Emu Vale QLD 4371
127 addresses · 28 streets
Maranoa Electorate › Southern Downs LGA › Emu Vale · 112 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Emu Vale is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 161 people, with a median age of 60. The typical household earns around $928 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 92% of households own their home and 4% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Southern Downs - East statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Emu Vale 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: 54.2% 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 | 54.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 78.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4% · Labour-force participation 50%
Population by age in Emu Vale
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 11 |
| 15-19 | 5 |
| 20-24 | 8 |
| 25-34 | 4 |
| 35-44 | 6 |
| 45-54 | 24 |
| 55-64 | 44 |
| 65-74 | 42 |
| 75-84 | 8 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Emu Vale
| House | 72 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Emu Vale
| <$650 | 21 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 27 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 14 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Emu Vale
| English | 74 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 62 |
| Scottish | 24 |
| German | 21 |
| Irish | 19 |
| Ancestry NS | 14 |
Housing tenure in Emu Vale
| Owned | 40 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 28 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Emu Vale
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 20 |
| 2 | 27 |
| 3 | 14 |
| 4+ | 7 |
Commute to work in Emu Vale
| Car | 38 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 18 |
Top countries of birth in Emu Vale
| New Zealand | 8 |
|---|
Languages used at home in Emu Vale
| German | 5 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
517 bird observations recorded near Emu Vale — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (33)
- Galah (28)
- Eastern Rosella (26)
- Nankeen Kestrel (26)
- Noisy Miner (25)
- Crested Pigeon (24)
- Torresian Crow (22)
- Bell Miner (21)
- Pacific Black Duck (21)
- Straw-necked Ibis (20)
- Red-rumped Parrot (19)
- Willie Wagtail (18)
- Black-shouldered Kite (17)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Emu Vale
- Magpie-lark (17)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (16)
- Common Starling (15)
- Laughing Kookaburra (15)
- Little Corella (15)
- Double-barred Finch (13)
- Dusky Moorhen (13)
- Superb Fairy-wren (13)
- Common Myna (12)
- Mistletoebird (12)
- Variegated Fairy-wren (12)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (12)
- Golden-mantled Rosella (11)
- House Sparrow (11)
- Australian Torresian Crow (10)
- Australian Wood Duck (10)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (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 Emu Vale:
- Danderoo (4.9 km)
- Yangan (6.5 km)
- Swanfels (6.8 km)
- Mount Colliery (7.2 km)
- Wiyarra (8.2 km)
- Tannymorel (8.6 km)
- Mount Sturt (9 km)
- Upper Freestone (11.7 km)
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Streets
- Azalea Street (7)
- Brown Road (1)
- Browns Road (1)
- Carey Road (5)
- Chalk Road (3)
- Clematis Street (1)
- Daphne Street (3)
- Denmark Lane (4)
- Emu Creek Road (32)
- Hermitage Emu Vale Road (1)
- Ipomea Street (4)
- Iris Street (5)
- Lipp Road (1)
- Markey Lane (1)
- Markeys Lane (1)
- Mcgahan Road (3)
- Mcgahans Road (3)
- Mcivor Road (9)
- Mewes Road (4)
- Rocky Creek Road (2)
- Strudwick Road (1)
- Swanfels Road (1)
- Swift Road (1)
- Swifts Road (1)
- Top Swanfels Road (3)
- Upper Emu Creek Road (5)
- Washbourne Road (11)
- Yangan - Killarney Road (13)
