Horse Creek QLD 4714
90 addresses · 15 streets
Flynn Electorate › Rockhampton LGA › Horse Creek · 499 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Horse Creek is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 83 people, with a median age of 50. The typical household earns around $850 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 89% of households own their home and 11% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Aboriginal. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Mount Morgan statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Horse Creek itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 café or restaurant
1 supermarket
1 hospital
1 library
1 post office
1 golf club
1 bakery
1 hardware store
Getting around. Airport: Rockhampton Airport, 32.9 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: 31.7% 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 | 31.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 74.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 10.3% · Labour-force participation 39.7%
Population by age in Horse Creek
| 0-4 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 8 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 14 |
| 35-44 | 11 |
| 45-54 | 5 |
| 55-64 | 19 |
| 65-74 | 14 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Horse Creek
| House | 23 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Horse Creek
| <$650 | 10 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 11 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 3 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Horse Creek
| English | 39 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 36 |
| Aboriginal | 11 |
| Irish | 8 |
| Ancestry NS | 8 |
| German | 7 |
Housing tenure in Horse Creek
| Owned | 14 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 11 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Horse Creek
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 9 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Horse Creek
| Car | 10 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
687 bird observations recorded near Horse Creek — most often seen:
- Torresian Crow (40)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (39)
- Willie Wagtail (33)
- Pacific Black Duck (32)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (32)
- Laughing Kookaburra (30)
- Noisy Miner (30)
- Pied Currawong (30)
- Australian Magpie (29)
- Double-barred Finch (28)
- Masked Lapwing (27)
- Little Black Cormorant (25)
- Australian Wood Duck (24)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Horse Creek
- Australasian Darter (22)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (21)
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (20)
- Magpie-lark (20)
- Southern Magpie-lark (18)
- Apostlebird (17)
- Eastern Blue-faced Honeyeater (17)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (17)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (17)
- Crested Pigeon (16)
- Southern Noisy Friarbird (16)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (16)
- Eastern Pied Currawong (15)
- Australasian Figbird (14)
- Australian Pelican (14)
- Eastern Peaceful Dove (14)
- Little Pied Cormorant (14)
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 Horse Creek:
- Hamilton Creek (1.5 km)
- Mount Morgan (2.1 km)
- The Mine (2.3 km)
- Trotter Creek (3.1 km)
- Walterhall (3.8 km)
- Baree (4.8 km)
- Johnsons Hill (5.7 km)
- Nine Mile Creek (6.1 km)
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Streets
- Boulder Creek Road (1)
- Burnett Highway (10)
- Burnett Lane (1)
- Callaghan Lane (8)
- Coronation Drive (6)
- Flemington Lane (5)
- Hamilton Avenue (5)
- Horse Creek Lane (7)
- Keimar Road (3)
- Pattison Street (1)
- Preston Lane (3)
- Racecourse Road (8)
- Randwick Lane (2)
- Showgrounds Road (29)
- Smalls Road (1)
