Rules Beach QLD 4674
76 addresses · 7 streets
Flynn Electorate › Gladstone LGA › Rules Beach · 347 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Rules Beach is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 56 people, with a median age of 60. The typical household earns around $849 a week, with median rent near $225 a week. Most homes are houses. About 89% of households own their home and 11% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, German. 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 Agnes Water - Miriam Vale statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Rules Beach itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
Getting around. Airport: Bundaberg Airport, 55.5 km south-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: 61.6% 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 | 61.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 65.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 8.3% · Labour-force participation 22.6%
Population by age in Rules Beach
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 5 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 7 |
| 45-54 | 7 |
| 55-64 | 16 |
| 65-74 | 12 |
| 75-84 | 8 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Rules Beach
| House | 27 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Rules Beach
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 7 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Rules Beach
| English | 27 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 17 |
| German | 10 |
| Scottish | 9 |
| Irish | 8 |
| Ancestry NS | 7 |
Housing tenure in Rules Beach
| Owned | 16 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 8 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Rules Beach
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 11 |
| 2 | 11 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Rules Beach
| Car | 5 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 4 |
Top countries of birth in Rules Beach
| England | 4 |
|---|---|
| Germany | 3 |
Languages used at home in Rules Beach
| German | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
495 bird observations recorded near Rules Beach — most often seen:
- Brahminy Kite (24)
- White-faced Heron (24)
- Brown Honeyeater (23)
- Laughing Kookaburra (23)
- Torresian Crow (23)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (22)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (21)
- Great Egret (19)
- Peaceful Dove (19)
- Australian White Ibis (17)
- Masked Lapwing (17)
- Pacific Black Duck (17)
- Welcome Swallow (17)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Rules Beach
- Rainbow Lorikeet (16)
- Australian Magpie (15)
- Pied Butcherbird (15)
- Crested Pigeon (14)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (14)
- Little Pied Cormorant (14)
- Noisy Miner (14)
- Rajah Shelduck (14)
- Willie Wagtail (14)
- Magpie-lark (13)
- Mistletoebird (13)
- White-bellied Sea-eagle (13)
- Australian Pelican (12)
- Little Black Cormorant (12)
- Little Friarbird (12)
- Mangrove Honeyeater (12)
- Noisy Friarbird (12)
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 Rules Beach:
- Winfield (4.8 km)
- Baffle Creek (8.3 km)
- Deepwater (11.2 km)
- Oyster Creek (15.9 km)
- Mullett Creek (16.6 km)
- Euleilah (16.9 km)
- Watalgan (17.5 km)
- Rosedale (17.7 km)
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Streets
- Coast Road (1)
- Dale Drive (10)
- Fingerfield Road (17)
- Flat Rock Road (1)
- Lindy Drive (16)
- Munchton Road (1)
- Rules Beach Road (30)
