Roseneath QLD 4811
230 addresses · 18 streets
Dawson Electorate › Townsville LGA › Roseneath · 1100 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Roseneath is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 127 people, with a median age of 55. The typical household earns around $1,125 a week, with median rent near $220 a week. Most homes are houses. About 77% of households own their home and 18% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. 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 Wulguru - Roseneath statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Roseneath itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
2 golf clubs
1 hardware store
1 electrician
Getting around. Train station: Townsville, 11.1 km north · Airport: RAAF Base Townsville, 13.5 km north-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: 36.5% 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 | 36.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 63.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.5% · Labour-force participation 48.3%
Population by age in Roseneath
| 0-4 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 10 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 15 |
| 35-44 | 11 |
| 45-54 | 21 |
| 55-64 | 30 |
| 65-74 | 20 |
| 75-84 | 8 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Roseneath
| House | 49 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 9 |
Households by weekly income in Roseneath
| <$650 | 16 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 17 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 18 |
| $3,000+ | 4 |
Top ancestries in Roseneath
| English | 61 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 57 |
| Irish | 17 |
| Ancestry NS | 13 |
| German | 9 |
| Scottish | 5 |
Housing tenure in Roseneath
| Owned | 30 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 13 |
| Rented | 10 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Roseneath
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 16 |
| 2 | 23 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 4+ | 11 |
Commute to work in Roseneath
| Car | 39 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 6 |
Top countries of birth in Roseneath
| New Zealand | 4 |
|---|
Languages used at home in Roseneath
| Italian | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,087 bird observations recorded near Roseneath — most often seen:
- Black Kite (162)
- Whistling Kite (114)
- Peaceful Dove (99)
- Spangled Drongo (90)
- Australian White Ibis (85)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (85)
- Masked Lapwing (84)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (79)
- Yellow Honeyeater (78)
- White-throated Honeyeater (73)
- Magpie-lark (72)
- Lemon-bellied Flycatcher (70)
- Australian Magpie (68)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Roseneath
- Pale-headed Rosella (66)
- Blue-winged Kookaburra (64)
- Mistletoebird (62)
- Leaden Flycatcher (61)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (59)
- White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike (58)
- Laughing Kookaburra (56)
- Great Bowerbird (55)
- White-breasted Woodswallow (55)
- Little Friarbird (53)
- Brown-backed Honeyeater (52)
- Grey Fantail (52)
- Forest Kingfisher (48)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (48)
- Straw-necked Ibis (47)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (46)
- Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (46)
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
- Aitape Street (25)
- Bougainville Street (12)
- Curley Circuit (17)
- Flinders Highway (1)
- Heath Road (1)
- Kerema Street (28)
- Kiernan Drive (7)
- Komiatum Street (19)
- Kupfer Drive (13)
- Madang Street (10)
- Mount Stuart Road (5)
- Nadzab Street (31)
- Partington Street (1)
- Ridge Street (30)
- Salamaua Street (2)
- Satelburg Street (1)
- Southwood Road (2)
- Stuart Drive (25)
