Rosewood QLD 4340
2,232 addresses · 86 streets
Blair Electorate › Ipswich LGA › Rosewood · 46 km from Brisbane
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Living Here
Rosewood is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 3,263 people, with a median age of 39. The typical household earns around $1,233 a week, with median rent near $295 a week. Most homes are houses. About 56% of households own their home and 42% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, 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 Rosewood statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Rosewood itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 café or restaurant
1 supermarket
1 Catholic church
1 pharmacy
1 medical clinic
1 library
1 post office
1 service station
2 gyms & sports centres
1 golf club
1 playground
1 bakery
1 mechanic
1 place to stay
Getting around. Train station: Rosewood, 750 m south · Railway halt: Cabanda, 3.2 km north-west · Airport: Brisbane Airport, 59.3 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: 12.8% 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 | 12.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 30.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 7.7% · Labour-force participation 49.7%
Population by age in Rosewood
| 0-4 | 198 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 460 |
| 15-19 | 204 |
| 20-24 | 220 |
| 25-34 | 373 |
| 35-44 | 351 |
| 45-54 | 366 |
| 55-64 | 428 |
| 65-74 | 365 |
| 75-84 | 219 |
| 85+ | 96 |
Dwelling types in Rosewood
| House | 1,091 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 86 |
| Apartment | 5 |
| Other | 3 |
Households by weekly income in Rosewood
| <$650 | 245 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 410 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 339 |
| $3,000+ | 104 |
Top ancestries in Rosewood
| Australian | 1,380 |
|---|---|
| English | 1,347 |
| Scottish | 397 |
| Ancestry NS | 351 |
| Irish | 329 |
| German | 288 |
Housing tenure in Rosewood
| Owned | 337 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 322 |
| Rented | 489 |
| Other | 25 |
Cars per household in Rosewood
| 0 | 95 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 449 |
| 2 | 411 |
| 3 | 132 |
| 4+ | 83 |
Commute to work in Rosewood
| Car | 844 |
|---|---|
| Train | 29 |
| Bus | 6 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 25 |
| Bicycle | 3 |
| Home | 106 |
Top countries of birth in Rosewood
| England | 90 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 70 |
| Scotland | 18 |
| South Africa | 13 |
| Germany | 9 |
| Malaysia | 9 |
Languages used at home in Rosewood
| Afrikaans | 6 |
|---|---|
| Greek | 6 |
| Bengali | 5 |
| Hindi | 5 |
| Mandarin | 4 |
| Tagalog | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
9,516 bird observations recorded near Rosewood — most often seen:
- Torresian Crow (567)
- Australian Magpie (479)
- Willie Wagtail (430)
- Welcome Swallow (410)
- Magpie-lark (399)
- Pied Butcherbird (397)
- Pacific Black Duck (389)
- Brown Honeyeater (370)
- Striated Pardalote (356)
- Pale-headed Rosella (353)
- Noisy Miner (349)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (344)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (334)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Rosewood
- Red-backed Fairy-wren (312)
- Australian Wood Duck (292)
- Golden-headed Cisticola (273)
- Laughing Kookaburra (270)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (269)
- Superb Fairy-wren (268)
- Double-barred Finch (251)
- Striped Honeyeater (251)
- Silvereye (250)
- Peaceful Dove (249)
- Australasian Darter (244)
- Grey Butcherbird (243)
- Crested Pigeon (242)
- Little Pied Cormorant (237)
- Australasian Grebe (235)
- Little Black Cormorant (229)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (224)
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 Rosewood:
- Ashwell (3.9 km)
- Thagoona (3.9 km)
- Lanefield (4.4 km)
- Mount Marrow (4.9 km)
- Ebenezer (5.1 km)
- Jeebropilly (5.7 km)
- Tallegalla (6.4 km)
- The Bluff (6.5 km)
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Streets
- Ahearn Street (22)
- Albert Street (114)
- Alexis Street (12)
- Arthur Street (6)
- Azure Street (79)
- Bassett Lane (39)
- Belmont Street (11)
- Bennett Street (9)
- Berlin Street (14)
- Bernadette Crescent (70)
- Birru Place (23)
- Blakes Road (22)
- Borallon Station Road (1)
- Breanna Crescent (9)
- Brewer Close (5)
- Cabanda Court (102)
- Cassandra Lane (2)
- Church Lane (3)
- Claydon Place (20)
- Cochranes Road (4)
- Coveney Road (2)
- Creedy Street (15)
- Dellvene Crescent (53)
- Dougal Crescent (8)
- Edward Street (15)
- Freemans Park Road (3)
- Hospital Road (8)
- Hugo Street (8)
- Ipswich - Rosewood Road (35)
- Ipswich-rosewood Road (18)
- Jezebel Street (47)
- John Street (163)
- Just Street (22)
- Karrabin - Rosewood Road (28)
- Keanes Road (11)
- Keates Road (6)
- Kingston Street (6)
- Kunkala Court (57)
- Lacewing Street (107)
- Lanefield Road (26)
- Langdon Road (3)
- Madden Lane (20)
- Makepeace Street (19)
- Mary Crescent (44)
- Matthew Street (146)
- Mckellar Street (4)
- Mill Lane (4)
- Mill Street (61)
- Monarch Street (63)
- Nielsen Road (58)
- Normanton Close (11)
- O'shea Street (9)
- Oakleigh Colliery Road (12)
- Old Grandchester Road (1)
- Perrins Road (3)
- Perrys Crescent (15)
- Philip Street (30)
- R Faulkners Road (1)
- Railway Street (30)
- Reillys Road (11)
- Roblyn Street (12)
- Rosewood - Laidley Road (26)
- Rosewood - Marburg Road (8)
- Rosewood - Warrill View Road (30)
- Rosewood Thagoona Road (4)
- Royal George Lane (10)
- School Street (14)
- Showgrounds Lane (3)
- Siding Court (5)
- Skinner Street (7)
- Smith Lane (10)
- Stirling Road (3)
- Strongs Road (2)
- Swallowtail Street (54)
- Timothy Crescent (28)
- Trevlac Street (14)
- Trewick Lane (5)
- Upper John Street (27)
- Urry Road (14)
- Vassallo Drive (38)
- Vista Crescent (13)
- Waight Street (30)
- Walloon Road (45)
- William Street (30)
- Yarrow Road (27)
- Yates Street (23)
