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Plainby QLD 4355

54 addresses · 13 streets

Maranoa Electorate › Toowoomba LGA › Plainby · 108 km from Brisbane

Living Here

Plainby is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 56 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $1,249 a week, with median rent near $280 a week. Most homes are houses. About 77% of households own their home and 23% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

56Population
48Median age
$1,249Median household income / wk
$280Median rent / wk
2.3Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Crows Nest - Rosalie statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Plainby itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Oakey Army Aviation Centre, 27.5 km south-west.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 4/10
Economic resources5/10
Education & jobs7/10

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: 12.2% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Plainby

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Plainby QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202012.2%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202121.6%

Demographics

Population by age in Plainby
Population by age, Plainby QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-43
5-144
15-193
20-243
25-347
35-448
45-5410
55-646
65-7412
75-844
85+0
Dwelling types in Plainby
Dwelling types, Plainby QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House25
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Plainby
Households by weekly income, Plainby QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$6500
$650-1,4993
$1,500-2,9999
$3,000+6
Top ancestries in Plainby
Top ancestries, Plainby QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Australian30
English12
German11
Aboriginal7
Irish6
Scottish3
Housing tenure in Plainby
Housing tenure, Plainby QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned11
Mortgage6
Rented5
Other0
Cars per household in Plainby
Cars per household, Plainby QLD (ABS Census 2021)
00
16
29
37
4+0
Commute to work in Plainby
Commute to work, Plainby QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car18
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked0
Bicycle0
Home10

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

122 bird observations recorded near Plainby — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Plainby

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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Streets

Satellite view — Digital Earth Australia (Geoscience Australia) · CC BY 4.0.