Glen Niven QLD 4377
43 addresses · 4 streets
Maranoa Electorate › Southern Downs LGA › Glen Niven · 161 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Glen Niven is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 99 people, with a median age of 53. The typical household earns around $1,231 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 91% of households own their home and 9% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. 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 Niven itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
1 golf club
1 plumber
1 place to stay
Getting around. Railway halt: The Summit, 2 km north-west · Airport: Stanthorpe Airport, 4.5 km south.
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: 23.2% 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 | 23.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 38.6% |
Demographics
Population by age in Glen Niven
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 17 |
| 15-19 | 5 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 8 |
| 45-54 | 19 |
| 55-64 | 22 |
| 65-74 | 15 |
| 75-84 | 9 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Glen Niven
| House | 35 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Glen Niven
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 12 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 9 |
| $3,000+ | 5 |
Top ancestries in Glen Niven
| English | 41 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 26 |
| Irish | 17 |
| Scottish | 15 |
| Italian | 9 |
| Aboriginal | 7 |
Housing tenure in Glen Niven
| Owned | 17 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 13 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Glen Niven
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 11 |
| 3 | 9 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Glen Niven
| Car | 22 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 8 |
Top countries of birth in Glen Niven
| England | 6 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
3,646 bird observations recorded near Glen Niven — most often seen:
- Australasian Grebe (241)
- Pacific Black Duck (230)
- Little Pied Cormorant (203)
- Eurasian Coot (173)
- Australian Wood Duck (166)
- White-faced Heron (142)
- Grey Teal (138)
- Little Black Cormorant (132)
- Superb Fairy-wren (129)
- Straw-necked Ibis (114)
- Torresian Crow (111)
- Golden-mantled Rosella (110)
- Magpie-lark (109)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Glen Niven
- Noisy Miner (109)
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (107)
- Eastern Galah (104)
- Hardhead (102)
- Australian Magpie (101)
- Eastern Pied Currawong (100)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (100)
- Southern Magpie-lark (98)
- Masked Lapwing (97)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (97)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (94)
- Eastern Rosella (94)
- Great Crested Grebe (92)
- Dusky Moorhen (90)
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (88)
- Galah (88)
- Nankeen Kestrel (87)
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 Niven:
- The Summit (2.2 km)
- Applethorpe (4.3 km)
- Thulimbah (4.4 km)
- Cottonvale (7.3 km)
- Fleurbaix (7.8 km)
- Dalcouth (8 km)
- Diamondvale (8.8 km)
- Stanthorpe (8.9 km)
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Streets
- Glen Niven Road (13)
- Hopgood Lane (7)
- Old Warwick Road (15)
- Ridge Road (8)
