Groper Creek QLD 4806
100 addresses · 8 streets
Dawson Electorate › Burdekin LGA › Groper Creek · 1030 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Groper Creek is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 66 people, with a median age of 63. The typical household earns around $900 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Burdekin statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Groper Creek itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
Getting around. Airport: Ayr Airport, 23.9 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: 57.7% 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 | 57.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 29.0% |
Demographics
Population by age in Groper Creek
| 0-4 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 5 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 9 |
| 55-64 | 11 |
| 65-74 | 21 |
| 75-84 | 6 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Groper Creek
| House | 24 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 10 |
Households by weekly income in Groper Creek
| <$650 | 10 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 4 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 3 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Groper Creek
| English | 28 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 21 |
| Irish | 8 |
| Scottish | 8 |
| Ancestry NS | 6 |
| Italian | 4 |
Housing tenure in Groper Creek
| Owned | 27 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 3 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Groper Creek
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 16 |
| 2 | 16 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Groper Creek
| Car | 13 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,234 bird observations recorded near Groper Creek — most often seen:
- Masked Lapwing (119)
- Whistling Kite (108)
- Black Kite (105)
- Australian White Ibis (104)
- Great Egret (100)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (99)
- Straw-necked Ibis (93)
- Magpie Goose (89)
- Australian Pelican (85)
- Australasian Darter (83)
- Intermediate Egret (75)
- Little Pied Cormorant (74)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (72)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Groper Creek
- Little Black Cormorant (72)
- Comb-crested Jacana (67)
- Magpie-lark (67)
- Peaceful Dove (67)
- Royal Spoonbill (66)
- White-bellied Sea-eagle (66)
- Willie Wagtail (61)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (60)
- Brolga (59)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (59)
- Welcome Swallow (58)
- White-breasted Woodswallow (58)
- Great Bowerbird (57)
- Spangled Drongo (57)
- White-faced Heron (52)
- Black Swan (51)
- Varied Triller (51)
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 Groper Creek:
- Inkerman (4.9 km)
- Rita Island (7.5 km)
- Wunjunga (8 km)
- Carstairs (9.1 km)
- Wangaratta (9.6 km)
- Fredericksfield (11.9 km)
- Home Hill (12.6 km)
- Jarvisfield (13 km)
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Streets
- Adams Place (16)
- Gladys Road (1)
- Glanville Court (13)
- Groper Creek Road (12)
- Hinkson Esplanade (29)
- Hollywood Place (1)
- Shand Avenue (14)
- Stockdale Parade (14)
