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Plainland QLD 4341

1,272 addresses · 77 streets

Wright Electorate › Lockyer Valley LGA › Plainland · 60 km from Brisbane

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Living Here

Plainland is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 1,930 people, with a median age of 37. The typical household earns around $1,601 a week, with median rent near $360 a week. Most homes are houses. About 81% of households own their home and 17% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

1,930Population
37Median age
$1,601Median household income / wk
$360Median rent / wk
2.7Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Lockyer Valley - East statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Plainland itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Laidley, 7.2 km south-west · Airport: Toowoomba City Aerodrome, 49.9 km west.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 3/10
Economic resources6/10
Education & jobs2/10

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: 11.8% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Plainland

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

Tree cover measures, Plainland QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202011.8%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202127.3%

Demographics

Unemployment 6% · Labour-force participation 58.6%

Population by age in Plainland
Population by age, Plainland QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-4132
5-14278
15-1999
20-24121
25-34255
35-44267
45-54223
55-64240
65-74195
75-84102
85+13
Dwelling types in Plainland
Dwelling types, Plainland QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House660
Townhouse11
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Plainland
Households by weekly income, Plainland QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$65079
$650-1,499189
$1,500-2,999235
$3,000+86
Top ancestries in Plainland
Top ancestries, Plainland QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Australian820
English789
Irish209
German197
Scottish182
Ancestry NS124
Housing tenure in Plainland
Housing tenure, Plainland QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned201
Mortgage331
Rented114
Other11
Cars per household in Plainland
Cars per household, Plainland QLD (ABS Census 2021)
011
1171
2260
3138
4+76
Commute to work in Plainland
Commute to work, Plainland QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car602
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked13
Bicycle0
Home76
Top countries of birth in Plainland
Top countries of birth, Plainland QLD (ABS Census 2021)
England73
New Zealand45
Philippines16
Netherlands12
India9
Germany7
Languages used at home in Plainland
Languages used at home, Plainland QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Mandarin8
Filipino7
German4
Tamil4
Gujarati3
Japanese3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

2,122 bird observations recorded near Plainland — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Plainland

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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Image — Jan Smith from Brisbane, Australia · CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons).