Dotswood QLD 4820
36 addresses · 14 streets
Kennedy Electorate › Charters Towers LGA › Dotswood · 1087 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Dotswood is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 83 people, with a median age of 52. The typical household earns around $949 a week. Most homes are houses. About 84% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Dalrymple statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Dotswood 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: 12.1% 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 | 12.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 47.0% |
Demographics
Population by age in Dotswood
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 6 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 11 |
| 25-34 | 3 |
| 35-44 | 12 |
| 45-54 | 12 |
| 55-64 | 15 |
| 65-74 | 18 |
| 75-84 | 10 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Dotswood
| House | 20 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 8 |
Households by weekly income in Dotswood
| <$650 | 7 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 4 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 5 |
| $3,000+ | 9 |
Top ancestries in Dotswood
| English | 36 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 29 |
| German | 16 |
| Ancestry NS | 13 |
| Irish | 12 |
| Scottish | 7 |
Housing tenure in Dotswood
| Owned | 17 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 4 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Dotswood
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 13 |
| 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 4+ | 5 |
Commute to work in Dotswood
| Car | 14 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 19 |
Top countries of birth in Dotswood
| New Zealand | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1 bird observations recorded near Dotswood — most often seen:
- Squatter Pigeon (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 Dotswood:
- Breddan (22.4 km)
- Columbia (27.5 km)
- Toll (28 km)
- Mingela (28.7 km)
- Richmond Hill (29.1 km)
- Queenton (30 km)
- Charters Towers City (30.4 km)
- Grand Secret (30.9 km)
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Streets
- Bivouac Junction Road (4)
- Brigalow Road (1)
- Burdekin Downs Road (5)
- Castle Farm Road (1)
- Dotswood Road (5)
- Fanning Downs Road (4)
- Flinders Highway (4)
- Hervey Range Road (4)
- Kirkland Downs Road (1)
- Lavery Road (1)
- Macrossan Park Road (1)
- Myrtlevale Road (1)
- Pidgeon Box Road (2)
- Virginia Park Road (2)
