Owanyilla QLD 4650
132 addresses · 32 streets
Wide Bay Electorate › Fraser Coast LGA › Owanyilla · 205 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Owanyilla is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 245 people, with a median age of 47. The typical household earns around $1,542 a week, with median rent near $260 a week. Most homes are houses. About 81% of households own their home and 14% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. 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 Maryborough Region - South statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Owanyilla itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
Getting around. Airport: Maryborough Airport, 19 km north-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: 48.2% 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 | 48.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 65.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.3% · Labour-force participation 56.5%
Population by age in Owanyilla
| 0-4 | 18 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 18 |
| 15-19 | 15 |
| 20-24 | 14 |
| 25-34 | 27 |
| 35-44 | 22 |
| 45-54 | 42 |
| 55-64 | 41 |
| 65-74 | 33 |
| 75-84 | 14 |
| 85+ | 6 |
Dwelling types in Owanyilla
| House | 79 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Owanyilla
| <$650 | 8 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 28 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 20 |
| $3,000+ | 17 |
Top ancestries in Owanyilla
| Australian | 116 |
|---|---|
| English | 101 |
| Scottish | 31 |
| Ancestry NS | 30 |
| Irish | 21 |
| German | 19 |
Housing tenure in Owanyilla
| Owned | 39 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 32 |
| Rented | 12 |
| Other | 5 |
Cars per household in Owanyilla
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 16 |
| 2 | 25 |
| 3 | 22 |
| 4+ | 10 |
Commute to work in Owanyilla
| Car | 73 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 5 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 13 |
Top countries of birth in Owanyilla
| New Zealand | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,127 bird observations recorded near Owanyilla — most often seen:
- Lewin's Honeyeater (63)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (61)
- Brown Honeyeater (56)
- Noisy Miner (56)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (52)
- Willie Wagtail (49)
- Welcome Swallow (48)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (41)
- Grey Butcherbird (41)
- Torresian Crow (40)
- Laughing Kookaburra (39)
- Rufous Whistler (37)
- White-throated Honeyeater (37)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Owanyilla
- Peaceful Dove (35)
- Grey Fantail (33)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (33)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (31)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (31)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (31)
- White-faced Heron (31)
- Australasian Figbird (30)
- Magpie-lark (30)
- Striated Pardalote (30)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (29)
- Little Black Cormorant (29)
- Whistling Kite (28)
- Eastern Whipbird (27)
- Olive-backed Oriole (27)
- Australian Brush-turkey (26)
- Noisy Friarbird (26)
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 Owanyilla:
- Antigua (4.4 km)
- Pioneers Rest (5.2 km)
- Teddington (6 km)
- Glenorchy (6.4 km)
- Ferney (6.5 km)
- Magnolia (6.6 km)
- Tiaro (7.6 km)
- Mungar (7.6 km)
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Streets
- Balandinas Drive (3)
- Blackmount Road (1)
- Boundary Road (2)
- Boundary Street (2)
- Bradshaw Road (1)
- Bruce Highway (1)
- Bunya Street (1)
- Canterwood Road (2)
- Cunningham Street (2)
- Eight Mile Road (1)
- Greensill Road (3)
- Grevillea Street (5)
- Harris Road (8)
- Heath Road (2)
- Hill Street (1)
- Hoffman Road (3)
- Ipomea Street (1)
- Linneus Street (13)
- Marbach Road (1)
- Moffit Road (3)
- Old Bruce Highway (10)
- Old Gympie Road (17)
- Old Highway Access (5)
- Owanyilla Boundary Road (8)
- Owanyilla Boundary Road E (5)
- Owanyilla Boundary Road W (6)
- Owanyilla Road (7)
- Petersen Road (6)
- Schuberts Road (5)
- Tahlia Lane (2)
- Waylen Road (2)
- Wilsons Road (3)
