Southbrook QLD 4363
311 addresses · 36 streets
Groom Electorate › Toowoomba LGA › Southbrook · 131 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Southbrook is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 626 people, with a median age of 42. The typical household earns around $1,398 a week, with median rent near $255 a week. Most homes are houses. About 73% of households own their home and 21% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Pittsworth statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Southbrook itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 park
1 carpenter
Getting around. Airport: Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport, 15.2 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: 4.3% 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 | 4.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 14.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.9% · Labour-force participation 58.2%
Population by age in Southbrook
| 0-4 | 40 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 92 |
| 15-19 | 42 |
| 20-24 | 33 |
| 25-34 | 55 |
| 35-44 | 61 |
| 45-54 | 75 |
| 55-64 | 113 |
| 65-74 | 69 |
| 75-84 | 37 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Southbrook
| House | 198 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Southbrook
| <$650 | 27 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 67 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 47 |
| $3,000+ | 35 |
Top ancestries in Southbrook
| English | 274 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 237 |
| Ancestry NS | 88 |
| German | 83 |
| Irish | 73 |
| Scottish | 61 |
Housing tenure in Southbrook
| Owned | 64 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 77 |
| Rented | 41 |
| Other | 10 |
Cars per household in Southbrook
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 38 |
| 2 | 73 |
| 3 | 49 |
| 4+ | 28 |
Commute to work in Southbrook
| Car | 193 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 11 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 31 |
Top countries of birth in Southbrook
| England | 10 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 10 |
| Germany | 5 |
| Ireland | 5 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
196 bird observations recorded near Southbrook — most often seen:
- Torresian Crow (13)
- Common Myna (12)
- Australian Magpie (11)
- Pied Butcherbird (11)
- Red-rumped Parrot (11)
- Common Starling (10)
- Crested Pigeon (10)
- Galah (10)
- Magpie-lark (10)
- Noisy Miner (8)
- Cockatiel (7)
- Nankeen Kestrel (6)
- Striated Pardalote (6)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Southbrook
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (5)
- Black-shouldered Kite (5)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (5)
- Grey Butcherbird (5)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (5)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (5)
- Willie Wagtail (5)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (4)
- House Sparrow (4)
- Masked Lapwing (4)
- Pale-headed Rosella (4)
- Pied Currawong (4)
- South-eastern Grey Butcherbird (4)
- Australian Torresian Crow (3)
- Black-headed Pardalote (3)
- Eastern Galah (3)
- Eastern Pied Butcherbird (3)
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 Southbrook:
- Broxburn (5.1 km)
- Umbiram (5.2 km)
- Athol (8.6 km)
- Pittsworth (9.3 km)
- Linthorpe (9.5 km)
- Stoneleigh (9.8 km)
- Springside (13.2 km)
- Biddeston (13.5 km)
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Streets
- Adams Lane (3)
- Bailey Street (10)
- Biddeston Southbrook Road (10)
- Boland Road (4)
- Bushy Lane (2)
- Cambooya Felton Road (5)
- Cornford Road (9)
- Ennis View Road (4)
- Felton Road (1)
- Frizzell Street (15)
- Geitz Road (3)
- Gore Highway (11)
- Harelmar Road (15)
- Hazelwood Road (10)
- Jimna Springs Road (8)
- John Street (36)
- Linthorpe Valley Road (4)
- Macdiarmid Road (1)
- Mchugh Road (3)
- Murray Street (16)
- O'connell Street (13)
- O'shea Avenue (33)
- Oberhardt Road (1)
- Old School Lane (3)
- Purcell Road (1)
- Queen Street (8)
- Richardson Road (1)
- School Road (6)
- Short Street (6)
- Southbrook Biddeston Road (4)
- Southbrook Felton Road (34)
- Southbrook-biddeston Road (4)
- Sterling Street (19)
- Umbiram Road (3)
- Whittaker Road (4)
- Wiemers Road (1)
