Glenorchy QLD 4650
32 addresses · 6 streets
Wide Bay Electorate › Fraser Coast LGA › Glenorchy · 210 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Glenorchy is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 84 people, with a median age of 39. The typical household earns around $1,791 a week, with median rent near $260 a week. Most homes are houses. About 72% of households own their home and 28% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. 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 Maryborough Region - South statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Glenorchy itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 service station
1 golf club
2 electricians
1 place to stay
Getting around. Train station: Maryborough, 9.8 km north-east · Airport: Maryborough Airport, 12.7 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: 9.8% 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 | 9.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 26.8% |
Demographics
Population by age in Glenorchy
| 0-4 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 10 |
| 15-19 | 5 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 16 |
| 35-44 | 6 |
| 45-54 | 12 |
| 55-64 | 7 |
| 65-74 | 5 |
| 75-84 | 7 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Glenorchy
| House | 23 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Glenorchy
| <$650 | 4 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 6 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 13 |
| $3,000+ | 4 |
Top ancestries in Glenorchy
| English | 39 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 32 |
| Scottish | 13 |
| Irish | 8 |
| Italian | 8 |
| German | 7 |
Housing tenure in Glenorchy
| Owned | 15 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 3 |
| Rented | 7 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Glenorchy
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 11 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Glenorchy
| Car | 19 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 3 |
Languages used at home in Glenorchy
| Indonesian | 5 |
|---|---|
| Vietnamese | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,383 bird observations recorded near Glenorchy — most often seen:
- Variegated Fairy-wren (71)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (68)
- Welcome Swallow (66)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (63)
- Brown Honeyeater (62)
- Willie Wagtail (62)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (59)
- Torresian Crow (58)
- Magpie Goose (56)
- Noisy Miner (56)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (55)
- Magpie-lark (46)
- Laughing Kookaburra (43)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Glenorchy
- White-faced Heron (42)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (41)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (41)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (40)
- Grey Butcherbird (39)
- White-throated Honeyeater (38)
- Pacific Black Duck (37)
- Rufous Whistler (36)
- Southern Lewin's Honeyeater (36)
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (35)
- Whistling Kite (35)
- Australasian Figbird (34)
- Little Black Cormorant (33)
- Peaceful Dove (33)
- Southern Rufous Whistler (33)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (33)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (32)
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 Glenorchy:
- Ferney (2 km)
- Teddington (2.4 km)
- Tinana South (3 km)
- Mungar (5.2 km)
- Antigua (5.6 km)
- Grahams Creek (6.2 km)
- Owanyilla (6.4 km)
- Magnolia (6.9 km)
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Streets
- Bruce Highway (13)
- Eight Mile Road (1)
- Five Mile Road E (4)
- Five Mile Road W (5)
- Six Mile Road E (8)
- Six Mile Road W (1)
