Pilerwa QLD 4650
26 addresses · 3 streets
Wide Bay Electorate › Fraser Coast LGA › Pilerwa · 212 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Pilerwa is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 50 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $1,041 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, Ancestry NS, English. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged 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: Pilerwa itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
Getting around. Airport: Maryborough Airport, 17.8 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: 29.3% 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 | 29.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 44.5% |
Demographics
Population by age in Pilerwa
| 0-4 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 4 |
| 15-19 | 6 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 5 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 4 |
| 55-64 | 13 |
| 65-74 | 5 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Pilerwa
| House | 15 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Pilerwa
| <$650 | 7 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 3 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Pilerwa
| Australian | 20 |
|---|---|
| Ancestry NS | 12 |
| English | 8 |
| Scottish | 6 |
| German | 5 |
| Other | 5 |
Housing tenure in Pilerwa
| Owned | 6 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 4 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Pilerwa
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Pilerwa
| Car | 9 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
289 bird observations recorded near Pilerwa — most often seen:
- Variegated Fairy-wren (51)
- Australian Magpie (15)
- Laughing Kookaburra (13)
- Noisy Miner (13)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (13)
- Pacific Black Duck (11)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (10)
- Pale-headed Rosella (10)
- Peaceful Dove (9)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (9)
- Striated Pardalote (9)
- Rufous Whistler (8)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (8)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Pilerwa
- White-throated Honeyeater (8)
- Australian Wood Duck (7)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (7)
- Crested Pigeon (7)
- Galah (7)
- Grey Butcherbird (7)
- Noisy Friarbird (7)
- Australian White Ibis (6)
- Birds (6)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (6)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (6)
- Brown Honeyeater (6)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (6)
- Grey Fantail (6)
- Grey-crowned Babbler (6)
- Pied Butcherbird (6)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (6)
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 Pilerwa:
- Mungar (2.7 km)
- Yerra (3.3 km)
- Antigua (4.1 km)
- Grahams Creek (4.7 km)
- Ferney (5.8 km)
- Pioneers Rest (6.4 km)
- Glenorchy (7.7 km)
- Owanyilla (8.6 km)
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Streets
- Pilerwa Lane (5)
- Pilerwa Road (17)
- Staiers Road (4)
