Riverleigh QLD 4626
64 addresses · 10 streets
Flynn Electorate › North Burnett LGA › Riverleigh · 276 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Riverleigh is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 95 people, with a median age of 46. The typical household earns around $1,218 a week, with median rent near $170 a week. Most homes are houses. About 67% of households own their home and 25% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Gayndah - Mundubbera statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Riverleigh itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
1 hospital
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: Gayndah Airport, 39.5 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: 5.3% 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.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 5.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 12.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.2% · Labour-force participation 79.5%
Population by age in Riverleigh
| 0-4 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 15 |
| 15-19 | 5 |
| 20-24 | 6 |
| 25-34 | 7 |
| 35-44 | 12 |
| 45-54 | 24 |
| 55-64 | 17 |
| 65-74 | 10 |
| 75-84 | 5 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Riverleigh
| House | 35 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Riverleigh
| <$650 | 8 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 14 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 9 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Riverleigh
| English | 41 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 33 |
| German | 20 |
| Irish | 12 |
| Scottish | 9 |
| Ancestry NS | 8 |
Housing tenure in Riverleigh
| Owned | 13 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 11 |
| Rented | 9 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Riverleigh
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 15 |
| 3 | 8 |
| 4+ | 11 |
Commute to work in Riverleigh
| Car | 34 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 12 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Top countries of birth in Riverleigh
| New Zealand | 5 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
97 bird observations recorded near Riverleigh — most often seen:
- Magpie-lark (7)
- Torresian Crow (7)
- Red-backed Fairy-wren (5)
- Striated Pardalote (5)
- Australasian Darter (4)
- Crested Pigeon (4)
- Little Black Cormorant (4)
- Pale-headed Rosella (4)
- White-faced Heron (4)
- Australasian Grebe (3)
- Australian Wood Duck (3)
- Eurasian Coot (3)
- Great Egret (3)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Riverleigh
- Laughing Kookaburra (3)
- Nankeen Kestrel (3)
- Pacific Black Duck (3)
- Peaceful Dove (3)
- Pheasant Coucal (3)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (3)
- Straw-necked Ibis (3)
- Apostlebird (2)
- Australian Bustard (2)
- Australian Magpie (2)
- Australian Pelican (2)
- Australian White Ibis (2)
- Black Swan (2)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (2)
- Black-fronted Dotterel (2)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (2)
- Cockatiel (2)
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 Riverleigh:
- O'bil Bil (6.1 km)
- Mundubbera (7.3 km)
- Boynewood (7.6 km)
- Coonambula (10.9 km)
- Malmoe (11.2 km)
- Mundowran (12.5 km)
- Derri Derra (12.6 km)
- Glenrae (13.2 km)
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Streets
- Augustines Road (3)
- Coonambula Eidsvold Road (10)
- Coonambula Road (18)
- Crisps Road (1)
- Halfpennys Lane (1)
- Loakes Road (4)
- Riverleigh Road (1)
- Riverleigh School Bus Road (16)
- Riverleigh Station Road (9)
- Sehls Road (1)
