Orion QLD 4722

Living Here

Orion is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 87 people, with a median age of 32. The typical household earns around $1,224 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 46% of households own their home and 15% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, German. 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 Central Highlands - West statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Orion itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 1 school

  • Orion State School

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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: 9.6% 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.

Demographics

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

12 bird observations recorded near Orion — most often seen:

• Australian Bustard (1)
• Australian Magpie (1)
• Crested Pigeon (1)
• Emu (1)
• Grey Butcherbird (1)
• Horsfield's Bushlark (1)
• Jacky Winter (1)
• Magpie-lark (1)
• Pale-headed Rosella (1)
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (1)
• Willie Wagtail (1)
• Yellow-throated Miner (1)

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 Orion:

• Albinia (24.1 km)
• Cairdbeign (26.3 km)
• Arcturus (27.7 km)
• Springsure (32.7 km)
• Lowesby (33.2 km)
• Rolleston (36.2 km)
• Wealwandangie (43.4 km)
• Togara (43.7 km)

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