Gumdale QLD 4154
837 addresses · 29 streets
Bonner Electorate › Brisbane LGA › Gumdale · 13 km from Brisbane
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Living Here
Gumdale is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 2,298 people, with a median age of 38. The typical household earns around $3,405 a week, with median rent near $585 a week. Most homes are houses. About 91% of households own their home and 8% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Belmont - Gumdale statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Gumdale itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 café or restaurant
4 supermarkets
1 dog park
1 bakery
1 butcher
1 electrician
1 plumber
Getting around. Train station: Thorneside, 3.9 km east · Bus interchange: Capalaba bus station, 5 km south-east · Ferry wharf: Tangalooma Ferry Terminal, 7.5 km north-west · Airport: Brisbane Airport, 12.9 km north.
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: 46.9% 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 | 46.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 79.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3% · Labour-force participation 73.2%
Population by age in Gumdale
| 0-4 | 120 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 452 |
| 15-19 | 201 |
| 20-24 | 131 |
| 25-34 | 151 |
| 35-44 | 381 |
| 45-54 | 361 |
| 55-64 | 232 |
| 65-74 | 177 |
| 75-84 | 65 |
| 85+ | 18 |
Dwelling types in Gumdale
| House | 663 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 5 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Gumdale
| <$650 | 29 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 72 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 151 |
| $3,000+ | 362 |
Top ancestries in Gumdale
| English | 876 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 805 |
| Irish | 273 |
| Scottish | 258 |
| Other | 257 |
| German | 133 |
Housing tenure in Gumdale
| Owned | 241 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 370 |
| Rented | 54 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Gumdale
| 0 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 100 |
| 2 | 297 |
| 3 | 139 |
| 4+ | 118 |
Commute to work in Gumdale
| Car | 725 |
|---|---|
| Train | 15 |
| Bus | 13 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 13 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 298 |
Top countries of birth in Gumdale
| England | 81 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 71 |
| South Africa | 68 |
| India | 48 |
| China | 36 |
| Iran | 19 |
Languages used at home in Gumdale
| Mandarin | 53 |
|---|---|
| Spanish | 24 |
| Hindi | 20 |
| Persian | 20 |
| Afrikaans | 16 |
| Gujarati | 16 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
117,804 bird observations recorded near Gumdale — most often seen:
- Torresian Crow (6,640)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (6,277)
- Noisy Miner (6,268)
- Pacific Black Duck (5,586)
- Australian White Ibis (5,510)
- Dusky Moorhen (4,814)
- Welcome Swallow (4,780)
- Magpie-lark (4,506)
- Australian Wood Duck (4,345)
- Willie Wagtail (4,299)
- Grey Butcherbird (4,113)
- Australian Magpie (3,990)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (3,950)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Gumdale
- Brown Honeyeater (3,867)
- Laughing Kookaburra (3,850)
- Little Black Cormorant (3,648)
- Pied Butcherbird (3,501)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (3,492)
- Australasian Figbird (3,431)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (3,222)
- Crested Pigeon (3,191)
- Intermediate Egret (3,082)
- Australasian Darter (2,788)
- Masked Lapwing (2,733)
- Striated Pardalote (2,726)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (2,714)
- Little Pied Cormorant (2,664)
- Tawny Grassbird (2,630)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (2,608)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (2,579)
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 Gumdale:
- Wakerley (1.2 km)
- Ransome (2.5 km)
- Belmont (2.5 km)
- Chandler (2.7 km)
- Tingalpa (3 km)
- Manly West (3.2 km)
- Lota (4.2 km)
- Wynnum West (4.5 km)
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Streets
- Archer Street (12)
- Broadleaf Crescent (6)
- Brokenwood Circuit (55)
- Chesterfield Street (18)
- Ermelo Road (10)
- Feathertail Place (39)
- Formosa Road (114)
- Freesia Court (6)
- Gardenia Place (19)
- Grassdale Road (101)
- Greencamp Road (1)
- Gumdale Street (1)
- Gumtree Court (6)
- Harrogate Place (12)
- Judd Street (4)
- London Road (8)
- Lydia Place (10)
- Manchester Street (23)
- Mcmullan Close (13)
- New Cleveland Road (139)
- Nichols Street (15)
- Ribblesdale Place (15)
- Rymera Crescent (32)
- Stanbrough Road (37)
- Tanglewood Street (7)
- Terraldon Circuit (11)
- Tilley Road (81)
- Wattle Place (28)
- Wilson Place (14)
