Hodgson Vale QLD 4352
596 addresses · 45 streets
Groom Electorate › Toowoomba LGA › Hodgson Vale · 109 km from Brisbane
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Living Here
Hodgson Vale is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 1,444 people, with a median age of 39. The typical household earns around $2,629 a week, with median rent near $365 a week. Most homes are houses. About 93% of households own their home and 6% 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 Cambooya - Wyreema statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Hodgson Vale itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
2 Catholic churches
1 library
1 dog park
1 electrician
Getting around. Train station: Toowoomba, 11.1 km north · Bus interchange: Harristown High School bus interchange, 9.1 km north · Airport: Toowoomba City Aerodrome, 12.5 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: 9.5% 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 | 9.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 19.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.8% · Labour-force participation 72.4%
Population by age in Hodgson Vale
| 0-4 | 79 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 244 |
| 15-19 | 141 |
| 20-24 | 57 |
| 25-34 | 101 |
| 35-44 | 202 |
| 45-54 | 236 |
| 55-64 | 203 |
| 65-74 | 123 |
| 75-84 | 54 |
| 85+ | 5 |
Dwelling types in Hodgson Vale
| House | 448 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Hodgson Vale
| <$650 | 39 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 77 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 147 |
| $3,000+ | 158 |
Top ancestries in Hodgson Vale
| English | 613 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 587 |
| Irish | 235 |
| Scottish | 205 |
| German | 160 |
| Other | 95 |
Housing tenure in Hodgson Vale
| Owned | 178 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 242 |
| Rented | 28 |
| Other | 6 |
Cars per household in Hodgson Vale
| 0 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 54 |
| 2 | 187 |
| 3 | 108 |
| 4+ | 91 |
Commute to work in Hodgson Vale
| Car | 594 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 14 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 85 |
Top countries of birth in Hodgson Vale
| England | 26 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 20 |
| South Africa | 17 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 |
| India | 9 |
| Indonesia | 7 |
Languages used at home in Hodgson Vale
| Hindi | 9 |
|---|---|
| Indonesian | 7 |
| Greek | 6 |
| Afrikaans | 5 |
| German | 5 |
| Gujarati | 5 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
13,559 bird observations recorded near Hodgson Vale — most often seen:
- Noisy Miner (1,018)
- Australian Magpie (954)
- Grey Butcherbird (856)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (784)
- Pale-headed Rosella (729)
- Galah (725)
- Torresian Crow (695)
- Crested Pigeon (670)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (662)
- Laughing Kookaburra (656)
- Magpie-lark (400)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (396)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (386)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Hodgson Vale
- Pied Currawong (374)
- Pheasant Coucal (359)
- Eastern Whipbird (341)
- Australian Brush-turkey (291)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (287)
- Australian King-parrot (272)
- Cattle Egret (270)
- Eastern Galah (268)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (263)
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (260)
- Southern Pale-headed Rosella (258)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (239)
- South-eastern Grey Butcherbird (236)
- Channel-billed Cuckoo (235)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (227)
- Brown Honeyeater (227)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (221)
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 Hodgson Vale:
- Top Camp (2.5 km)
- Preston (2.8 km)
- Mount Rascal (3.1 km)
- Vale View (4.2 km)
- Finnie (5.3 km)
- Kearneys Spring (6.2 km)
- Middle Ridge (6.3 km)
- Darling Heights (6.4 km)
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Streets
- Andrews Court (11)
- Bauer Court (7)
- Black Court (4)
- Boland Road (4)
- Bradley Court (11)
- Breydon Road (11)
- Bunya Pine Drive (16)
- Carinya Drive (13)
- Carmelina Court (6)
- Carroll Road (25)
- Derry Place (5)
- Erbacher Road (1)
- Fitton Road (10)
- Fittons Road (3)
- Freyling Road (35)
- Graham Court (13)
- Grayson Court (10)
- Greenleaf Terrace (7)
- Hazelmere Court (14)
- Hodgson Vale Road (50)
- Jackson Close (11)
- Kiev Court (5)
- Kingston Road (25)
- Kisket Court (3)
- Kym Court (6)
- Luck Road (8)
- Makybe Drive (14)
- Mally Road (22)
- Manikato Drive (22)
- Maydean Place (5)
- Meynink Road (19)
- New England Highway (20)
- Northerly Drive (36)
- Oelkers Court (16)
- Pammenter Road (5)
- Parkside Court (5)
- Pendoma Drive (34)
- Saintly Place (3)
- Savage Road (20)
- Sawpit Road (5)
- Strong Road (1)
- Torakina Place (11)
- Windermere Drive (16)
- Wissemann Road (18)
- Wodalla Court (10)
