Deepwater QLD 4674
315 addresses · 14 streets
Flynn Electorate › Gladstone LGA › Deepwater · 357 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Deepwater is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 287 people, with a median age of 57. The typical household earns around $666 a week, with median rent near $190 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 Australian, English, Ancestry NS. 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 Agnes Water - Miriam Vale statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Deepwater 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: 49.6% 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 | 49.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 87.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 19.2% · Labour-force participation 27.7%
Population by age in Deepwater
| 0-4 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 25 |
| 15-19 | 13 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 8 |
| 35-44 | 23 |
| 45-54 | 55 |
| 55-64 | 81 |
| 65-74 | 61 |
| 75-84 | 16 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Deepwater
| House | 122 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Deepwater
| <$650 | 52 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 41 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 14 |
| $3,000+ | 5 |
Top ancestries in Deepwater
| Australian | 114 |
|---|---|
| English | 103 |
| Ancestry NS | 44 |
| Scottish | 27 |
| Other | 27 |
| Irish | 22 |
Housing tenure in Deepwater
| Owned | 73 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 24 |
| Rented | 13 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Deepwater
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 57 |
| 2 | 35 |
| 3 | 25 |
| 4+ | 6 |
Commute to work in Deepwater
| Car | 30 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 4 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 13 |
Top countries of birth in Deepwater
| New Zealand | 10 |
|---|---|
| Cambodia | 5 |
| England | 5 |
| United States | 5 |
Languages used at home in Deepwater
| Australian Indigenous | 8 |
|---|---|
| German | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
245 bird observations recorded near Deepwater — most often seen:
- Australian Pelican (20)
- Little Black Cormorant (19)
- Noisy Friarbird (14)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (11)
- Pacific Black Duck (10)
- White-throated Honeyeater (10)
- Forest Kingfisher (8)
- Grey Teal (8)
- Little Pied Cormorant (8)
- Pied Butcherbird (8)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (8)
- Spangled Drongo (8)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (7)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Deepwater
- Lewin's Honeyeater (7)
- Pale-headed Rosella (7)
- Peaceful Dove (7)
- Pied Cormorant (7)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (7)
- Torresian Crow (7)
- Australian Magpie (6)
- Australian White Ibis (6)
- Australian Wood Duck (6)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (6)
- Brown Honeyeater (6)
- Laughing Kookaburra (6)
- Noisy Miner (6)
- Red-backed Fairy-wren (6)
- Striated Pardalote (6)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (5)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (5)
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 Deepwater:
- Baffle Creek (7.4 km)
- Oyster Creek (8.1 km)
- Rules Beach (11.2 km)
- Euleilah (11.9 km)
- Taunton (13.8 km)
- Winfield (14.8 km)
- Mount Maria (17 km)
- Round Hill (19.8 km)
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Streets
- Capricornia Drive (57)
- Coe Road (4)
- Dale Drive (1)
- Deepwater Road (25)
- Fernfield Road (7)
- Fingerfield Road (13)
- Freshwater Court (9)
- Kate Avenue (9)
- Matchbox Road (93)
- Maude Hill Road (15)
- Oceania Court (10)
- Pacific Drive (55)
- Seabreeze Court (14)
- Sorensen Road (3)
