Johnstown QLD 4615
25 addresses · 8 streets
Maranoa Electorate › South Burnett LGA › Johnstown · 149 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Johnstown is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 46 people, with a median age of 52. The typical household earns around $1,125 a week, with median rent near $265 a week. Most homes are houses. About 54% of households own their home and 23% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Scottish, Australian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Nanango statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Johnstown 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: 6.8% 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 | 6.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 8.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 6.3% · Labour-force participation 45.7%
Population by age in Johnstown
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 11 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 3 |
| 45-54 | 6 |
| 55-64 | 8 |
| 65-74 | 6 |
| 75-84 | 5 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Johnstown
| House | 12 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Top ancestries in Johnstown
| English | 20 |
|---|---|
| Scottish | 11 |
| Australian | 10 |
| Ancestry NS | 10 |
| Irish | 5 |
| Aboriginal | 4 |
Housing tenure in Johnstown
| Owned | 7 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Johnstown
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 10 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Johnstown
| Car | 8 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 6 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
48 bird observations recorded near Johnstown — most often seen:
- Red-backed Fairy-wren (3)
- Rufous Whistler (3)
- Superb Fairy-wren (3)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (2)
- Double-barred Finch (2)
- Galah (2)
- Golden-headed Cisticola (2)
- Jacky Winter (2)
- Laughing Kookaburra (2)
- Peaceful Dove (2)
- Restless Flycatcher (2)
- Striated Pardalote (2)
- Torresian Crow (2)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Johnstown
- White-throated Honeyeater (2)
- Willie Wagtail (2)
- Australian Magpie (1)
- Australian Pelican (1)
- Black-chinned Honeyeater (1)
- Cockatiel (1)
- Common Bronzewing (1)
- Crimson Rosella (1)
- Dusky Moorhen (1)
- Dusky Woodswallow (1)
- Eastern White-throated Gerygone (1)
- Great Egret (1)
- Grey Fantail (1)
- Little Lorikeet (1)
- Masked Lapwing (1)
- Nankeen Kestrel (1)
- Noisy Friarbird (1)
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 Johnstown:
- Wyalla (8.3 km)
- Elgin Vale (9.1 km)
- Barambah (9.3 km)
- Wattle Camp (14.9 km)
- Moffatdale (15.1 km)
- Sandy Ridges (15.6 km)
- Runnymede (16.2 km)
- Manumbar (16.8 km)
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Streets
- Burnett Highway (3)
- Johnstown Road (10)
- Linville Forestry Road (1)
- Manumbar Road (3)
- Rickert Road (2)
- Rickertt Road (2)
- Rickett Road (1)
- Ricketts Road (3)