Riordanvale QLD 4800
210 addresses · 12 streets
Dawson Electorate › Whitsunday LGA › Riordanvale · 914 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Riordanvale is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 386 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $1,968 a week, with median rent near $500 a week. Most homes are houses. About 85% of households own their home and 10% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, 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 Proserpine statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Riordanvale itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 supermarket
1 park
1 medical clinic
1 dentist
1 optometrist
2 hospitals
1 childcare centre
1 library
1 post office
3 service stations
1 gym
1 hardware store
Getting around. Bus interchange: "Heart of the Reef" Transit Terminal, 8.2 km east · Airport: Whitsunday Airstrip, 11.3 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: 56.7% 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 | 56.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 67.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3% · Labour-force participation 62.7%
Population by age in Riordanvale
| 0-4 | 16 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 55 |
| 15-19 | 19 |
| 20-24 | 21 |
| 25-34 | 36 |
| 35-44 | 60 |
| 45-54 | 77 |
| 55-64 | 64 |
| 65-74 | 42 |
| 75-84 | 8 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Riordanvale
| House | 112 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 3 |
Households by weekly income in Riordanvale
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 24 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 27 |
| $3,000+ | 24 |
Top ancestries in Riordanvale
| English | 158 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 133 |
| Ancestry NS | 75 |
| Irish | 38 |
| Scottish | 34 |
| Other | 33 |
Housing tenure in Riordanvale
| Owned | 36 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 59 |
| Rented | 11 |
| Other | 6 |
Cars per household in Riordanvale
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 26 |
| 2 | 41 |
| 3 | 34 |
| 4+ | 15 |
Commute to work in Riordanvale
| Car | 131 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 17 |
Top countries of birth in Riordanvale
| England | 13 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 8 |
| Indonesia | 7 |
| South Africa | 7 |
| United States | 7 |
| Netherlands | 4 |
Languages used at home in Riordanvale
| Indonesian | 7 |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | 4 |
| Portuguese | 4 |
| Italian | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,007 bird observations recorded near Riordanvale — most often seen:
- Common Myna (126)
- Bush Stone-curlew (53)
- Australian Brush-turkey (51)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (51)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (47)
- Laughing Kookaburra (45)
- Masked Lapwing (41)
- Pheasant Coucal (40)
- Plumed Whistling-duck (39)
- Magpie-lark (37)
- Australasian Figbird (35)
- Rajah Shelduck (33)
- Peaceful Dove (31)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Riordanvale
- Dusky Honeyeater (27)
- Helmeted Friarbird (27)
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (26)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (25)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (25)
- Mistletoebird (25)
- Spangled Drongo (23)
- Torresian Crow (22)
- Varied Triller (22)
- White-breasted Woodswallow (22)
- Australian White Ibis (21)
- Welcome Swallow (21)
- Green Figbird (20)
- Hornbill Helmeted Friarbird (19)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (18)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (18)
- Black Kite (17)
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 Riordanvale:
- Cannon Valley (2.7 km)
- Woodwark (2.8 km)
- Sugarloaf (3.5 km)
- Cannonvale (4.7 km)
- Brandy Creek (5.7 km)
- Mount Marlow (7 km)
- Strathdickie (7.6 km)
- Airlie Beach (7.6 km)
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Streets
- Ash Rise (12)
- Berryhill Road (10)
- Black Road (30)
- Buttermans Road (7)
- Cutuli Road (1)
- Dunning Road (2)
- Riordanvale Road (29)
- Shaina Court (6)
- Shania Court (6)
- Sugarloaf Road (44)
- Tucker Road (47)
- Turner Road (16)
