Jerona QLD 4809
114 addresses · 5 streets
Dawson Electorate › Burdekin LGA › Jerona · 1069 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Jerona is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 41 people, with a median age of 65. The typical household earns around $700 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Scottish, Australian. 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 Burdekin statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Jerona 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: 26.7% 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 | 26.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 9.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 18.2% · Labour-force participation 26.8%
Population by age in Jerona
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 5 |
| 55-64 | 10 |
| 65-74 | 22 |
| 75-84 | 6 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Jerona
| House | 23 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Jerona
| <$650 | 9 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 10 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Jerona
| English | 23 |
|---|---|
| Scottish | 14 |
| Australian | 10 |
| Irish | 5 |
| Ancestry NS | 5 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
Housing tenure in Jerona
| Owned | 16 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 7 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Jerona
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 11 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Jerona
| Car | 9 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,114 bird observations recorded near Jerona — most often seen:
- Australian White Ibis (61)
- Great Egret (61)
- Intermediate Egret (60)
- Little Egret (57)
- Mangrove Honeyeater (52)
- Masked Lapwing (50)
- Black Kite (49)
- Willie Wagtail (41)
- Large-billed Gerygone (38)
- Little Pied Cormorant (38)
- Whistling Kite (38)
- White-faced Heron (37)
- Brahminy Kite (35)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Jerona
- Whimbrel (35)
- White-breasted Woodswallow (35)
- Peaceful Dove (33)
- Brown Honeyeater (32)
- Eastern Curlew (32)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (30)
- Silver Gull (30)
- White-bellied Sea-eagle (30)
- Australian Pelican (29)
- Northern Australian Yellow White-eye (29)
- Brolga (28)
- Royal Spoonbill (28)
- Australian Magpie (27)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (25)
- Pacific Black Duck (25)
- Torresian Crow (25)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (24)
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 Jerona:
- Colevale (12.2 km)
- Cungulla (14.5 km)
- Barratta (15.6 km)
- Giru (15.8 km)
- Brandon (17.1 km)
- Horseshoe Lagoon (17.4 km)
- Cromarty (20.3 km)
- Shirbourne (21.7 km)
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Streets
- Jerona Road (3)
- Ss Heatherbell Avenue (28)
- Ss Star Of Hope Avenue (13)
- Ss Wakefield Avenue (41)
- The Esplanade (29)
