Lonesome Creek QLD 4719
121 addresses · 27 streets
Flynn Electorate › Banana LGA › Lonesome Creek · 406 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Lonesome Creek is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 173 people, with a median age of 38. The typical household earns around $1,781 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 58% of households own their home and 24% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Banana statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Lonesome Creek itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 Catholic church
1 library
1 post office
1 service station
1 golf club
1 hardware store
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Theodore Airport, 7.1 km south.
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: 3.6% 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 | 3.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 11.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1% · Labour-force participation 70.7%
Population by age in Lonesome Creek
| 0-4 | 16 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 19 |
| 15-19 | 5 |
| 20-24 | 15 |
| 25-34 | 31 |
| 35-44 | 29 |
| 45-54 | 18 |
| 55-64 | 24 |
| 65-74 | 14 |
| 75-84 | 12 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Lonesome Creek
| House | 54 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Lonesome Creek
| <$650 | 6 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 12 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 26 |
| $3,000+ | 8 |
Top ancestries in Lonesome Creek
| Australian | 84 |
|---|---|
| English | 57 |
| Ancestry NS | 27 |
| Scottish | 24 |
| Aboriginal | 12 |
| German | 11 |
Housing tenure in Lonesome Creek
| Owned | 22 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 7 |
| Rented | 12 |
| Other | 9 |
Cars per household in Lonesome Creek
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 19 |
| 3 | 13 |
| 4+ | 18 |
Commute to work in Lonesome Creek
| Car | 56 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 32 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,867 bird observations recorded near Lonesome Creek — most often seen:
- Torresian Crow (197)
- Magpie-lark (171)
- Australian Magpie (140)
- Willie Wagtail (137)
- Crested Pigeon (124)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (116)
- Pacific Black Duck (109)
- Peaceful Dove (108)
- Galah (98)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (98)
- Striated Pardalote (92)
- Whistling Kite (92)
- Little Friarbird (87)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Lonesome Creek
- Blue-winged Kookaburra (86)
- Noisy Miner (86)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (85)
- Dusky Moorhen (85)
- Great Egret (84)
- Pied Currawong (82)
- Australasian Darter (80)
- Pied Butcherbird (80)
- Straw-necked Ibis (79)
- White-throated Honeyeater (77)
- Nankeen Kestrel (73)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (71)
- Black Kite (70)
- Brown Honeyeater (70)
- Yellow-throated Miner (65)
- Laughing Kookaburra (63)
- Double-barred Finch (62)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
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Streets
- Baralaba Rannes Road (1)
- Brownlies Road (2)
- Castle Creek Road (7)
- Colombo Road (9)
- Eidsvold - Theodore Road (20)
- Freemans Road (3)
- Frenchs Road (3)
- Gibbs Road (5)
- Goolara Heinekes Road (2)
- Goolara Heinickes Road (8)
- Gunns Road (2)
- Halliday Road (1)
- Jenkins Road (1)
- Lees Road (2)
- Legallez Road (1)
- Leichhardt Highway (15)
- Letchford Road (2)
- Malakoff Road (6)
- Mckenna Road (2)
- Nipan Road (5)
- Popes Road (2)
- Racecourse Road (1)
- Terrencevale Road (2)
- Theodore Moura Road (4)
- Walkers Road (1)
- Watsons Road (5)
- Woolthorpe Road (9)
