Karrabin QLD 4306
205 addresses · 25 streets
Blair Electorate › Ipswich LGA › Karrabin · 34 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Karrabin is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 416 people, with a median age of 42. The typical household earns around $1,952 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 78% of households own their home and 20% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Leichhardt - One Mile statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Karrabin itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 café or restaurant
5 optometrists
1 childcare centre
2 libraries
5 service stations
2 gyms & sports centres
2 dog parks
2 hardware stores
1 electrician
3 carpenters
4 places to stay
Getting around. Train station: Karrabin, 950 m south · Airport: Brisbane Airport, 47.5 km north-east.
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: 38.3% 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 | 38.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 70.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.4% · Labour-force participation 68%
Population by age in Karrabin
| 0-4 | 20 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 50 |
| 15-19 | 22 |
| 20-24 | 29 |
| 25-34 | 52 |
| 35-44 | 49 |
| 45-54 | 63 |
| 55-64 | 73 |
| 65-74 | 38 |
| 75-84 | 14 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Karrabin
| House | 145 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Karrabin
| <$650 | 13 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 40 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 41 |
| $3,000+ | 46 |
Top ancestries in Karrabin
| Australian | 202 |
|---|---|
| English | 177 |
| German | 51 |
| Irish | 50 |
| Scottish | 24 |
| Other | 12 |
Housing tenure in Karrabin
| Owned | 42 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 69 |
| Rented | 29 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Karrabin
| 0 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 31 |
| 2 | 47 |
| 3 | 28 |
| 4+ | 32 |
Commute to work in Karrabin
| Car | 156 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 9 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 23 |
Top countries of birth in Karrabin
| England | 12 |
|---|---|
| Philippines | 7 |
| New Zealand | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
33,420 bird observations recorded near Karrabin — most often seen:
- Noisy Miner (1,886)
- Torresian Crow (1,791)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (1,736)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (1,682)
- Australian Magpie (1,674)
- Laughing Kookaburra (1,636)
- Grey Butcherbird (1,399)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (1,356)
- Striated Pardalote (1,354)
- Pied Butcherbird (1,221)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (1,137)
- Eastern Whipbird (1,077)
- Willie Wagtail (1,032)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Karrabin
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (991)
- Pale-headed Rosella (991)
- Australian Brush-turkey (990)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (984)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (894)
- Grey Fantail (871)
- Noisy Friarbird (867)
- Peaceful Dove (843)
- Australasian Figbird (809)
- Rufous Whistler (807)
- Magpie-lark (803)
- Galah (785)
- Channel-billed Cuckoo (773)
- Common Bronzewing (769)
- Silvereye (761)
- Australian Wood Duck (752)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (749)
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 Karrabin:
- Blacksoil (2.4 km)
- Brassall (2.9 km)
- Wulkuraka (3.1 km)
- Coalfalls (3.8 km)
- Muirlea (3.9 km)
- Leichhardt (4 km)
- Sadliers Crossing (4.2 km)
- Amberley (4.7 km)
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Streets
- Badower Road (2)
- Barton Street (2)
- Bodley Road (7)
- Butterfield Road (6)
- Clarkes Road (5)
- Dale Road (3)
- Doherty Lane (5)
- Grace Street (14)
- Haggartys Avenue (27)
- Hardings Road (10)
- Harwoods Road (6)
- J Hansons Road (8)
- Karrabin - Rosewood Road (27)
- Kely Road (9)
- Keswick Road (16)
- Ladewigs Road (2)
- Larsens Road (7)
- Oakland Road (5)
- Redhill Road (3)
- Schillings Road (11)
- Seidels Road (1)
- Sherman Road (7)
- Spresser Road (1)
- Warrego Highway (2)
- Wulkuraka Connection Road (19)
