Samsonvale QLD 4520

Living Here

Samsonvale is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 674 people, with a median age of 40. The typical household earns around $3,250 a week, with median rent near $575 a week. Most homes are houses. About 94% of households own their home and 6% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

• 1 school

  • Mount Samson State School
• 1 park

  • Kobble Creek picnic area
• 1 childcare centre

  • Sparrow Early Learning
• 1 golf club

  • Samford Valley Golf and Country Club
• 1 mechanic

  • K & J Auto Mechanical
• 6 places to stay

  • Spillway Cottage
  • Midway Cottage
  • The Cottage
  • Honeymoon Bay
  • The Barn
  • Stable Room

Getting around. Airport: Brisbane Airport, 30.3 km south-east.

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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: 49.6% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 4.4% · Labour-force participation 70.2%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

124,882 bird observations recorded near Samsonvale — most often seen:

• Lewin's Honeyeater (5,605)
• Eastern Whipbird (4,941)
• Rufous Whistler (4,922)
• Grey Fantail (4,731)
• Whistling Kite (4,682)
• Willie Wagtail (4,583)
• Australian Pelican (4,579)
• Little Pied Cormorant (4,533)
• Little Black Cormorant (4,423)
• Silvereye (4,336)
• Yellow-faced Honeyeater (4,335)
• Bar-shouldered Dove (4,268)
• Pacific Black Duck (4,223)

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 Samsonvale:

• Kobble Creek (3 km)
• Mount Samson (3.6 km)
• Armstrong Creek (6.2 km)
• Closeburn (6.4 km)
• Cedar Creek (6.9 km)
• Rush Creek (7.7 km)
• Clear Mountain (8.2 km)
• Dayboro (8.7 km)

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