Orange Creek QLD 4715
100 addresses · 14 streets
Flynn Electorate › Banana LGA › Orange Creek · 439 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Orange Creek is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 197 people, with a median age of 39. The typical household earns around $1,541 a week, with median rent near $375 a week. Most homes are houses. About 77% of households own their home and 8% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 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: Orange Creek itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 7.4% 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 | 7.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 17.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.9% · Labour-force participation 74.1%
Population by age in Orange Creek
| 0-4 | 15 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 37 |
| 15-19 | 11 |
| 20-24 | 8 |
| 25-34 | 10 |
| 35-44 | 33 |
| 45-54 | 33 |
| 55-64 | 20 |
| 65-74 | 11 |
| 75-84 | 22 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Orange Creek
| House | 64 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Orange Creek
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 27 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 6 |
| $3,000+ | 17 |
Top ancestries in Orange Creek
| Australian | 106 |
|---|---|
| English | 51 |
| Scottish | 26 |
| Ancestry NS | 23 |
| Irish | 20 |
| German | 12 |
Housing tenure in Orange Creek
| Owned | 22 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 26 |
| Rented | 5 |
| Other | 9 |
Cars per household in Orange Creek
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 16 |
| 3 | 16 |
| 4+ | 13 |
Commute to work in Orange Creek
| Car | 47 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 12 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 31 |
Top countries of birth in Orange Creek
| United States | 5 |
|---|---|
| Philippines | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
41 bird observations recorded near Orange Creek — most often seen:
- Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (13)
- Squatter Pigeon (12)
- Australian Brush-turkey (1)
- Australian Torresian Crow (1)
- Brown Falcon (1)
- Double-barred Finch (1)
- Eastern Pied Butcherbird (1)
- Eastern Pied Currawong (1)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (1)
- Mainland Tree Martin (1)
- Mainland Wedge-tailed Eagle (1)
- Mistletoebird (1)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (1)
Show all 18 birds recorded near Orange Creek
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 Orange Creek:
- Callide (11.5 km)
- Greycliffe (11.9 km)
- Jambin (13.4 km)
- Dakenba (13.7 km)
- Biloela (16 km)
- Prospect (16.3 km)
- Mount Murchison (19.6 km)
- Woolein (22.1 km)
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Streets
- Belldeen Greycliffe Road (6)
- Burnett Highway (21)
- Coreen Water Board Road (2)
- Davis Road (11)
- Dawson Highway (3)
- Harchs Road (3)
- Johnson Parry Road (4)
- Mccanns Road (1)
- Orange Creek Road (12)
- Orange Creek School Bus Road (1)
- Parrys Road (2)
- Prospect Creek Goovigen Road (26)
- Reimers Road (5)
- Zischkes Lane (3)
