Mcintosh Creek QLD 4570
88 addresses · 9 streets
Wide Bay Electorate › Gympie LGA › Mcintosh Creek · 140 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Mcintosh Creek is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 173 people, with a median age of 32. The typical household earns around $1,625 a week, with median rent near $330 a week. Most homes are houses. About 94% of households own their home and 6% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. 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 Gympie Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mcintosh Creek itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 hospital
2 golf clubs
Getting around. Train station: Gympie North, 11.8 km north · Railway halt: Monkland, 6.8 km north-east · Airport: Gympie Airport, 6.8 km south-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: 20.5% 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 | 20.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 36.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.4% · Labour-force participation 66.4%
Population by age in Mcintosh Creek
| 0-4 | 17 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 26 |
| 15-19 | 19 |
| 20-24 | 11 |
| 25-34 | 19 |
| 35-44 | 21 |
| 45-54 | 23 |
| 55-64 | 20 |
| 65-74 | 13 |
| 75-84 | 5 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Mcintosh Creek
| House | 50 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Mcintosh Creek
| <$650 | 5 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 15 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 11 |
| $3,000+ | 10 |
Top ancestries in Mcintosh Creek
| English | 84 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 81 |
| Irish | 20 |
| German | 13 |
| Scottish | 11 |
| Ancestry NS | 9 |
Housing tenure in Mcintosh Creek
| Owned | 15 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 31 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Mcintosh Creek
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 19 |
| 3 | 12 |
| 4+ | 10 |
Commute to work in Mcintosh Creek
| Car | 53 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 16 |
Top countries of birth in Mcintosh Creek
| England | 9 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 4 |
| China | 3 |
Languages used at home in Mcintosh Creek
| Mandarin | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,363 bird observations recorded near Mcintosh Creek — most often seen:
- Southern Magpie-lark (86)
- Australian White Ibis (85)
- Australian Torresian Crow (77)
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (66)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (63)
- Eastern Pied Butcherbird (59)
- South-eastern Grey Butcherbird (56)
- Pacific Black Duck (49)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (49)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (48)
- Torresian Crow (47)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (42)
- Mainland Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (41)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Mcintosh Creek
- Australian Magpie (40)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (40)
- Australian Wood Duck (38)
- Eastern Blue-faced Honeyeater (38)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (37)
- Common Myna (37)
- Pied Butcherbird (37)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (36)
- Magpie-lark (36)
- Willie Wagtail (35)
- Birds (34)
- Eastern Galah (33)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (31)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (31)
- Northern Blue-winged Kookaburra (31)
- Straw-necked Ibis (31)
- Laughing Kookaburra (30)
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 Mcintosh Creek:
- Long Flat (2 km)
- Pie Creek (3.2 km)
- The Dawn (3.6 km)
- Jones Hill (3.6 km)
- Lagoon Pocket (3.8 km)
- Calico Creek (4.2 km)
- Mooloo (4.7 km)
- Marys Creek (5.4 km)
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Streets
- Blacksmith Court (4)
- Gold Run Avenue (8)
- Harmony Road (1)
- Kernke Road (6)
- Lawson Road (1)
- Mcintosh Creek Road (56)
- Pewter Court (5)
- Wagon Wheel Court (3)
- Zerner Road (4)
