Ridgelands QLD 4702
137 addresses · 19 streets
Flynn Electorate › Rockhampton LGA › Ridgelands · 543 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Ridgelands is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 195 people, with a median age of 44. The typical household earns around $1,812 a week, with median rent near $250 a week. Most homes are houses. About 81% of households own their home and 5% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Rockhampton Region - West statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Ridgelands itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 park
1 gym
Getting around. Airport: Rockhampton Airport, 24.1 km south-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: 8.1% 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 | 8.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 26.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1% · Labour-force participation 63.4%
Population by age in Ridgelands
| 0-4 | 13 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 21 |
| 15-19 | 18 |
| 20-24 | 13 |
| 25-34 | 16 |
| 35-44 | 24 |
| 45-54 | 33 |
| 55-64 | 28 |
| 65-74 | 18 |
| 75-84 | 13 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Ridgelands
| House | 62 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Ridgelands
| <$650 | 9 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 13 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 13 |
| $3,000+ | 17 |
Top ancestries in Ridgelands
| Australian | 102 |
|---|---|
| English | 76 |
| Ancestry NS | 33 |
| Irish | 20 |
| Scottish | 14 |
| Other | 7 |
Housing tenure in Ridgelands
| Owned | 27 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 21 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 8 |
Cars per household in Ridgelands
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 11 |
| 2 | 22 |
| 3 | 18 |
| 4+ | 7 |
Commute to work in Ridgelands
| Car | 71 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 11 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
123 bird observations recorded near Ridgelands — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (6)
- Crested Pigeon (6)
- Magpie-lark (6)
- Pied Butcherbird (6)
- Willie Wagtail (6)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (5)
- Laughing Kookaburra (5)
- Nankeen Kestrel (5)
- Pale-headed Rosella (5)
- Peaceful Dove (5)
- Australian Bustard (4)
- Australian Pipit (4)
- Double-barred Finch (4)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Ridgelands
- Grey-crowned Babbler (4)
- Masked Lapwing (4)
- Mistletoebird (4)
- Pacific Black Duck (4)
- Straw-necked Ibis (4)
- Australasian Figbird (3)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (3)
- Cockatiel (3)
- Forest Kingfisher (3)
- Great Egret (3)
- Purple Swamphen (3)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (3)
- Rufous Whistler (3)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (3)
- Torresian Crow (3)
- White-necked Heron (3)
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill (3)
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 Ridgelands:
- South Yaamba (8.4 km)
- Garnant (9.9 km)
- Alton Downs (11.2 km)
- Dalma (11.3 km)
- Yaamba (17.4 km)
- Nine Mile (18.9 km)
- Morinish (19.1 km)
- Etna Creek (19.5 km)
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Streets
- Calmorin Road (5)
- Dalma - Ridgelands Road (30)
- Dalma Ridgelands Road (30)
- Del Rosa Road (1)
- Emmert Lane (1)
- Fairy Bower Road (1)
- Faraday Road (5)
- Garnant Road (1)
- Goldfields Road (2)
- Hansen Road (6)
- Limestone Road (1)
- Lyttle Lane (7)
- Morinish Road (1)
- Moses Road (8)
- Ridgelands Road (19)
- Seymour Road (5)
- Stanwell - Waroula Road (5)
- Stanwell Waroula Road (5)
- Weale Creek Road (4)
