Fishermans Pocket QLD 4570
43 addresses · 8 streets
Wide Bay Electorate › Gympie LGA › Fishermans Pocket · 151 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Fishermans Pocket is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 60 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $1,375 a week, with median rent near $270 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, German. 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 Gympie Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Fishermans Pocket itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
2 golf clubs
Getting around. Train station: Gympie North, 8.5 km east · Airport: Gympie Airport, 17.1 km south-east.
Socio-economic Standing
Greenery
🌳 Tree canopy: 66.3% satellite estimate · 2021
Demographics
Unemployment 14.8% · Labour-force participation 50%
Population by age in Fishermans Pocket
| 0-4 | 8 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 4 |
| 20-24 | 5 |
| 25-34 | 3 |
| 35-44 | 9 |
| 45-54 | 13 |
| 55-64 | 14 |
| 65-74 | 9 |
| 75-84 | 7 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Fishermans Pocket
| House | 18 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Fishermans Pocket
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 11 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 4 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Fishermans Pocket
| Australian | 38 |
|---|---|
| English | 21 |
| German | 9 |
| Scottish | 9 |
| Irish | 5 |
| Ancestry NS | 5 |
Housing tenure in Fishermans Pocket
| Owned | 12 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 4 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Fishermans Pocket
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 12 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Fishermans Pocket
| Car | 12 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
4,057 bird observations recorded near Fishermans Pocket — most often seen:
- Dusky Moorhen (268)
- Australian White Ibis (259)
- Noisy Miner (198)
- Pacific Black Duck (197)
- Magpie-lark (196)
- Willie Wagtail (189)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (186)
- Little Pied Cormorant (156)
- Welcome Swallow (146)
- Masked Lapwing (142)
- Australian Wood Duck (136)
- Australasian Grebe (135)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (135)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Fishermans Pocket
- Torresian Crow (133)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (121)
- Cotton Pygmy-goose (109)
- Little Black Cormorant (107)
- Laughing Kookaburra (106)
- Australasian Figbird (103)
- Australian Magpie (103)
- Grey Butcherbird (102)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (101)
- Hardhead (99)
- Restless Flycatcher (97)
- Brown Honeyeater (96)
- Crested Pigeon (90)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (90)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (87)
- Magpie Goose (86)
- White-throated Honeyeater (84)
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Fishermans Pocket:
- The Palms (2.9 km)
- Widgee Crossing North (3.3 km)
- Chatsworth (3.7 km)
- Two Mile (4.2 km)
- Widgee Crossing South (4.3 km)
- Nahrunda (4.8 km)
- Araluen (5.9 km)
- Scrubby Creek (6.3 km)
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Streets
- Dennis Road (2)
- Dobbos Road (9)
- Fishermans Pocket No. 1 Road (1)
- Fishermans Pocket Road (18)
- Jinker Road (1)
- Juler Road (9)
- Meadows Lane (1)
- Mitchell Road (2)