Minden QLD 4311
518 addresses · 37 streets
Blair Electorate › Somerset LGA › Minden · 48 km from Brisbane
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Living Here
Minden is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 1,227 people, with a median age of 37. The typical household earns around $1,725 a week, with median rent near $350 a week. Most homes are houses. About 87% of households own their home and 11% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Lowood statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Minden itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 park
1 golf club
Getting around. Train station: Rosewood, 11.9 km south · Railway halt: Kunkala, 7.5 km south · Airport: Brisbane Airport, 59.2 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: 17.5% 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 | 17.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 35.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.6% · Labour-force participation 61.2%
Population by age in Minden
| 0-4 | 80 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 204 |
| 15-19 | 76 |
| 20-24 | 61 |
| 25-34 | 145 |
| 35-44 | 152 |
| 45-54 | 171 |
| 55-64 | 148 |
| 65-74 | 132 |
| 75-84 | 44 |
| 85+ | 11 |
Dwelling types in Minden
| House | 403 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 4 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Minden
| <$650 | 51 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 104 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 142 |
| $3,000+ | 68 |
Top ancestries in Minden
| Australian | 590 |
|---|---|
| English | 517 |
| German | 151 |
| Irish | 116 |
| Scottish | 114 |
| Ancestry NS | 64 |
Housing tenure in Minden
| Owned | 109 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 233 |
| Rented | 43 |
| Other | 8 |
Cars per household in Minden
| 0 | 8 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 82 |
| 2 | 151 |
| 3 | 97 |
| 4+ | 64 |
Commute to work in Minden
| Car | 397 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 7 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 78 |
Top countries of birth in Minden
| England | 45 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 28 |
| Philippines | 12 |
| Scotland | 5 |
| Fiji | 4 |
| Germany | 3 |
Languages used at home in Minden
| Arabic | 10 |
|---|---|
| German | 7 |
| Filipino | 6 |
| Korean | 4 |
| Thai | 4 |
| Mandarin | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
4,004 bird observations recorded near Minden — most often seen:
- Dusky Moorhen (218)
- Torresian Crow (214)
- Pacific Black Duck (206)
- Magpie-lark (199)
- Australasian Grebe (179)
- Australian White Ibis (173)
- Willie Wagtail (165)
- Plumed Whistling-duck (160)
- Australian Wood Duck (158)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (154)
- Little Black Cormorant (145)
- Noisy Miner (141)
- Little Pied Cormorant (140)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Minden
- Crested Pigeon (138)
- Grey Teal (122)
- Masked Lapwing (122)
- Superb Fairy-wren (120)
- Hardhead (117)
- Royal Spoonbill (117)
- Welcome Swallow (117)
- Eurasian Coot (115)
- Great Egret (107)
- Australian Magpie (97)
- Australasian Figbird (95)
- Australian Reed Warbler (90)
- Common Myna (89)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (80)
- Striped Honeyeater (80)
- Straw-necked Ibis (74)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (72)
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 Minden:
- Coolana (2.8 km)
- Prenzlau (3.5 km)
- Marburg (4.8 km)
- Lark Hill (4.8 km)
- Tallegalla (5.3 km)
- Tarampa (5.6 km)
- Brightview (7.1 km)
- Kensington Grove (7.5 km)
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Streets
- Bliesner Court (7)
- Bougainvillea Street (5)
- Boughen Road (8)
- Eckart Court (8)
- Gehrke Court (20)
- Gosnick Road (7)
- Green Valley Road (53)
- Harpeng Drive (47)
- Hinze Road (18)
- Kerkow Court (6)
- Kerles Road (6)
- Kisslings Road (1)
- Kopelke Court (11)
- Kraut Court (6)
- Lowood Minden Road (34)
- Luther Court (12)
- Manz Court (9)
- Millewski Road (1)
- Minden Post Office Road (9)
- Mountain View Drive (12)
- Neuendorf Road (3)
- Neuendorffs Road (2)
- Oscar Road (2)
- Park View Road (21)
- Parkview Road (1)
- Piepers Road (1)
- Postmans Track (7)
- Reinke Road (2)
- Rose Avenue (118)
- Starks Road (4)
- Tallegalla Road (14)
- Tallegalla Two Tree Hill Road (3)
- Warrego Highway (2)
- Woofindin Lane (1)
- Wruck Court (11)
- Zabels Road N (35)
- Zabels Road S (11)
