Dumbleton QLD 4740
112 addresses · 12 streets
Dawson Electorate › Mackay LGA › Dumbleton · 810 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Dumbleton is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 242 people, with a median age of 52. The typical household earns around $2,531 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 87% of households own their home and 8% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Seaforth - Calen statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Dumbleton itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 vet
1 library
1 post office
1 service station
1 golf club
Getting around. Train station: Mackay, 9.6 km south-east · Airport: Mackay Airport, 11.4 km south-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: 12.5% 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 | 12.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 40.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.5% · Labour-force participation 66.5%
Population by age in Dumbleton
| 0-4 | 7 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 32 |
| 15-19 | 15 |
| 20-24 | 14 |
| 25-34 | 16 |
| 35-44 | 28 |
| 45-54 | 25 |
| 55-64 | 49 |
| 65-74 | 34 |
| 75-84 | 23 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Dumbleton
| House | 83 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Dumbleton
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 22 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 24 |
| $3,000+ | 26 |
Top ancestries in Dumbleton
| English | 102 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 92 |
| Irish | 40 |
| Scottish | 36 |
| Maltese | 22 |
| Ancestry NS | 22 |
Housing tenure in Dumbleton
| Owned | 42 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 26 |
| Rented | 6 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Dumbleton
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 20 |
| 2 | 30 |
| 3 | 24 |
| 4+ | 17 |
Commute to work in Dumbleton
| Car | 96 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 15 |
Top countries of birth in Dumbleton
| New Zealand | 6 |
|---|---|
| South Africa | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
402 bird observations recorded near Dumbleton — most often seen:
- Black Kite (23)
- Magpie-lark (22)
- Australasian Figbird (18)
- Australian White Ibis (18)
- Chestnut-breasted Munia (18)
- White-breasted Woodswallow (18)
- Australian Magpie (16)
- Olive-backed Sunbird (15)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (14)
- Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (13)
- Australian Torresian Crow (12)
- Brown Honeyeater (12)
- Eastern Bar-shouldered Dove (12)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Dumbleton
- Plumed Whistling-duck (12)
- Southern Magpie-lark (12)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (12)
- Spangled Drongo (12)
- Whistling Kite (12)
- Willie Wagtail (12)
- Australian Brush-turkey (11)
- Brahminy Kite (11)
- Eastern Brown Honeyeater (11)
- Eastern Peaceful Dove (11)
- Mainland Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (11)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (11)
- Straw-necked Ibis (11)
- White-faced Heron (11)
- Yellow Honeyeater (11)
- Dusky Moorhen (10)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (10)
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 Dumbleton:
- Erakala (3 km)
- Farleigh (3.8 km)
- Alexandra (3.9 km)
- Walkerston (4.4 km)
- Te Kowai (6.4 km)
- Pleystowe (6.4 km)
- Balnagowan (6.7 km)
- Foulden (7 km)
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Streets
- Andrew Drive (5)
- Aprile Court (5)
- Ashlea Road (5)
- Barclays Road (21)
- Farleigh Dumbleton Road (8)
- Gladys Road (6)
- Kirwans Road (3)
- Mallia Road (3)
- Maraju - Yakapari Road (24)
- Mckinleys Road (4)
- Nebia Coningsby Road (20)
- Ridolfis Road (8)
