Sandiford QLD 4740
79 addresses · 10 streets
Capricornia Electorate › Mackay LGA › Sandiford · 798 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Sandiford is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 168 people, with a median age of 40. The typical household earns around $1,774 a week, with median rent near $150 a week. Most homes are townhouses. About 72% of households own their home and 14% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Walkerston - Eton statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Sandiford itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 golf club
1 place to stay
Getting around. Train station: Mackay, 10 km north-east · Airport: Mackay Airport, 11.5 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: 5.3% 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 | 5.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 17.2% |
Demographics
Population by age in Sandiford
| 0-4 | 20 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 21 |
| 15-19 | 11 |
| 20-24 | 7 |
| 25-34 | 22 |
| 35-44 | 23 |
| 45-54 | 20 |
| 55-64 | 22 |
| 65-74 | 21 |
| 75-84 | 6 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Sandiford
| House | 28 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 33 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Sandiford
| <$650 | 7 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 15 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 19 |
| $3,000+ | 6 |
Top ancestries in Sandiford
| Australian | 90 |
|---|---|
| English | 59 |
| German | 19 |
| Irish | 18 |
| Maltese | 14 |
| Scottish | 13 |
Housing tenure in Sandiford
| Owned | 27 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 15 |
| Rented | 8 |
| Other | 8 |
Cars per household in Sandiford
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 25 |
| 3 | 17 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Sandiford
| Car | 64 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 5 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 11 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
342 bird observations recorded near Sandiford — most often seen:
- Masked Lapwing (25)
- Common Myna (23)
- Magpie-lark (23)
- Black Kite (21)
- Straw-necked Ibis (17)
- Australian Magpie (16)
- Australian White Ibis (14)
- White-breasted Woodswallow (13)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (12)
- Welcome Swallow (12)
- Great Egret (11)
- Pied Butcherbird (11)
- Plumed Whistling-duck (11)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Sandiford
- Blue-winged Kookaburra (10)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (10)
- Australian Pelican (9)
- Black Swan (9)
- Nankeen Kestrel (9)
- Willie Wagtail (9)
- Australasian Darter (8)
- Brahminy Kite (8)
- Crested Pigeon (8)
- Forest Kingfisher (8)
- Whistling Kite (8)
- Laughing Kookaburra (7)
- Australasian Figbird (6)
- Birds (6)
- Fairy Martin (6)
- Pacific Black Duck (6)
- Pheasant Coucal (6)
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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Streets
- Brieffies Road (3)
- Chelona Sandiford Road (12)
- Homebush Road (23)
- Maus Road (7)
- Mcnichols Road (5)
- Orrs Road (1)
- Palm Tree Road (4)
- Petersens Road (8)
- Pratts Road (6)
- Walkerston Homebush Road (10)