Hirstglen QLD 4359
53 addresses · 7 streets
Groom Electorate › Toowoomba LGA › Hirstglen · 101 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Hirstglen is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 77 people, with a median age of 50. The typical household earns around $933 a week, with median rent near $365 a week. Most homes are houses. About 70% of households own their home and 17% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Clifton - Greenmount statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Hirstglen itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 31.5% 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 | 31.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 47.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.6% · Labour-force participation 57.6%
Population by age in Hirstglen
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 7 |
| 15-19 | 6 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 6 |
| 35-44 | 9 |
| 45-54 | 7 |
| 55-64 | 16 |
| 65-74 | 17 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Hirstglen
| House | 31 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Hirstglen
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 11 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 3 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Hirstglen
| Australian | 38 |
|---|---|
| English | 37 |
| Scottish | 18 |
| German | 6 |
| Ancestry NS | 6 |
| Other | 4 |
Housing tenure in Hirstglen
| Owned | 16 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 5 |
| Rented | 5 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Hirstglen
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 |
| 3 | 14 |
| 4+ | 6 |
Commute to work in Hirstglen
| Car | 23 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
367 bird observations recorded near Hirstglen — most often seen:
- Common Myna (25)
- Nankeen Kestrel (21)
- Galah (17)
- Straw-necked Ibis (17)
- Torresian Crow (17)
- White-faced Heron (16)
- Black-shouldered Kite (15)
- Willie Wagtail (15)
- Australian Magpie (14)
- Pied Butcherbird (14)
- Stubble Quail (14)
- Crested Pigeon (13)
- Magpie-lark (13)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Hirstglen
- Pacific Black Duck (13)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (13)
- Golden-headed Cisticola (12)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (11)
- White-necked Heron (11)
- Red-rumped Parrot (10)
- Australian Wood Duck (9)
- Little Pied Cormorant (9)
- Australasian Grebe (8)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (8)
- Mainland Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (8)
- Southern Magpie-lark (8)
- Zebra Finch (8)
- Eastern Pied Butcherbird (7)
- Masked Lapwing (7)
- Noisy Miner (7)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (7)
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 Hirstglen:
- Pilton (5.9 km)
- West Haldon (6.1 km)
- Upper Pilton (9.1 km)
- Manapouri (9.2 km)
- Black Duck Creek (9.8 km)
- Budgee (9.8 km)
- Junction View (9.9 km)
- Ascot (10.3 km)
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Streets
- Gatton - Clifton Road (16)
- Greenmount - Hirstvale Road (7)
- Hirstglen Road (20)
- Lack Road (2)
- O'donohoe Road (2)
- Ryan Road (5)
- Ryans Road (1)