Rolleston QLD 4702
105 addresses · 17 streets
Flynn Electorate › Central Highlands (Qld) LGA › Rolleston · 553 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Rolleston is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 132 people, with a median age of 33. The typical household earns around $1,416 a week, with median rent near $215 a week. Most homes are houses. About 48% of households own their home and 28% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Central Highlands - West statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Rolleston itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 café or restaurant
1 park
1 medical clinic
1 post office
1 service station
1 gym
1 dog park
2 places to stay
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: 6.7% 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 | 6.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 18.7% |
Demographics
Population by age in Rolleston
| 0-4 | 11 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 21 |
| 15-19 | 5 |
| 20-24 | 12 |
| 25-34 | 16 |
| 35-44 | 19 |
| 45-54 | 23 |
| 55-64 | 13 |
| 65-74 | 7 |
| 75-84 | 6 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Rolleston
| House | 39 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Rolleston
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 17 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 13 |
| $3,000+ | 6 |
Top ancestries in Rolleston
| Australian | 63 |
|---|---|
| English | 60 |
| Ancestry NS | 17 |
| Scottish | 14 |
| Irish | 11 |
| German | 6 |
Housing tenure in Rolleston
| Owned | 13 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 13 |
| Rented | 15 |
| Other | 13 |
Cars per household in Rolleston
| 0 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 13 |
| 2 | 18 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 6 |
Commute to work in Rolleston
| Car | 42 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 13 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,354 bird observations recorded near Rolleston — most often seen:
- Magpie-lark (98)
- Willie Wagtail (97)
- House Sparrow (71)
- Whistling Kite (65)
- Spotted Bowerbird (60)
- Torresian Crow (53)
- Double-barred Finch (51)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (50)
- Peaceful Dove (48)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (48)
- Black Kite (47)
- Apostlebird (45)
- Australasian Figbird (45)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Rolleston
- Southern Magpie-lark (43)
- Australian Torresian Crow (42)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (42)
- Australian Magpie (41)
- Galah (40)
- Brown Honeyeater (38)
- Restless Flycatcher (36)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (35)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (32)
- Striated Pardalote (32)
- Eastern Peaceful Dove (31)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (29)
- Cockatiel (28)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (28)
- Red-winged Parrot (27)
- Fairy Martin (26)
- Laughing Kookaburra (26)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
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Streets
- Albinia Street (11)
- Blackwater - Rolleston Road (4)
- Bottle Tree Downs Road (1)
- Brown Street (9)
- Carnarvon Developmental Road (2)
- Carnarvon Highway (2)
- Clematis Street (10)
- Comet Street (3)
- Crescent Road (1)
- Dawson Highway (13)
- Meteor Street (11)
- One Mile Road (2)
- Orion Street (4)
- Planet Street (1)
- Rolleston Dip Road (1)
- Sunlight Road (1)
- Warrijo Street (29)
