Rathdowney QLD 4287

Living Here

Rathdowney is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 320 people, with a median age of 52. The typical household earns around $1,109 a week, with median rent near $230 a week. Most homes are houses. About 83% of households own their home and 14% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. 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 Beaudesert statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Rathdowney itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 1 school

  • Rathdowney State School
• 1 café or restaurant

  • Rathdowney Store
• 3 parks

  • Collins Park
  • EM Tilley Park
  • Captain Logan Lookout Park
• 1 Catholic church

  • St Josephs Catholic Church
• 1 post office

  • Rathdowney LPO
• 2 places to stay

  • Rathdowney Hotel Motel
  • Rathdowney Memorial Grounds Caravan Park

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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: 66.3% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 1.6% · Labour-force participation 48.8%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

1,192 bird observations recorded near Rathdowney — most often seen:

• Willie Wagtail (68)
• Magpie-lark (60)
• Straw-necked Ibis (54)
• Torresian Crow (54)
• Australian Wood Duck (52)
• Masked Lapwing (50)
• Australian Magpie (49)
• Pacific Black Duck (49)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (48)
• Australasian Purple Swamphen (47)
• Noisy Miner (40)
• Blue-faced Honeyeater (38)
• Galah (38)

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 Rathdowney:

• Tamrookum Creek (4.4 km)
• Innisplain (6.3 km)
• Barney View (8.1 km)
• Palen Creek (8.6 km)
• Knapp Creek (9.2 km)
• Running Creek (9.5 km)
• Oaky Creek (9.5 km)
• Mount Barney (10.9 km)

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