Ropeley QLD 4343
105 addresses · 15 streets
Wright Electorate › Lockyer Valley LGA › Ropeley · 78 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Ropeley is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 206 people, with a median age of 45. The typical household earns around $1,481 a week, with median rent near $280 a week. Most homes are houses. About 87% of households own their home and 13% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Lockyer Valley - West statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Ropeley itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
2 hospitals
1 place to stay
Getting around. Train station: Gatton, 10.6 km north · Airport: Toowoomba City Aerodrome, 35.6 km west.
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: 11.2% 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 | 11.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 23.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.3% · Labour-force participation 52.3%
Population by age in Ropeley
| 0-4 | 10 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 25 |
| 15-19 | 12 |
| 20-24 | 11 |
| 25-34 | 23 |
| 35-44 | 24 |
| 45-54 | 40 |
| 55-64 | 35 |
| 65-74 | 18 |
| 75-84 | 15 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Ropeley
| House | 75 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 5 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Ropeley
| <$650 | 6 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 23 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 19 |
| $3,000+ | 14 |
Top ancestries in Ropeley
| Australian | 84 |
|---|---|
| English | 83 |
| German | 53 |
| Irish | 22 |
| Scottish | 14 |
| Ancestry NS | 13 |
Housing tenure in Ropeley
| Owned | 33 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 33 |
| Rented | 10 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Ropeley
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 16 |
| 2 | 23 |
| 3 | 19 |
| 4+ | 19 |
Commute to work in Ropeley
| Car | 69 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 11 |
Top countries of birth in Ropeley
| Scotland | 6 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 4 |
| England | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
17,146 bird observations recorded near Ropeley — most often seen:
- Grey Teal (854)
- Australian Wood Duck (839)
- Pacific Black Duck (809)
- Australasian Grebe (805)
- Willie Wagtail (719)
- Magpie-lark (709)
- Torresian Crow (685)
- Striated Pardalote (652)
- Eurasian Coot (615)
- Masked Lapwing (610)
- Pale-headed Rosella (599)
- Galah (574)
- White-throated Gerygone (538)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Ropeley
- Australian Magpie (535)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (535)
- Little Corella (516)
- Hardhead (515)
- Dusky Moorhen (514)
- Rufous Whistler (514)
- White-faced Heron (497)
- Striped Honeyeater (492)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (474)
- Crested Pigeon (468)
- Whistling Kite (450)
- Little Pied Cormorant (447)
- Red-backed Fairy-wren (444)
- Double-barred Finch (439)
- Laughing Kookaburra (437)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (432)
- Noisy Miner (429)
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 Ropeley:
- Upper Tenthill (3.7 km)
- Woodlands (5.7 km)
- Lower Tenthill (5.7 km)
- Rockside (6.1 km)
- Blenheim (6.1 km)
- Caffey (6.6 km)
- Winwill (7 km)
- Glen Cairn (7.3 km)
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Streets
- Ambrose Road (2)
- Charlies Access (3)
- Flynns Road (1)
- Hogers Road (10)
- Katts Road (3)
- Kleidons Road (6)
- Kuss Road (1)
- Leschkes Road (1)
- Manteuffel Road (7)
- Old Ropeley Road (3)
- Olm Road (3)
- Ropeley Rockside Road (37)
- Steinmullers Road (6)
- Weiers Road (16)
- Wesslings Road (6)
