Glen Aplin QLD 4381
305 addresses · 37 streets
Maranoa Electorate › Southern Downs LGA › Glen Aplin · 180 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Glen Aplin is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 566 people, with a median age of 46. The typical household earns around $1,083 a week, with median rent near $260 a week. Most homes are houses. About 79% of households own their home and 21% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. 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 Stanthorpe Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Glen Aplin itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 cafés & restaurants
1 hospital
1 post office
1 service station
1 plumber
Getting around. Airport: Stanthorpe Airport, 16 km north-east.
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: 47.5% 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 | 47.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 66.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.1% · Labour-force participation 49.9%
Population by age in Glen Aplin
| 0-4 | 27 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 87 |
| 15-19 | 30 |
| 20-24 | 16 |
| 25-34 | 48 |
| 35-44 | 73 |
| 45-54 | 60 |
| 55-64 | 98 |
| 65-74 | 93 |
| 75-84 | 30 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Glen Aplin
| House | 198 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 11 |
Households by weekly income in Glen Aplin
| <$650 | 46 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 79 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 42 |
| $3,000+ | 17 |
Top ancestries in Glen Aplin
| Australian | 251 |
|---|---|
| English | 182 |
| Ancestry NS | 64 |
| Irish | 45 |
| Scottish | 44 |
| Other | 40 |
Housing tenure in Glen Aplin
| Owned | 85 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 78 |
| Rented | 43 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Glen Aplin
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 69 |
| 2 | 85 |
| 3 | 26 |
| 4+ | 21 |
Commute to work in Glen Aplin
| Car | 139 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 7 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 30 |
Top countries of birth in Glen Aplin
| England | 14 |
|---|---|
| Italy | 6 |
| Japan | 6 |
| Malaysia | 5 |
| South Africa | 5 |
| Germany | 4 |
Languages used at home in Glen Aplin
| Italian | 8 |
|---|---|
| German | 7 |
| Croatian | 4 |
| Polish | 4 |
| Greek | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
3,969 bird observations recorded near Glen Aplin — most often seen:
- Pacific Black Duck (193)
- Superb Fairy-wren (190)
- Dusky Moorhen (180)
- Australian Magpie (173)
- Little Pied Cormorant (165)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (163)
- Willie Wagtail (160)
- Double-barred Finch (151)
- Eastern Rosella (151)
- Australian Wood Duck (147)
- Common Myna (145)
- Magpie-lark (144)
- Welcome Swallow (143)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Glen Aplin
- White-faced Heron (135)
- Galah (131)
- Torresian Crow (126)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (126)
- Australasian Grebe (118)
- Red-rumped Parrot (115)
- Southern Magpie-lark (113)
- Eurasian Coot (109)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (106)
- Noisy Miner (104)
- Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (102)
- Dollarbird (101)
- Grey Teal (98)
- Laughing Kookaburra (97)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (95)
- Pied Currawong (94)
- South-eastern Yellow-faced Honeyeater (94)
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 Glen Aplin:
- Fletcher (4.1 km)
- Thorndale (4.3 km)
- Severnlea (4.5 km)
- Mount Tully (6.7 km)
- Broadwater (8.2 km)
- Somme (8.5 km)
- Ballandean (9.3 km)
- Eukey (10 km)
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Streets
- Back Creek Road (3)
- Cala Lane (2)
- Calvert Road (29)
- Carmody Lane (2)
- Cavallaro Lane (10)
- Collins Road (9)
- Cummerford Road (8)
- Emu Swamp Road (7)
- Evans Road (1)
- Forrest Street (8)
- Foster Street (5)
- Francia Lane (4)
- Fraser Lane (2)
- Garth Lane (1)
- Gemmel Road (14)
- Glen Aplin Drive (7)
- Glover Street (4)
- Kerridges Road (22)
- Kriedeman Road (6)
- Marinis Road (5)
- Mascadri Lane (1)
- Micale Lane (9)
- Miners Lane (3)
- Mount Stirling Road (20)
- New England Highway (25)
- Newman Lane (3)
- Romeo Lane (2)
- Sanderson Road (13)
- Savina Lane (1)
- Stabiles Road (9)
- Sutton Lane (1)
- Thorndale Road (15)
- Townsend Road (15)
- Tuckerman Road (1)
- Wallace Court (20)
- Walters Road (17)
- Winkler Road (1)
