Helidon Spa QLD 4344
213 addresses · 20 streets
Wright Electorate › Lockyer Valley LGA › Helidon Spa · 92 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Helidon Spa is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 504 people, with a median age of 39. The typical household earns around $2,238 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 90% of households own their home and 10% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Lockyer Valley - West statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Helidon Spa itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
1 service station
2 places to stay
Getting around. Train station: Helidon, 2.5 km east · Airport: Toowoomba City Aerodrome, 17.8 km 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: 38.8% 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 | 38.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 65.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.4% · Labour-force participation 64.3%
Population by age in Helidon Spa
| 0-4 | 24 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 65 |
| 15-19 | 43 |
| 20-24 | 28 |
| 25-34 | 68 |
| 35-44 | 56 |
| 45-54 | 86 |
| 55-64 | 76 |
| 65-74 | 38 |
| 75-84 | 14 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Helidon Spa
| House | 143 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Helidon Spa
| <$650 | 13 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 38 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 45 |
| $3,000+ | 40 |
Top ancestries in Helidon Spa
| English | 195 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 193 |
| German | 67 |
| Scottish | 61 |
| Irish | 56 |
| Ancestry NS | 54 |
Housing tenure in Helidon Spa
| Owned | 44 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 92 |
| Rented | 15 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Helidon Spa
| 0 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 23 |
| 2 | 51 |
| 3 | 34 |
| 4+ | 29 |
Commute to work in Helidon Spa
| Car | 182 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 36 |
Top countries of birth in Helidon Spa
| England | 11 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 8 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 |
| South Africa | 4 |
| Germany | 3 |
| Ireland | 3 |
Languages used at home in Helidon Spa
| Afrikaans | 5 |
|---|---|
| German | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
12,219 bird observations recorded near Helidon Spa — most often seen:
- Pacific Black Duck (567)
- Double-barred Finch (566)
- Striped Honeyeater (540)
- Australian Torresian Crow (536)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (487)
- Torresian Crow (475)
- Southern Magpie-lark (463)
- Australasian Grebe (455)
- Willie Wagtail (451)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (428)
- Magpie-lark (426)
- Australian Wood Duck (415)
- Black-headed Pardalote (404)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Helidon Spa
- Mistletoebird (400)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (394)
- Australian Magpie (393)
- Eastern Pied Butcherbird (391)
- Mainland Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (385)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (367)
- Common Myna (365)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (358)
- Grey Teal (356)
- Dusky Moorhen (338)
- Noisy Miner (328)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (328)
- Eastern Brown Honeyeater (326)
- Striated Pardalote (325)
- Pied Butcherbird (321)
- Straw-necked Ibis (316)
- Eastern Peaceful Dove (315)
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 Helidon Spa:
- Helidon (3.1 km)
- Iredale (3.7 km)
- Postmans Ridge (4.3 km)
- Lockyer (4.4 km)
- Derrymore (5.9 km)
- Blanchview (6.5 km)
- Carpendale (6.8 km)
- Upper Lockyer (7.3 km)
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Streets
- Ashlands Drive (13)
- Carey Road (1)
- Connoles Road (5)
- Evelyn Court (8)
- Greers Road (5)
- Helendale Drive (41)
- Joseph Thomas Drive (3)
- Kellys Road (11)
- Lavender Road (5)
- Lionel Drive (12)
- Menzies Road (2)
- Musselburgh Court (9)
- Nans Road (17)
- Paynter Road (5)
- Portobello Road (16)
- Postmans Ridge Road (31)
- Snelling Road (3)
- Spa Water Road (7)
- Twidales Road (8)
- Warrego Highway (11)
