Imbil QLD 4570
859 addresses · 52 streets
Wide Bay Electorate › Gympie LGA › Imbil · 118 km from Brisbane
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Living Here
Imbil is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 1,071 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $1,141 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 76% of households own their home and 23% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Gympie Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Imbil itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 café or restaurant
1 supermarket
1 Catholic church
1 medical clinic
1 childcare centre
1 library
1 golf club
1 hardware store
Getting around. Airport: Gympie Airport, 19.2 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: 74.3% 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 | 74.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 86.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 6.9% · Labour-force participation 46.8%
Population by age in Imbil
| 0-4 | 58 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 121 |
| 15-19 | 57 |
| 20-24 | 32 |
| 25-34 | 72 |
| 35-44 | 125 |
| 45-54 | 139 |
| 55-64 | 217 |
| 65-74 | 175 |
| 75-84 | 67 |
| 85+ | 8 |
Dwelling types in Imbil
| House | 398 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 5 |
| Other | 6 |
Households by weekly income in Imbil
| <$650 | 83 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 181 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 93 |
| $3,000+ | 20 |
Top ancestries in Imbil
| English | 457 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 410 |
| Scottish | 146 |
| Irish | 116 |
| Ancestry NS | 102 |
| German | 66 |
Housing tenure in Imbil
| Owned | 154 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 151 |
| Rented | 90 |
| Other | 5 |
Cars per household in Imbil
| 0 | 8 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 139 |
| 2 | 160 |
| 3 | 55 |
| 4+ | 43 |
Commute to work in Imbil
| Car | 255 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 23 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 54 |
Top countries of birth in Imbil
| England | 46 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 36 |
| Germany | 8 |
| South Africa | 8 |
| Italy | 6 |
| Philippines | 6 |
Languages used at home in Imbil
| French | 6 |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | 5 |
| Mandarin | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,946 bird observations recorded near Imbil — most often seen:
- Lewin's Honeyeater (153)
- Willie Wagtail (139)
- Torresian Crow (136)
- Bell Miner (123)
- Laughing Kookaburra (123)
- Eastern Whipbird (119)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (107)
- Welcome Swallow (105)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (104)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (102)
- Australasian Figbird (100)
- Australian Magpie (97)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (97)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Imbil
- Noisy Miner (96)
- Peaceful Dove (95)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (94)
- White-headed Pigeon (94)
- Double-barred Finch (92)
- Brown Cuckoo-dove (90)
- Southern Lewin's Honeyeater (88)
- Grey Fantail (87)
- Red-backed Fairy-wren (87)
- Pacific Black Duck (84)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (81)
- Magpie-lark (79)
- Restless Flycatcher (78)
- Australian King-parrot (76)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (75)
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (73)
- North-eastern Yellow Robin (72)
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 Imbil:
- Melawondi (5 km)
- Bollier (5.3 km)
- Brooloo (6.1 km)
- Kandanga (8 km)
- Kandanga Creek (8.2 km)
- Carters Ridge (10.1 km)
- Moy Pocket (10.4 km)
- Tuchekoi (10.4 km)
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Streets
- Albion Street (11)
- Alice Street (4)
- Aura Place (13)
- Ballard Road (38)
- Barsby Road (8)
- Biddle Road (5)
- Brayden Court (7)
- Breeze Place (8)
- Bundy Road (11)
- Butlers Corner Road (2)
- Crabbet Lane (6)
- Crabbett Lane (5)
- Derrier Road (2)
- Diggings Road (35)
- Dwyer Road (3)
- Edward Street (14)
- Elizabeth Street (44)
- George Street (6)
- Girdler Road (1)
- Hillcrest Court (10)
- Horizon Drive (1)
- Imbil Brooloo Road (10)
- Imbil Island Road (25)
- Kandanga Imbil Road (34)
- Kevin Road (21)
- Kyarne Court (7)
- Lutton Lane (2)
- Marsden Street (14)
- Mary Valley Road (30)
- Mathias Street (7)
- Melinda Road (9)
- Meyers Street (20)
- Michelle Court (9)
- Mitchell Creek Road (2)
- Parkview Ridge (3)
- Ray Myers Road (21)
- Reeves Road (6)
- Rozynski Road (2)
- Rush Road (6)
- Selwyn Street (9)
- Sunlight Drive (13)
- Tiffany Road (4)
- Tincknell Road (5)
- Tuchekoi Road (1)
- Tunnel Road (11)
- Wallader Road (9)
- Western Creek Road (3)
- William Street (20)
- Wirin Court (4)
- Yabba Creek Road (155)
- Yabba Road (112)
- York Street (51)
