Marburg QLD 4346
802 addresses · 48 streets
Blair Electorate › Ipswich LGA › Marburg · 44 km from Brisbane
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Living Here
Marburg is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 1,013 people, with a median age of 40. The typical household earns around $1,522 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 79% of households own their home and 18% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Rosewood statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Marburg itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 café or restaurant
1 Catholic church
1 medical clinic
1 post office
1 service station
1 golf club
1 hairdresser
Getting around. Train station: Thagoona, 7.7 km south-east · Railway halt: Cabanda, 5.2 km south · Airport: Brisbane Airport, 56.2 km 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: 14.5% 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 | 14.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 28.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.9% · Labour-force participation 63.9%
Population by age in Marburg
| 0-4 | 59 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 158 |
| 15-19 | 53 |
| 20-24 | 53 |
| 25-34 | 103 |
| 35-44 | 149 |
| 45-54 | 135 |
| 55-64 | 133 |
| 65-74 | 126 |
| 75-84 | 45 |
| 85+ | 13 |
Dwelling types in Marburg
| House | 371 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 8 |
Households by weekly income in Marburg
| <$650 | 53 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 112 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 118 |
| $3,000+ | 62 |
Top ancestries in Marburg
| Australian | 430 |
|---|---|
| English | 416 |
| German | 135 |
| Irish | 132 |
| Scottish | 102 |
| Ancestry NS | 82 |
Housing tenure in Marburg
| Owned | 124 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 170 |
| Rented | 68 |
| Other | 9 |
Cars per household in Marburg
| 0 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 96 |
| 2 | 150 |
| 3 | 60 |
| 4+ | 56 |
Commute to work in Marburg
| Car | 323 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 10 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 68 |
Top countries of birth in Marburg
| England | 25 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 15 |
| Philippines | 6 |
| Scotland | 6 |
| South Africa | 5 |
| Malaysia | 4 |
Languages used at home in Marburg
| Afrikaans | 5 |
|---|---|
| Russian | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
10,893 bird observations recorded near Marburg — most often seen:
- Torresian Crow (546)
- Australian Magpie (478)
- Willie Wagtail (462)
- Magpie-lark (445)
- Double-barred Finch (428)
- Noisy Miner (415)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (408)
- Silvereye (403)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (396)
- Australasian Figbird (385)
- Superb Fairy-wren (384)
- Pied Butcherbird (383)
- Pale-headed Rosella (381)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Marburg
- Striped Honeyeater (380)
- Brown Honeyeater (376)
- Crested Pigeon (369)
- Welcome Swallow (360)
- Peaceful Dove (340)
- Red-backed Fairy-wren (336)
- Pacific Black Duck (332)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (328)
- Grey Butcherbird (319)
- Striated Pardalote (295)
- Rufous Whistler (290)
- Laughing Kookaburra (284)
- Masked Lapwing (282)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (281)
- Olive-backed Oriole (280)
- Dusky Moorhen (267)
- Mistletoebird (260)
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 Marburg:
- Haigslea (4.1 km)
- Tallegalla (4.3 km)
- Lark Hill (4.7 km)
- Minden (4.8 km)
- Mount Marrow (4.9 km)
- Coolana (6.5 km)
- Glamorgan Vale (6.9 km)
- Ashwell (7.3 km)
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Streets
- Abraham Court (8)
- Annies Lane (2)
- Berlin Road (1)
- Berlins Road (3)
- Bowden Lane (2)
- Butlers Road (3)
- Cochranes Road (2)
- Dance Street (1)
- Earls Road (1)
- Edmond Street (119)
- Edward Street (23)
- Frederick Street (15)
- George Street (19)
- Haigslea Malabar Road (9)
- Hilltop Crescent (19)
- Ida Street (9)
- James Street (6)
- John Street (30)
- Kennedy Street (9)
- Keogh Street (8)
- Kickbuschs Road (2)
- Kurrajong Lane (1)
- Lawrence Street (33)
- Louisa Street (1)
- Main Street (20)
- Marburg Fernvale Road (2)
- Marburg Quarry Road (13)
- Marburg Road (10)
- Moriarty Lane (5)
- Muche Road (3)
- Owens Street (116)
- Piepers Road (13)
- Postmans Track (24)
- Queen Street (82)
- Roderick Street (15)
- Rosewood - Marburg Road (19)
- School Street (20)
- Schubels Road (26)
- Seminary Road (17)
- Splendour Court (12)
- Steinhardts Road (10)
- Steinhardts Road W (1)
- Stuhmckes Road (6)
- Tallegalla Two Tree Hill Road (11)
- Telrader Road (3)
- Toft Street (16)
- Warrego Highway (9)
- William Street (23)
