Gairloch QLD 4850
30 addresses · 4 streets
Kennedy Electorate › Hinchinbrook LGA › Gairloch · 1208 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Gairloch is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 31 people, with a median age of 59. The typical household earns around $2,062 a week, with median rent near $185 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 Italian, English, Australian. 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 Ingham Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Gairloch itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 optometrist
1 hospital
2 libraries
1 golf club
1 hardware store
3 places to stay
Getting around. Train station: Ingham, 4.8 km south-west · Airport: Ingham Airport, 7.3 km south-west.
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: 17.5% 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 | 17.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 31.2% |
Demographics
Population by age in Gairloch
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 3 |
| 45-54 | 0 |
| 55-64 | 12 |
| 65-74 | 7 |
| 75-84 | 4 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Gairloch
| House | 13 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Gairloch
| <$650 | 4 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 4 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Gairloch
| Italian | 25 |
|---|---|
| English | 5 |
| Australian | 3 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
| Croatian | 0 |
Housing tenure in Gairloch
| Owned | 10 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 3 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Gairloch
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Gairloch
| Car | 16 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 8 |
Top countries of birth in Gairloch
| Italy | 6 |
|---|
Languages used at home in Gairloch
| Italian | 7 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
603 bird observations recorded near Gairloch — most often seen:
- Common Myna (40)
- Crimson Finch (38)
- Masked Lapwing (36)
- Willie Wagtail (35)
- White-breasted Woodswallow (34)
- Black Kite (32)
- Magpie Goose (24)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (23)
- Chestnut-breasted Munia (22)
- Peaceful Dove (22)
- Southern Magpie-lark (21)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (18)
- Magpie-lark (18)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Gairloch
- Rainbow Lorikeet (17)
- White-gaped Honeyeater (17)
- Australian White Ibis (16)
- Brown-backed Honeyeater (16)
- Pacific Black Duck (16)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (16)
- Black-necked Stork (15)
- Eastern Peaceful Dove (14)
- Fairy Martin (14)
- House Sparrow (14)
- Australasian Figbird (13)
- Straw-necked Ibis (13)
- Comb-crested Jacana (12)
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (12)
- Great Egret (12)
- Welcome Swallow (12)
- Forest Kingfisher (11)
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 Gairloch:
- Foresthome (2 km)
- Victoria Plantation (4.8 km)
- Ingham (5.4 km)
- Bemerside (5.7 km)
- Cordelia (7.8 km)
- Braemeadows (8.2 km)
- Hawkins Creek (8.4 km)
- Macknade (8.7 km)
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Streets
- Bruce Highway (21)
- Gairloch Road (6)
- Golloglys Road (2)
- Hawkins Creek Road (1)
