Fairy Bower QLD 4700

Living Here

Fairy Bower is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 99 people, with a median age of 58. The typical household earns around $1,062 a week, with median rent near $225 a week. Most homes are houses. About 91% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. 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 Rockhampton - West statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Fairy Bower itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 7 schools

  • Gracemere State School
  • Crescent Lagoon State School
  • Rockhampton Girls Grammar School
  • Rockhampton Grammar School
  • Saint Peters School
  • Saint Joseph's Catholic School Wandal
  • Allenstown State School
• 1 park

  • Johnson Park
• 1 Catholic church

  • Saint Joseph's Cathedral
• 3 hospitals

  • Mater Private Hospital Rockhampton
  • Rockhampton Base Hospital
  • Hillcrest Private Hospital
• 1 vet

  • Gracemere Veterinary Surgery
• 1 library

  • Gracemere Library
• 1 post office

  • Australia Post Gracemere
• 2 service stations

  • EG Ampol
  • Ampol
• 4 gyms & sports centres

  • Gracemere Sports Club
  • Athelstane Bowls Club
  • Rockhampton Mallet Sports Club
  • Athelstane Tennis Club
• 3 golf clubs

  • Rockhampton Golf Club
  • Gracemere Lakes Golf Club
  • North Rockhampton Golf Club
• 3 hardware stores

  • True Value Hardware
  • A man's toy shop
  • Stihl
• 22 places to stay

  • Gracemere Caravan Park
  • Rocky Gardens Motor Inn
  • Southside Holiday Village
  • Sun Palms Motel
  • Rocky Resort Motor Inn
  • Golden Fountain Motel
  • Tropical Gateway Motor Inn
  • The Q Motel
  • Cattle City Motor Inn
  • Motel Lodge

  See all 22 places to stay near Fairy Bower →

Getting around. Train station: Rockhampton Railway Station, 5.8 km east · Railway halt: Archer Park, 5.9 km north-east · Bus interchange: Rockhampton, 5.5 km north-east · Airport: Rockhampton Airport, 3.2 km north-east.

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Socio-economic Standing

Greenery

🌳 Tree canopy: 23.5% satellite estimate · 2021

Demographics

Unemployment 4.2% · Labour-force participation 56.5%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

25,315 bird observations recorded near Fairy Bower — most often seen:

• Australian White Ibis (1,460)
• Magpie-lark (1,242)
• Pacific Black Duck (1,198)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (1,195)
• Blue-faced Honeyeater (1,059)
• Dusky Moorhen (996)
• Australasian Purple Swamphen (963)
• Noisy Miner (921)
• Torresian Crow (911)
• Australian Wood Duck (891)
• Little Black Cormorant (889)
• Whistling Kite (888)
• Crested Pigeon (887)

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Fairy Bower:

• West Rockhampton (3.9 km)
• The Range (4.2 km)
• Allenstown (4.9 km)
• Gracemere (5.2 km)
• Wandal (5.2 km)
• Pink Lily (5.9 km)
• Rockhampton City (6 km)
• Depot Hill (6.4 km)

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