Homestead QLD 4816
75 addresses · 13 streets
Kennedy Electorate › Charters Towers LGA › Homestead · 1088 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Homestead is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 38 people, with a median age of 45. The typical household earns around $900 a week, with median rent near $150 a week. Most homes are houses. About 83% of households own their home and 17% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. 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 Dalrymple statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Homestead itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 post office
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: 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 | 7.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 16.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 7.1% · Labour-force participation 45.2%
Population by age in Homestead
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 3 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 9 |
| 35-44 | 3 |
| 45-54 | 6 |
| 55-64 | 8 |
| 65-74 | 6 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Homestead
| House | 14 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Homestead
| <$650 | 5 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 6 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Homestead
| Australian | 12 |
|---|---|
| English | 12 |
| Ancestry NS | 9 |
| Scottish | 4 |
| German | 3 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
Housing tenure in Homestead
| Owned | 12 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 3 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Homestead
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Homestead
| Car | 14 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
100 bird observations recorded near Homestead — most often seen:
- Black Kite (10)
- Apostlebird (7)
- Whistling Kite (7)
- Torresian Crow (6)
- Pictorella Mannikin (5)
- Grey Teal (4)
- Australian Magpie (3)
- Brolga (3)
- Eastern Koel (3)
- Emu (3)
- Galah (3)
- Great Egret (3)
- Intermediate Egret (3)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Homestead
- Painted Finch (3)
- Pheasant Coucal (3)
- Plumed Whistling-duck (3)
- White-faced Heron (3)
- White-necked Heron (3)
- Willie Wagtail (3)
- Australian Torresian Crow (2)
- Black-breasted Buzzard (2)
- Black-chinned Honeyeater (2)
- Black-headed Pardalote (2)
- Crested Pigeon (2)
- Dollarbird (2)
- Little Woodswallow (2)
- Magpie-lark (2)
- Masked Lapwing (2)
- Pacific Black Duck (2)
- Pied Butcherbird (2)
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 Homestead:
- Campaspe (35.2 km)
- Pentland (36 km)
- Black Jack (61.5 km)
- Southern Cross (67.6 km)
- Alabama Hill (69.9 km)
- Grand Secret (70 km)
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Streets
- Back Street (6)
- Braceborough Road (1)
- Creek Street (5)
- Currawong Lane (1)
- Esplanade Street (7)
- Flinders Highway (7)
- Helenslee Road (6)
- Home Street (12)
- Ibis Drive (3)
- Magpie Road (1)
- Mount Stewart Road (1)
- Railway Street (3)
- Red Road (22)