Glen Eden QLD 4680
1,348 addresses · 62 streets
Flynn Electorate › Gladstone LGA › Glen Eden · 434 km from Brisbane
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Living Here
Glen Eden is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 2,918 people, with a median age of 30. The typical household earns around $2,096 a week, with median rent near $320 a week. Most homes are houses. About 55% of households own their home and 44% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Telina - Toolooa statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Glen Eden itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 café or restaurant
1 supermarket
1 optometrist
2 hospitals
2 service stations
3 gyms & sports centres
2 dog parks
1 bakery
1 hardware store
3 places to stay
Getting around. Train station: Gladstone, 6 km north · Ferry wharf: Ferry Terminal - QCLNG, 7.1 km north · Airport: Gladstone Airport, 5.8 km north-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: 44.6% 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 | 44.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 76.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5.5% · Labour-force participation 71%
Population by age in Glen Eden
| 0-4 | 242 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 489 |
| 15-19 | 195 |
| 20-24 | 233 |
| 25-34 | 507 |
| 35-44 | 397 |
| 45-54 | 368 |
| 55-64 | 266 |
| 65-74 | 126 |
| 75-84 | 66 |
| 85+ | 36 |
Dwelling types in Glen Eden
| House | 866 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 59 |
| Apartment | 67 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Glen Eden
| <$650 | 78 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 216 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 359 |
| $3,000+ | 236 |
Top ancestries in Glen Eden
| Australian | 1,252 |
|---|---|
| English | 1,167 |
| Irish | 305 |
| Scottish | 290 |
| Ancestry NS | 210 |
| Other | 197 |
Housing tenure in Glen Eden
| Owned | 146 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 398 |
| Rented | 433 |
| Other | 8 |
Cars per household in Glen Eden
| 0 | 27 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 298 |
| 2 | 445 |
| 3 | 147 |
| 4+ | 80 |
Commute to work in Glen Eden
| Car | 1,130 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 9 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 7 |
| Bicycle | 5 |
| Home | 41 |
Top countries of birth in Glen Eden
| New Zealand | 79 |
|---|---|
| England | 53 |
| South Africa | 50 |
| Philippines | 47 |
| United States | 9 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 |
Languages used at home in Glen Eden
| Afrikaans | 35 |
|---|---|
| Tagalog | 33 |
| Portuguese | 9 |
| Spanish | 9 |
| Bengali | 8 |
| Korean | 7 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
22,137 bird observations recorded near Glen Eden — most often seen:
- Rainbow Lorikeet (1,414)
- Torresian Crow (1,359)
- Laughing Kookaburra (1,125)
- Pacific Black Duck (988)
- Peaceful Dove (962)
- Brown Honeyeater (942)
- Dusky Moorhen (899)
- Double-barred Finch (886)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (877)
- Willie Wagtail (873)
- Nutmeg Munia (742)
- Australian Magpie (702)
- House Sparrow (700)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Glen Eden
- Little Friarbird (662)
- Galah (653)
- Little Pied Cormorant (647)
- Australian Wood Duck (637)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (636)
- Magpie-lark (599)
- Australasian Figbird (587)
- Australasian Darter (583)
- Little Black Cormorant (565)
- Australian Brush-turkey (528)
- Hardhead (525)
- Welcome Swallow (520)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (512)
- Eurasian Coot (511)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (505)
- Striated Pardalote (504)
- Spangled Drongo (494)
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 Eden:
- South Trees (1.7 km)
- Toolooa (1.7 km)
- O'connell (2.4 km)
- Telina (2.4 km)
- Sun Valley (3.1 km)
- Kin Kora (3.5 km)
- New Auckland (4.2 km)
- South Gladstone (4.2 km)
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Streets
- Allunga Drive (87)
- Allunga Entrance (3)
- Amaroo Close (17)
- Banjo Court (6)
- Barreenong Street (23)
- Beezley Street (73)
- Bembooka Close (19)
- Bendee Street (31)
- Benjamin Court (22)
- Berringa Close (8)
- Biarri Street (7)
- Bidala Street (1)
- Billabong Drive (25)
- Bittern Close (17)
- Blaxland Court (30)
- Bukkan Road (4)
- Carnegie Court (5)
- Cavella Drive (84)
- Christian Court (12)
- Daly Road (2)
- Dampier Court (13)
- Dean Street (38)
- Deborah Street (22)
- Eugenie Court (17)
- Eyre Court (8)
- Finch Court (6)
- Giles Street (20)
- Glen Eden Drive (78)
- Glenlyon Road (6)
- Illawong Court (8)
- Ingra Close (27)
- Jabiru Drive (14)
- Johnson Street (52)
- Joyner Close (9)
- Jumbuck Court (28)
- Kamala Close (1)
- Kamala Place (8)
- Kennedy Close (22)
- Kirkwood Road (1)
- Lawson Court (9)
- Leichhardt Court (20)
- Lingwoodock Place (24)
- Matilda Court (5)
- Melaleuca Place (22)
- Mycumbene Way (21)
- Nardoo Place (17)
- Nicholas Street (13)
- Panorama Court (18)
- Petecost Close (8)
- Pipit Place (15)
- Reinaerhoff Crescent (44)
- Ringuet Close (84)
- Shearwater Drive (29)
- Sidey Close (1)
- Stitt Close (15)
- Stoneybrook Drive (40)
- Sturt Court (20)
- Swagmans Crescent (3)
- Tattler Close (4)
- Tuckerbox Court (13)
- Victoria Avenue (45)
- Wentworth Place (24)
