Glenwood QLD 4570
1,751 addresses · 85 streets
Wide Bay Electorate › Fraser Coast LGA › Glenwood · 174 km from Brisbane
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Living Here
Glenwood is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 2,137 people, with a median age of 56. The typical household earns around $790 a week, with median rent near $274 a week. Most homes are houses. About 89% of households own their home and 9% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged 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: Glenwood itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
2 parks
1 mechanic
Getting around. Airport: Gympie Airport, 38.9 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: 44.4% 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 | 44.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 64.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 15.4% · Labour-force participation 31.1%
Population by age in Glenwood
| 0-4 | 73 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 184 |
| 15-19 | 69 |
| 20-24 | 65 |
| 25-34 | 136 |
| 35-44 | 188 |
| 45-54 | 293 |
| 55-64 | 514 |
| 65-74 | 455 |
| 75-84 | 151 |
| 85+ | 19 |
Dwelling types in Glenwood
| House | 889 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 19 |
Households by weekly income in Glenwood
| <$650 | 294 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 370 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 122 |
| $3,000+ | 32 |
Top ancestries in Glenwood
| English | 984 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 685 |
| Ancestry NS | 256 |
| Irish | 242 |
| Scottish | 240 |
| German | 166 |
Housing tenure in Glenwood
| Owned | 527 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 267 |
| Rented | 79 |
| Other | 17 |
Cars per household in Glenwood
| 0 | 14 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 347 |
| 2 | 358 |
| 3 | 115 |
| 4+ | 57 |
Commute to work in Glenwood
| Car | 344 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 6 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 13 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 50 |
Top countries of birth in Glenwood
| England | 139 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 99 |
| Germany | 17 |
| Scotland | 12 |
| Philippines | 10 |
| South Africa | 9 |
Languages used at home in Glenwood
| Vietnamese | 9 |
|---|---|
| Mandarin | 6 |
| French | 6 |
| Arabic | 5 |
| German | 5 |
| Tagalog | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,378 bird observations recorded near Glenwood — most often seen:
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (93)
- Australian Torresian Crow (88)
- Eastern Little Friarbird (83)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (73)
- Rock Dove (66)
- Northern Red-tailed Black-cockatoo (62)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (59)
- Australian Wood Duck (58)
- Grey Butcherbird (57)
- Eastern Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (56)
- Mainland Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (45)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (43)
- Black-headed Pardalote (39)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Glenwood
- Green Figbird (38)
- Noisy Friarbird (36)
- Laughing Kookaburra (35)
- Southern Noisy Friarbird (35)
- Southern Pale-headed Rosella (34)
- Common Bronzewing (33)
- Eastern Blue-faced Honeyeater (33)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (33)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (33)
- Southern Australian King-parrot (33)
- Striated Pardalote (32)
- White-throated Honeyeater (32)
- Inland Grey Butcherbird (31)
- Eastern Galah (30)
- Torresian Crow (30)
- Eastern Pied Butcherbird (29)
- Mistletoebird (29)
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 Glenwood:
- Kanigan (4.5 km)
- Anderleigh (7.9 km)
- Gunalda (8.3 km)
- Theebine (8.9 km)
- Gootchie (10.3 km)
- Bauple Forest (11.8 km)
- Paterson (11.9 km)
- Bauple (12.2 km)
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Streets
- Abbot Road (1)
- Abbott Road (20)
- Andrew Road (33)
- Arborcrescent Road (55)
- Arboreight Road (3)
- Arboreighteen Road (4)
- Arboreleven Road (25)
- Arboreleven Road E (2)
- Arborfifteen Road (35)
- Arborfive Road (121)
- Arborfour Road (48)
- Arborfourteen Road (28)
- Arbornine Road (58)
- Arbornineteen Road (16)
- Arborone Road (13)
- Arborseven Road (18)
- Arborseventeen Road (6)
- Arborsix Road (26)
- Arborsixteen Road (37)
- Arborten Road (132)
- Arborthirteen Road (16)
- Arborthirty One Road (8)
- Arborthirty Road (39)
- Arborthirty Seven Road (8)
- Arborthirty Six Road (6)
- Arborthirty Three Road (7)
- Arborthirty Two Road (3)
- Arborthirty-six Road (3)
- Arborthirtyone Road (2)
- Arborthirtysix Road (3)
- Arborthirtythree Road (5)
- Arborthirtytwo Road (3)
- Arborthree Road (34)
- Arbortwelve Road (20)
- Arbortwenty Eight Road (26)
- Arbortwenty Five Road (6)
- Arbortwenty Four Road (8)
- Arbortwenty Nine Road (17)
- Arbortwenty Seven Road (25)
- Arbortwenty Six Road (9)
- Arbortwenty Three Road (15)
- Arbortwenty Two Road (17)
- Arbortwenty-four Road (3)
- Arbortwenty-nine Road (16)
- Arbortwentyeight Road (22)
- Arbortwentyfour Road (7)
- Arbortwentynine Road (4)
- Arbortwentyseven Road (25)
- Arbortwentysix Road (7)
- Arbortwentythree Road (9)
- Arbortwo Road (8)
- Astra Road (11)
- Beckmanns Road (73)
- Bradford Road (15)
- Brassington Road (21)
- Bruce Highway (4)
- Clarke Road (22)
- Deveron Road (12)
- Dykes Road (9)
- Fleming Road (21)
- Gaunt Road (20)
- Glenwood School Road (1)
- Green Road (1)
- Harvey Road (21)
- Imhoff Road (16)
- James Road (17)
- Kanyan Road (1)
- Murphys Road (2)
- Neerdie Road (49)
- Pepper Road (23)
- Pine Ridge Road (50)
- Raintree Road (27)
- Sarah Road (4)
- School Road (3)
- Spiegel Road (18)
- Stevenson Road (35)
- Strawbridges Road (1)
- Sunrise Road (18)
- Sykes Road (14)
- Templar Road (12)
- Terrence Court (5)
- Trotter Road (18)
- Varley Road N (55)
- Varley Road S (29)
- Wards Road (61)
