Osborne QLD 4806
305 addresses · 16 streets
Dawson Electorate › Burdekin LGA › Osborne · 1039 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Osborne is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 245 people, with a median age of 46. The typical household earns around $1,437 a week, with median rent near $190 a week. Most homes are houses. About 66% of households own their home and 27% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Italian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Burdekin statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Osborne itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 hospital
Getting around. Train station: Home Hill, 7 km north-east · Airport: Ayr Airport, 12 km north.
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: 2.2% 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 | 2.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 71.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.6% · Labour-force participation 64.2%
Population by age in Osborne
| 0-4 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 35 |
| 15-19 | 20 |
| 20-24 | 8 |
| 25-34 | 13 |
| 35-44 | 31 |
| 45-54 | 46 |
| 55-64 | 35 |
| 65-74 | 34 |
| 75-84 | 12 |
| 85+ | 6 |
Dwelling types in Osborne
| House | 91 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Osborne
| <$650 | 4 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 38 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 24 |
| $3,000+ | 15 |
Top ancestries in Osborne
| Australian | 89 |
|---|---|
| English | 86 |
| Italian | 63 |
| Scottish | 22 |
| Ancestry NS | 19 |
| German | 15 |
Housing tenure in Osborne
| Owned | 39 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 20 |
| Rented | 24 |
| Other | 6 |
Cars per household in Osborne
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 22 |
| 2 | 32 |
| 3 | 19 |
| 4+ | 20 |
Commute to work in Osborne
| Car | 86 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 5 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 20 |
Top countries of birth in Osborne
| New Zealand | 6 |
|---|
Languages used at home in Osborne
| Italian | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
188 bird observations recorded near Osborne — most often seen:
- Magpie-lark (15)
- Great Bowerbird (14)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (12)
- Australasian Figbird (9)
- Bush Stone-curlew (9)
- Crested Pigeon (9)
- Masked Lapwing (8)
- Whistling Kite (8)
- Pied Butcherbird (7)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (7)
- Australian Magpie (6)
- Australian White Ibis (6)
- Black Kite (6)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Osborne
- Galah (6)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (6)
- Red-winged Parrot (6)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (5)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (5)
- Blue-winged Kookaburra (5)
- Peaceful Dove (5)
- Eastern Koel (4)
- Straw-necked Ibis (4)
- Torresian Crow (4)
- Willie Wagtail (4)
- Brush Cuckoo (3)
- Channel-billed Cuckoo (3)
- Leaden Flycatcher (3)
- Pale-headed Rosella (3)
- Pheasant Coucal (3)
- Pied Currawong (3)
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 Osborne:
- Mount Kelly (5.5 km)
- Home Hill (7.3 km)
- Fredericksfield (7.6 km)
- Airville (8 km)
- Mcdesme (10.2 km)
- Carstairs (11.1 km)
- Mona Park (12.5 km)
- Inkerman (13.6 km)
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Streets
- Bapty Road (5)
- Becke Road (2)
- Cannavan Road (1)
- Fowler Road (11)
- Home Hill Kirknie Road (78)
- Hurney Road (60)
- Iona Road (8)
- Kirknie Road (89)
- Mann Road (3)
- Marshall Road (2)
- Menkens Road (8)
- Osborne Road (9)
- Piva Road (4)
- Plain Road (11)
- Power Road (11)
- Rifle Range Road (3)
