St Helens QLD 4650

Living Here

St Helens is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 123 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $942 a week, with median rent near $260 a week. Most homes are houses. About 80% of households own their home and 12% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

Over time — Census 2011 → 2021

Getting Around & Local Services

• 5 schools

  • Agnew School
  • St Helens State School
  • Maryborough Special School
  • Aldridge State High School
  • Maryborough West State School
• 2 parks

  • Quota Park
  • Skerritt Park
• 1 Catholic church

  • Saint Mary's Catholic Church
• 3 optometrists

  • OPSM
  • Specsavers
  • Optical Warehouse
• 3 hospitals

  • Maryborough Base Public Hospital
  • Main Reception
  • Emergency
• 1 library

  • Mayborough Library
• 1 service station

  • Mobil
• 2 gyms & sports centres

  • Maryborough & District Hockey Association
  • Hill Top Squash
• 1 golf club

  • Maryborough Golf Club
• 1 hardware store

  • Bunnings Warehouse
• 2 mechanics

  • Maryborough Exhaust & Mechanical
  • Solar City Auto Electrical
• 2 electricians

  • Haymans Electrical
  • Watkins Electical
• 9 places to stay

  • Cheery Nomad RV Park & Farmstay
  • Maryborough Bed & Breakfast
  • Cara Motel
  • City Caravan Park
  • Best Western Kimba Lodge
  • Maryborough City Motel
  • Carriers Arms Motel
  • Post Office Hotel
  • Mineral Sands Motel

Getting around. Train station: Maryborough, 5.6 km south · Airport: Maryborough Airport, 3.1 km south.

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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: 15.5% 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 9.1% · Labour-force participation 53.9%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

3,894 bird observations recorded near St Helens — most often seen:

• Australian White Ibis (224)
• Magpie-lark (223)
• Willie Wagtail (200)
• Pacific Black Duck (190)
• Torresian Crow (188)
• Dusky Moorhen (170)
• Brown Honeyeater (160)
• Little Black Cormorant (157)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (156)
• Australasian Grebe (143)
• Rufous Whistler (137)
• Australian Magpie (131)
• Comb-crested Jacana (127)

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 St Helens:

• Island Plantation (2 km)
• Dundathu (3.6 km)
• Walkers Point (4.1 km)
• Maryborough (4.7 km)
• Maryborough West (5 km)
• Aldershot (5.5 km)
• Walliebum (5.6 km)
• Granville (6 km)

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