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Rossville QLD 4895

185 addresses · 20 streets

Leichhardt Electorate › Cook LGA › Rossville · 1530 km from Brisbane

Living Here

Rossville is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 253 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $762 a week, with median rent near $150 a week. Most homes are houses. About 79% of households own their home and 12% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

253Population
49Median age
$762Median household income / wk
$150Median rent / wk
2.0Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Cape York statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Rossville itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Helenvale Airport, 7.7 km north-west.

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Socio-economic Standing

😟More disadvantaged · 1/10
Economic resources1/10
Education & jobs2/10

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: 91.1% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Rossville

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Rossville QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202091.1%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202197.0%

Demographics

Unemployment 12.7% · Labour-force participation 36.6%

Population by age in Rossville
Population by age, Rossville QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-49
5-1428
15-199
20-247
25-3429
35-4428
45-5433
55-6454
65-7441
75-849
85+0
Dwelling types in Rossville
Dwelling types, Rossville QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House91
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other10
Households by weekly income in Rossville
Households by weekly income, Rossville QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$65036
$650-1,49933
$1,500-2,9994
$3,000+7
Top ancestries in Rossville
Top ancestries, Rossville QLD (ABS Census 2021)
English89
Australian79
Ancestry NS57
Irish24
Scottish18
Aboriginal15
Housing tenure in Rossville
Housing tenure, Rossville QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned53
Mortgage24
Rented12
Other9
Cars per household in Rossville
Cars per household, Rossville QLD (ABS Census 2021)
03
156
228
36
4+0
Commute to work in Rossville
Commute to work, Rossville QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car44
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked9
Bicycle0
Home0
Top countries of birth in Rossville
Top countries of birth, Rossville QLD (ABS Census 2021)
England18
Singapore9
New Zealand8
Germany4
Philippines3
Languages used at home in Rossville
Languages used at home, Rossville QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Australian Indigenous7
Mandarin7

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

2,227 bird observations recorded near Rossville — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Rossville

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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