Ross Creek QLD 4570
41 addresses · 7 streets
Wide Bay Electorate › Gympie LGA › Ross Creek · 155 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Ross Creek is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 63 people, with a median age of 51. The typical household earns around $1,125 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. 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 Gympie Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Ross Creek itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
1 service station
Getting around. Train station: Gympie North, 9.2 km south-west · Airport: Gympie Airport, 21.6 km south.
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: 43.3% 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 | 43.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 64.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.3% · Labour-force participation 47.9%
Population by age in Ross Creek
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 14 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 8 |
| 45-54 | 8 |
| 55-64 | 12 |
| 65-74 | 7 |
| 75-84 | 9 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Ross Creek
| House | 25 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Ross Creek
| <$650 | 5 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 3 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Ross Creek
| English | 32 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 27 |
| Scottish | 10 |
| Irish | 5 |
| Ancestry NS | 5 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
Housing tenure in Ross Creek
| Owned | 16 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 10 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Ross Creek
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 11 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 5 |
Commute to work in Ross Creek
| Car | 11 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Top countries of birth in Ross Creek
| England | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
642 bird observations recorded near Ross Creek — most often seen:
- Eastern Australian Magpie (39)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (32)
- Variegated Fairy-wren (31)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (28)
- Australian Torresian Crow (27)
- Australian Brush-turkey (24)
- Southern Noisy Friarbird (24)
- Eastern Red-backed Fairy-wren (23)
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (22)
- Green Figbird (22)
- Mainland Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (22)
- Pacific Black Duck (22)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (22)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Ross Creek
- South-east Eastern Whipbird (22)
- Torresian Crow (21)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (20)
- Southern Lewin's Honeyeater (20)
- Eastern Pied Butcherbird (19)
- Dusky Moorhen (18)
- White-faced Heron (18)
- Australian White Ibis (17)
- Cattle Egret (17)
- Eastern Blue-faced Honeyeater (17)
- Eastern Brown Honeyeater (17)
- Magpie Goose (17)
- Straw-necked Ibis (17)
- Australian Magpie (16)
- Eastern Bar-shouldered Dove (16)
- Eastern Whipbird (16)
- Laughing Kookaburra (16)
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 Ross Creek:
- Goomboorian (4.4 km)
- Canina (5 km)
- Wilsons Pocket (5.7 km)
- Downsfield (6.4 km)
- North Deep Creek (6.6 km)
- Veteran (6.8 km)
- Greens Creek (8 km)
- Kia Ora (8.7 km)
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Streets
- Buchanan Road (8)
- Buchanans Road (8)
- Burns Road (2)
- Phillips Road (1)
- Sandy Creek Road (3)
- Thompson Road (9)
- Tin Can Bay Road (10)
