Dirranbandi QLD 4486
615 addresses · 52 streets
Maranoa Electorate › Balonne LGA › Dirranbandi · 490 km from Brisbane
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Living Here
Dirranbandi is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 610 people, with a median age of 44. The typical household earns around $1,266 a week, with median rent near $145 a week. Most homes are houses. About 52% of households own their home and 31% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Aboriginal. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Balonne statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Dirranbandi itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 pharmacy
1 hospital
1 library
1 post office
2 service stations
1 gym
1 golf club
1 butcher
1 mechanic
Getting around. Airport: Dirranbandi Airport, 2 km 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: 5.1% 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 | 5.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 14.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 6.4% · Labour-force participation 65.9%
Population by age in Dirranbandi
| 0-4 | 40 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 66 |
| 15-19 | 31 |
| 20-24 | 35 |
| 25-34 | 65 |
| 35-44 | 66 |
| 45-54 | 90 |
| 55-64 | 91 |
| 65-74 | 71 |
| 75-84 | 36 |
| 85+ | 8 |
Dwelling types in Dirranbandi
| House | 174 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 46 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 16 |
Households by weekly income in Dirranbandi
| <$650 | 55 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 69 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 79 |
| $3,000+ | 23 |
Top ancestries in Dirranbandi
| Australian | 267 |
|---|---|
| English | 236 |
| Aboriginal | 100 |
| Irish | 64 |
| Scottish | 62 |
| German | 46 |
Housing tenure in Dirranbandi
| Owned | 82 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 37 |
| Rented | 71 |
| Other | 39 |
Cars per household in Dirranbandi
| 0 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 81 |
| 2 | 75 |
| 3 | 40 |
| 4+ | 29 |
Commute to work in Dirranbandi
| Car | 176 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 36 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 60 |
Top countries of birth in Dirranbandi
| New Zealand | 13 |
|---|---|
| England | 10 |
| South Africa | 5 |
| Indonesia | 3 |
| Philippines | 3 |
Languages used at home in Dirranbandi
| Afrikaans | 8 |
|---|---|
| Mandarin | 3 |
| Indonesian | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
783 bird observations recorded near Dirranbandi — most often seen:
- Magpie-lark (60)
- Willie Wagtail (47)
- Welcome Swallow (46)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (41)
- Yellow-throated Miner (41)
- Red-rumped Parrot (36)
- Australian Magpie (33)
- Rock Dove (32)
- White-necked Heron (30)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (29)
- Whistling Kite (29)
- Galah (25)
- Restless Flycatcher (25)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Dirranbandi
- Spotted Bowerbird (24)
- Crested Pigeon (23)
- Laughing Kookaburra (21)
- Pied Butcherbird (21)
- House Sparrow (20)
- Australian Raven (19)
- Common Myna (19)
- Eastern White-plumed Honeyeater (18)
- Great Egret (18)
- Southern Magpie-lark (18)
- Cockatiel (17)
- Peaceful Dove (17)
- Apostlebird (16)
- Fairy Martin (16)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (15)
- Black Kite (14)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (13)
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 Dirranbandi:
- Hebel (59.1 km)
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Streets
- Abattoir Access Road (2)
- Bollon Dirranbandi Road (8)
- Booligar Road (3)
- Burke Street (4)
- Castlereagh Highway (14)
- Charles Street (10)
- Church Street (15)
- Corack Road (4)
- Cowildi Street (66)
- Crothers Street (7)
- Cubbie Road (17)
- Davirton Road (6)
- Dawes Street (6)
- Denholm Road (1)
- Diamond Tank Road (6)
- Dirranbandi Hebel Road (3)
- Ethel Street (11)
- Euraba Road (3)
- Gunnindaddy Road (1)
- Habnarey Road (1)
- Hannah Street (4)
- Hebel Dirranbandi Road (3)
- Honeymah Lane (5)
- Hoolavale Road (2)
- Horace Street (21)
- Ida Street (32)
- Isabel Street (19)
- Jakelwar Goodooga Road (11)
- Jane Street (24)
- Kate Street (4)
- Kilcumin Road (3)
- Kilcummin Road (3)
- Kirby Street (16)
- Koomalah Road (7)
- Lignum Avenue (22)
- Lower Plains Road (1)
- Mccarthy Street (18)
- Minnum Road (2)
- Moore Street (70)
- Narine Road (7)
- Narline Road (10)
- Noondoo Mungindi Road (4)
- Noondoo-thallon Road (3)
- Nulky Road (4)
- Openbah Road (3)
- Perkins Street (9)
- Railway Street (63)
- Richardson Street (18)
- Theodore Street (19)
- Waterson Street (11)
- Whyenbah Road (7)
- Woolerina Road (2)
