Smithlea QLD 4385
28 addresses · 5 streets
Maranoa Electorate › Goondiwindi LGA › Smithlea · 242 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Smithlea is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 41 people, with a median age of 51. The typical household earns around $1,291 a week, with median rent near $140 a week. Most homes are houses. About 79% of households own their home and 21% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. 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 Inglewood - Waggamba statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Smithlea itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
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: 14.9% 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 | 14.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 19.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 13% · Labour-force participation 63.9%
Population by age in Smithlea
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 3 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 3 |
| 45-54 | 10 |
| 55-64 | 6 |
| 65-74 | 9 |
| 75-84 | 7 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Smithlea
| House | 18 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Smithlea
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 3 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Smithlea
| English | 22 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 17 |
| Irish | 12 |
| Scottish | 9 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
Housing tenure in Smithlea
| Owned | 12 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 3 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Smithlea
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 7 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Smithlea
| Car | 10 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
103 bird observations recorded near Smithlea — most often seen:
- Eastern Galah (8)
- Emu (8)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (7)
- Eastern Australian Raven (7)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (7)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (7)
- Diamond Firetail (5)
- Western Yellow Thornbill (4)
- Bluebonnet (3)
- Common Myna (3)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (3)
- Eastern White-plumed Honeyeater (3)
- South-eastern Red-rumped Parrot (3)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Smithlea
- Southern Magpie-lark (3)
- Australian Magpie (2)
- Australian Torresian Crow (2)
- Black-headed Pardalote (2)
- Crested Pigeon (2)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (2)
- Eastern Golden Whistler (2)
- Eastern Grey-crowned Babbler (2)
- Eastern Little Corella (2)
- Eastern Pied Butcherbird (2)
- Eastern Weebill (2)
- Magpie-lark (2)
- Nankeen Kestrel (2)
- Pacific Black Duck (2)
- Pied Cormorant (2)
- Red-winged Parrot (2)
- South-eastern Brown Treecreeper (2)
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 Smithlea:
- Texas (11.8 km)
- Limevale (12.7 km)
- Beebo (14.5 km)
- Silver Spur (21.9 km)
- Brush Creek (22.9 km)
- Glenarbon (29 km)
- Greenup (32.6 km)
- Bonshaw (32.9 km)
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Streets
- Oaky Creek Mundoey Road (5)
- Smithfield Mundoey Road (8)
- Sweedmans Access Road (1)
- Sweedmans Road (2)
- Texas - Yelarbon Road (12)