Maroon QLD 4310
103 addresses · 16 streets
Wright Electorate › Scenic Rim LGA › Maroon · 85 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Maroon is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 152 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $1,178 a week, with median rent near $190 a week. Most homes are houses. About 77% of households own their home and 11% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Boonah statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Maroon itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
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: 38.2% 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 | 38.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 59.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.1% · Labour-force participation 56.6%
Population by age in Maroon
| 0-4 | 7 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 20 |
| 15-19 | 9 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 14 |
| 35-44 | 18 |
| 45-54 | 19 |
| 55-64 | 30 |
| 65-74 | 30 |
| 75-84 | 8 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Maroon
| House | 56 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 3 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 3 |
Households by weekly income in Maroon
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 21 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 22 |
| $3,000+ | 3 |
Top ancestries in Maroon
| English | 84 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 59 |
| Irish | 22 |
| German | 21 |
| Scottish | 18 |
| Ancestry NS | 12 |
Housing tenure in Maroon
| Owned | 36 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 11 |
| Rented | 7 |
| Other | 7 |
Cars per household in Maroon
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 16 |
| 2 | 21 |
| 3 | 10 |
| 4+ | 9 |
Commute to work in Maroon
| Car | 34 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 8 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 8 |
Top countries of birth in Maroon
| New Zealand | 10 |
|---|---|
| England | 5 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,222 bird observations recorded near Maroon — most often seen:
- Dusky Moorhen (71)
- Noisy Miner (69)
- Australian Magpie (63)
- Torresian Crow (59)
- Eurasian Coot (56)
- Pied Currawong (50)
- Laughing Kookaburra (48)
- Pacific Black Duck (48)
- Australasian Grebe (47)
- Little Black Cormorant (46)
- Willie Wagtail (45)
- Australian Wood Duck (43)
- Australian Pelican (42)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Maroon
- Australasian Darter (38)
- Masked Lapwing (37)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (36)
- Welcome Swallow (36)
- Magpie-lark (35)
- Pied Butcherbird (35)
- Little Pied Cormorant (34)
- Striated Pardalote (33)
- Great Cormorant (32)
- Red-backed Fairy-wren (32)
- Black Swan (31)
- Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (28)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (27)
- Pale-headed Rosella (26)
- Australian Torresian Crow (25)
- Grey Butcherbird (25)
- Grey Fantail (25)
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 Maroon:
- Coochin (9 km)
- Mount Barney (9.6 km)
- Barney View (11 km)
- Croftby (11 km)
- Burnett Creek (12.5 km)
- Cannon Creek (12.5 km)
- Wallaces Creek (12.9 km)
- Bunburra (14 km)
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Streets
- Booker Road (2)
- Boonah - Rathdowney Road (32)
- Burnett Creek Road (14)
- C Grace Road (3)
- Cannon Creek Road (5)
- Cotswold Road (4)
- E Grace Road (2)
- Jo Brown Road (2)
- Maroon Dam Road (2)
- Newlove Road (12)
- Newman Road (11)
- S Watson Road (1)
- Slatter Park Road (2)
- Stockyard Creek Road (3)
- Sunwater Drive (7)
- Waterfall Creek Road (1)
