes are houses. About 80% of households own their home and 20% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Kingaroy Region - North statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Cushnie itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
Getting around. Airport: Wondai Aerodrome, 13.9 km north-east.
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: 18.2% 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 | 18.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 30.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 6.1% · Labour-force participation 54.5%
Population by age in Cushnie
| 0-4 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 23 |
| 15-19 | 14 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 7 |
| 35-44 | 14 |
| 45-54 | 18 |
| 55-64 | 23 |
| 65-74 | 25 |
| 75-84 | 9 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Cushnie
| House | 50 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Cushnie
| <$650 | 11 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 10 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 15 |
| $3,000+ | 4 |
Top ancestries in Cushnie
| Australian | 63 |
|---|---|
| English | 51 |
| German | 26 |
| Ancestry NS | 20 |
| Filipino | 9 |
| Irish | 8 |
Housing tenure in Cushnie
| Owned | 23 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 13 |
| Rented | 9 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Cushnie
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 13 |
| 2 | 18 |
| 3 | 20 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Cushnie
| Car | 32 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 11 |
Top countries of birth in Cushnie
| Philippines | 9 |
|---|
Languages used at home in Cushnie
| Tagalog | 5 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
81 bird observations recorded near Cushnie — most often seen:
- White-winged Chough (12)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (5)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (4)
- North-eastern Yellow Robin (4)
- Southern Magpie-lark (4)
- Superb Fairy-wren (4)
- Apostlebird (3)
- Birds (3)
- Black-headed Pardalote (3)
- Eastern Blue-faced Honeyeater (3)
- Eastern Galah (3)
- Laughing Kookaburra (3)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (3)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Cushnie
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (3)
- Double-barred Finch (2)
- Eastern Australian Raven (2)
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (2)
- Eastern White-throated Gerygone (2)
- Red-winged Parrot (2)
- Southern Noisy Friarbird (2)
- Southern Pale-headed Rosella (2)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (2)
- Australasian Figbird (1)
- Australian Bustard (1)
- Australian Torresian Crow (1)
- Australian Wood Duck (1)
- Cockatiel (1)
- Eastern Asian Spotted Dove (1)
- Eastern Barn Owl (1)
- Eastern Brown Honeyeater (1)
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 Cushnie:
- Mp Creek (5.2 km)
- Wilkesdale (7.8 km)
- Greenview (7.8 km)
- Tingoora (8.3 km)
- Fairdale (8.7 km)
- Wooroolin (9.5 km)
- Chelmsford (11.8 km)
- Leafdale (11.8 km)
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Streets
- Andersons Road (6)
- Barkers Road (1)
- Bells Road (2)
- Birds Road (3)
- Cants Road (4)
- Chinchilla - Wondai Road (5)
- Cushnie Road (18)
- Denmark Road (2)
- G Andersons Road (6)
- Home Creek Loop Road (6)
- Kintyre Road (5)
- Learmonts Road (3)
- Magnussens Road (2)
- Mcallisters Road (4)
- Morris Road (2)
- O'dea Road (6)
- Olsens Road (5)
- Pedersons Road (3)
- Reillys Road (8)
- Reinkes Road (2)
- Schloss Road (2)
- Teschs Road (5)
- Tingoora Chelmsford Road (2)
