Gainsford QLD 4702
41 addresses · 10 streets
Flynn Electorate › Central Highlands (Qld) LGA › Gainsford · 510 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Gainsford is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 32 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $2,166 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. 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 Central Highlands - East statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Gainsford 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: 21.4% 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 | 21.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 42.7% |
Demographics
Population by age in Gainsford
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 6 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 6 |
| 55-64 | 11 |
| 65-74 | 0 |
| 75-84 | 4 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Gainsford
| House | 9 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Gainsford
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 4 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Gainsford
| English | 19 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 6 |
| Scottish | 5 |
| Irish | 4 |
| Dutch | 3 |
| Ancestry NS | 3 |
Housing tenure in Gainsford
| Owned | 4 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Gainsford
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Gainsford
| Car | 3 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 9 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
42 bird observations recorded near Gainsford — most often seen:
- Brown Thornbill (3)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (3)
- Blue-winged Kookaburra (2)
- Buff-rumped Thornbill (2)
- Emu (2)
- Grey Butcherbird (2)
- Laughing Kookaburra (2)
- Little Friarbird (2)
- Rufous Whistler (2)
- Whistling Kite (2)
- Australian Magpie (1)
- Australian Pelican (1)
- Australian Wood Duck (1)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Gainsford
- Azure Kingfisher (1)
- Black-faced Woodswallow (1)
- Brown Treecreeper (1)
- Dusky Woodswallow (1)
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (1)
- Fuscous Honeyeater (1)
- Golden-headed Cisticola (1)
- Grey Fantail (1)
- Horsfield's Bronze-cuckoo (1)
- Leaden Flycatcher (1)
- Little Woodswallow (1)
- Masked Woodswallow (1)
- Restless Flycatcher (1)
- Rufous Songlark (1)
- Silvereye (1)
- Striated Pardalote (1)
- Striped Honeyeater (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 Gainsford:
- Boolburra (16.2 km)
- Pheasant Creek (22.1 km)
- Barnard (23.1 km)
- Dumpy Creek (23.8 km)
- Duaringa (26.5 km)
- Gogango (27.5 km)
- Wowan (31.7 km)
- Kokotungo (32.3 km)
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Streets
- Anchor Road (2)
- Biloela - Duaringa Road (14)
- Calvert Creek Road (1)
- Duaringa Biloela Road (5)
- Duaringa-biloela Road (13)
- Lenz Access (1)
- Lenz Access Road (1)
- Macintosh Road (1)
- Maddens Road (1)
- Prouds Road (2)