Rollingstone QLD 4816
96 addresses · 11 streets
Kennedy Electorate › Townsville LGA › Rollingstone · 1157 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Rollingstone is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 133 people, with a median age of 47. The typical household earns around $924 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 74% of households own their home and 19% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. 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 Northern Beaches statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Rollingstone itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 service station
Getting around. Airport: Palm Island Airport, 37.5 km north-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: 42.9% 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 | 42.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 77.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 7.7% · Labour-force participation 60.2%
Population by age in Rollingstone
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 25 |
| 15-19 | 4 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 17 |
| 35-44 | 14 |
| 45-54 | 22 |
| 55-64 | 13 |
| 65-74 | 21 |
| 75-84 | 5 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Rollingstone
| House | 46 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 14 |
Households by weekly income in Rollingstone
| <$650 | 17 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 18 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 10 |
| $3,000+ | 6 |
Top ancestries in Rollingstone
| English | 63 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 49 |
| Ancestry NS | 12 |
| Irish | 10 |
| Italian | 9 |
| Scottish | 8 |
Housing tenure in Rollingstone
| Owned | 20 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 23 |
| Rented | 11 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Rollingstone
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 14 |
| 2 | 30 |
| 3 | 10 |
| 4+ | 7 |
Commute to work in Rollingstone
| Car | 36 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 5 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 9 |
Top countries of birth in Rollingstone
| England | 5 |
|---|---|
| France | 5 |
| New Zealand | 3 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
3,898 bird observations recorded near Rollingstone — most often seen:
- Bar-shouldered Dove (274)
- Peaceful Dove (227)
- Welcome Swallow (200)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (197)
- Australasian Figbird (185)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (175)
- Brahminy Kite (160)
- Masked Lapwing (156)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (147)
- Helmeted Friarbird (137)
- Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (133)
- Silver Gull (133)
- Mistletoebird (128)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Rollingstone
- Blue-winged Kookaburra (120)
- Straw-necked Ibis (116)
- Dusky Honeyeater (104)
- Magpie-lark (103)
- Red-capped Plover (103)
- Spangled Drongo (103)
- Yellow-spotted Honeyeater (102)
- Australian Brush-turkey (100)
- White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike (98)
- White-breasted Woodswallow (95)
- Crested Tern (94)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (90)
- Great Egret (88)
- Bush Stone-curlew (86)
- White-throated Honeyeater (83)
- Varied Triller (82)
- Whistling Kite (79)
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 Rollingstone:
- Balgal Beach (3.1 km)
- Toomulla (10.1 km)
- Clemant (11.8 km)
- Mutarnee (11.9 km)
- Crystal Creek (12.3 km)
- Coolbie (18.3 km)
- Bluewater Park (23 km)
- Bluewater (23.7 km)
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Streets
- Bruce Highway (17)
- Collett Road (3)
- Esplanade (1)
- Gottani Road (6)
- Hencamp Creek Road (27)
- New Road (1)
- Pace Road (9)
- Plantation Road (3)
- Pyatt Road (1)
- Rollingstone Street (26)
- Tealby Street (2)
