Rifle Range QLD 4311
220 addresses · 13 streets
Blair Electorate › Somerset LGA › Rifle Range · 48 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Rifle Range is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 197 people, with a median age of 41. The typical household earns around $1,187 a week, with median rent near $330 a week. Most homes are houses. About 94% of households own their home and 6% 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 Lowood statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Rifle Range itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 park
1 dentist
1 library
1 post office
2 service stations
1 golf club
1 butcher
1 hardware store
1 mechanic
2 places to stay
Getting around. Airport: Brisbane Airport, 57.6 km 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: 10.9% 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 | 10.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 24.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 10.3% · Labour-force participation 63.4%
Population by age in Rifle Range
| 0-4 | 10 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 34 |
| 15-19 | 21 |
| 20-24 | 7 |
| 25-34 | 13 |
| 35-44 | 34 |
| 45-54 | 35 |
| 55-64 | 22 |
| 65-74 | 18 |
| 75-84 | 4 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Rifle Range
| House | 71 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Rifle Range
| <$650 | 8 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 24 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 13 |
| $3,000+ | 6 |
Top ancestries in Rifle Range
| English | 109 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 78 |
| Irish | 37 |
| German | 23 |
| Scottish | 16 |
| Other | 9 |
Housing tenure in Rifle Range
| Owned | 20 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 38 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Rifle Range
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 16 |
| 2 | 23 |
| 3 | 14 |
| 4+ | 12 |
Commute to work in Rifle Range
| Car | 54 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 12 |
Top countries of birth in Rifle Range
| England | 13 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 3 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
10,334 bird observations recorded near Rifle Range — most often seen:
- Torresian Crow (566)
- Australian Magpie (482)
- Willie Wagtail (464)
- Australian Wood Duck (453)
- Pacific Black Duck (436)
- Noisy Miner (431)
- Crested Pigeon (429)
- Grey Butcherbird (417)
- Magpie-lark (416)
- Pale-headed Rosella (395)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (372)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (371)
- Laughing Kookaburra (349)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Rifle Range
- Double-barred Finch (327)
- Peaceful Dove (320)
- Galah (316)
- Striped Honeyeater (298)
- Australasian Grebe (295)
- Brown Honeyeater (294)
- Superb Fairy-wren (294)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (293)
- Rufous Whistler (290)
- Dusky Moorhen (284)
- Masked Lapwing (273)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (251)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (250)
- Red-backed Fairy-wren (247)
- Pied Butcherbird (244)
- Striated Pardalote (241)
- Grey Teal (236)
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 Rifle Range:
- Clarendon (2.6 km)
- Lowood (2.8 km)
- Tarampa (4.2 km)
- Patrick Estate (4.8 km)
- Mount Tarampa (5.7 km)
- Coolana (7 km)
- Wivenhoe Pocket (7.5 km)
- Vernor (7.9 km)
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Streets
- Bottlebrush Crescent (23)
- Cassowary Place (3)
- Clarendon Road (3)
- Fairmeadow Road (8)
- Forest Hill - Fernvale Road (4)
- Grevillea Way (45)
- Kent Road (11)
- Lillypilly Place (4)
- Poinciana Avenue (63)
- Rifle Range Road (23)
- Rosella Place (5)
- Weinholt Road (12)
- Wyatts Road (16)
