Killarney QLD 4373
769 addresses · 56 streets
Maranoa Electorate › Southern Downs LGA › Killarney · 120 km from Brisbane
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Living Here
Killarney is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 918 people, with a median age of 57. The typical household earns around $928 a week, with median rent near $240 a week. Most homes are houses. About 73% of households own their home and 25% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. 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 Southern Downs - East statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Killarney itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
2 cafés & restaurants
1 supermarket
1 pharmacy
1 childcare centre
1 service station
2 gyms & sports centres
1 golf club
1 hardware store
1 hairdresser
Getting around. Airport: Cherrabah Homestead Resort Airstrip, 22.5 km south-west.
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: 11.6% 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 | 11.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 30.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.9% · Labour-force participation 44.3%
Population by age in Killarney
| 0-4 | 26 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 85 |
| 15-19 | 41 |
| 20-24 | 48 |
| 25-34 | 54 |
| 35-44 | 63 |
| 45-54 | 110 |
| 55-64 | 153 |
| 65-74 | 187 |
| 75-84 | 101 |
| 85+ | 49 |
Dwelling types in Killarney
| House | 357 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 10 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Killarney
| <$650 | 96 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 145 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 63 |
| $3,000+ | 27 |
Top ancestries in Killarney
| English | 401 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 375 |
| Irish | 134 |
| Scottish | 105 |
| Ancestry NS | 90 |
| German | 74 |
Housing tenure in Killarney
| Owned | 173 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 87 |
| Rented | 89 |
| Other | 6 |
Cars per household in Killarney
| 0 | 9 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 140 |
| 2 | 137 |
| 3 | 58 |
| 4+ | 20 |
Commute to work in Killarney
| Car | 208 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 34 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 26 |
Top countries of birth in Killarney
| England | 29 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 18 |
| Philippines | 12 |
| South Africa | 8 |
| Canada | 3 |
| Germany | 3 |
Languages used at home in Killarney
| German | 6 |
|---|---|
| French | 3 |
| Filipino | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,809 bird observations recorded near Killarney — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (127)
- Torresian Crow (106)
- Superb Fairy-wren (93)
- Magpie-lark (90)
- Galah (83)
- Common Myna (81)
- Bell Miner (80)
- Pied Currawong (77)
- House Sparrow (70)
- Willie Wagtail (70)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (69)
- Noisy Miner (64)
- Crested Pigeon (61)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Killarney
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (58)
- Laughing Kookaburra (54)
- Straw-necked Ibis (54)
- Grey Fantail (48)
- Welcome Swallow (47)
- Australian Wood Duck (44)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (44)
- Nankeen Kestrel (43)
- Common Starling (41)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (40)
- Crimson Rosella (39)
- Eastern Rosella (39)
- Eastern Whipbird (38)
- Red-rumped Parrot (38)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (38)
- Eastern Spinebill (37)
- Black-shouldered Kite (36)
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 Killarney:
- Mount Colliery (6.4 km)
- Tannymorel (7.1 km)
- The Falls (8.8 km)
- Wiyarra (11 km)
- Loch Lomond (11.1 km)
- Danderoo (12.3 km)
- Emu Vale (13.4 km)
- Elbow Valley (15.7 km)
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Streets
- Acacia Street (40)
- Ailanthus Street (23)
- Anemone Street (57)
- Arbutus Street (59)
- Ash Street (4)
- Backhouse Road (2)
- Banksia Street (7)
- Border Road (25)
- Brosnan Road (5)
- Cedar Street (38)
- Claydon Road (7)
- Condamine Court (14)
- Condamine River Road (19)
- Cypress Street (4)
- Daisy Street (7)
- Davies Road (2)
- Eucalyptus Street (15)
- Grayson Road (4)
- Grevillea Street (6)
- Hansen Road (2)
- Hibiscus Street (2)
- Hoffman Road (3)
- Hoffmans Road (3)
- Homan Road (8)
- Homans Road (7)
- Hope Road (4)
- Ipomea Street (1)
- Ivy Street (44)
- Jensens Road (1)
- Killarney Barlows Gate Road (10)
- Kurrajong Street (30)
- Long Swamp Road (1)
- Mapes Road (1)
- Melrose Road (3)
- Mount Leslie Road (7)
- Mountain View Road (3)
- Myrtle Street (7)
- O'mara Road (3)
- O'maras Road (3)
- Oak Street (28)
- Oleander Street (15)
- Olive Street (12)
- Palm Street (18)
- Pansy Street (3)
- Pine Street (56)
- Poinsettia Street (17)
- Rose Street (21)
- Spring Creek Road (19)
- Sweeney Road (2)
- Sycamore Street (9)
- Tecoma Street (16)
- Violet Street (2)
- Warwick - Killarney Road (6)
- Willow Street (48)
- Winterflood Road (14)
- Yangan - Killarney Road (2)
