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Pleystowe QLD 4741

190 addresses · 12 streets

Capricornia Electorate › Mackay LGA › Pleystowe · 812 km from Brisbane

Living Here

Pleystowe is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 418 people, with a median age of 40. The typical household earns around $2,050 a week, with median rent near $303 a week. Most homes are houses. About 79% of households own their home and 18% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Maltese. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

418Population
40Median age
$2,050Median household income / wk
$303Median rent / wk
2.8Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Walkerston - Eton statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Pleystowe itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Mackay Airport, 16.7 km east.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙂Above average · 6/10
Economic resources8/10
Education & jobs4/10

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: 3.4% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Pleystowe

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

Tree cover measures, Pleystowe QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20203.4%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202124.7%

Demographics

Unemployment 2.1% · Labour-force participation 57.4%

Population by age in Pleystowe
Population by age, Pleystowe QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-426
5-1464
15-1924
20-2417
25-3444
35-4455
45-5453
55-6463
65-7439
75-8425
85+6
Dwelling types in Pleystowe
Dwelling types, Pleystowe QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House132
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Pleystowe
Households by weekly income, Pleystowe QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$65010
$650-1,49927
$1,500-2,99933
$3,000+29
Top ancestries in Pleystowe
Top ancestries, Pleystowe QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Australian181
English140
Maltese46
Ancestry NS44
Scottish32
Other30
Housing tenure in Pleystowe
Housing tenure, Pleystowe QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned52
Mortgage54
Rented24
Other4
Cars per household in Pleystowe
Cars per household, Pleystowe QLD (ABS Census 2021)
00
124
253
325
4+20
Commute to work in Pleystowe
Commute to work, Pleystowe QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car159
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked0
Bicycle0
Home8
Top countries of birth in Pleystowe
Top countries of birth, Pleystowe QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Malta13
South Africa9
New Zealand7
Scotland5
England4
Fiji3
Languages used at home in Pleystowe
Languages used at home, Pleystowe QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Afrikaans3
Thai3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

598 bird observations recorded near Pleystowe — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Pleystowe

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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