Rodds Bay QLD 4678
182 addresses · 6 streets
Flynn Electorate › Gladstone LGA › Rodds Bay · 402 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Rodds Bay is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 133 people, with a median age of 60. The typical household earns around $1,125 a week, with median rent near $185 a week. Most homes are houses. About 92% of households own their home and 8% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Agnes Water - Miriam Vale statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Rodds Bay itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 69% 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 | 69.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 70.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 18.5% · Labour-force participation 41.5%
Population by age in Rodds Bay
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 6 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 3 |
| 35-44 | 7 |
| 45-54 | 25 |
| 55-64 | 31 |
| 65-74 | 34 |
| 75-84 | 19 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Rodds Bay
| House | 40 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 12 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Rodds Bay
| <$650 | 12 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 31 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 14 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Rodds Bay
| English | 70 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 49 |
| Scottish | 18 |
| Irish | 12 |
| German | 11 |
| Aboriginal | 10 |
Housing tenure in Rodds Bay
| Owned | 41 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 14 |
| Rented | 5 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Rodds Bay
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 16 |
| 2 | 33 |
| 3 | 5 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Rodds Bay
| Car | 34 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 7 |
Top countries of birth in Rodds Bay
| England | 5 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
362 bird observations recorded near Rodds Bay — most often seen:
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (27)
- Silver Gull (27)
- Crested Tern (25)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (24)
- Peaceful Dove (19)
- Mangrove Honeyeater (16)
- White-breasted Woodswallow (16)
- Australasian Figbird (13)
- Willie Wagtail (13)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (12)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (11)
- Brahminy Kite (11)
- Masked Lapwing (11)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Rodds Bay
- Brown Honeyeater (10)
- Crested Pigeon (10)
- Sacred Kingfisher (10)
- Welcome Swallow (10)
- Common Myna (9)
- Magpie-lark (9)
- Torresian Crow (9)
- Whimbrel (9)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (8)
- Eastern Curlew (8)
- Great Knot (8)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (7)
- Australian Magpie (6)
- Laughing Kookaburra (6)
- Little Tern (6)
- White-bellied Sea-eagle (6)
- White-faced Heron (6)
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 Rodds Bay:
- Turkey Beach (2.9 km)
- Foreshores (12.9 km)
- Eurimbula (13.8 km)
- Bororen (22.1 km)
- Iveragh (22.2 km)
- Captain Creek (25.3 km)
- Miriam Vale (27.9 km)
- Seventeen Seventy (27.9 km)
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Streets
- Bells Road (109)
- Harbour Drive (8)
- Michael Street (17)
- Short Street (8)
- Turkey Beach Road (18)
- Walden Court (22)
