Stapylton QLD 4207
799 addresses · 41 streets
Fadden Electorate › Gold Coast LGA › Stapylton · 36 km from Brisbane
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Living Here
Stapylton is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 430 people, with a median age of 45. The typical household earns around $1,073 a week, with median rent near $285 a week. Most homes are houses. About 40% of households own their home and 60% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Ormeau - Yatala statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Stapylton itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
1 pharmacy
2 doctors & medical clinics
3 physiotherapists
1 childcare centre
1 library
2 bakeries
1 butcher
1 electrician
3 carpenters
2 places to stay
Getting around. Train station: Beenleigh, 3.9 km north-west · Airport: Southport Flying Club, 24.6 km south-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: 21.9% 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 | 21.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 40.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5.6% · Labour-force participation 52.7%
Population by age in Stapylton
| 0-4 | 15 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 39 |
| 15-19 | 20 |
| 20-24 | 25 |
| 25-34 | 53 |
| 35-44 | 64 |
| 45-54 | 63 |
| 55-64 | 74 |
| 65-74 | 40 |
| 75-84 | 26 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Stapylton
| House | 180 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 4 |
Households by weekly income in Stapylton
| <$650 | 47 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 74 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 41 |
| $3,000+ | 12 |
Top ancestries in Stapylton
| English | 170 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 127 |
| Ancestry NS | 61 |
| German | 51 |
| Scottish | 47 |
| Other | 40 |
Housing tenure in Stapylton
| Owned | 33 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 36 |
| Rented | 104 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Stapylton
| 0 | 14 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 88 |
| 2 | 41 |
| 3 | 15 |
| 4+ | 16 |
Commute to work in Stapylton
| Car | 141 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 17 |
Top countries of birth in Stapylton
| New Zealand | 24 |
|---|---|
| England | 13 |
| South Africa | 9 |
| Germany | 4 |
| Malta | 3 |
| Philippines | 3 |
Languages used at home in Stapylton
| German | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
53,614 bird observations recorded near Stapylton — most often seen:
- Australian White Ibis (2,601)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (2,357)
- Pacific Black Duck (2,354)
- Torresian Crow (2,306)
- Noisy Miner (2,199)
- Australian Magpie (2,153)
- Masked Lapwing (2,097)
- Dusky Moorhen (2,043)
- Australian Wood Duck (1,987)
- Brown Honeyeater (1,971)
- Australian Pelican (1,898)
- Willie Wagtail (1,850)
- Striated Pardalote (1,733)
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- Bar-shouldered Dove (1,731)
- Red-backed Fairy-wren (1,720)
- Little Corella (1,710)
- Magpie-lark (1,710)
- Welcome Swallow (1,608)
- Australasian Grebe (1,586)
- Laughing Kookaburra (1,529)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (1,523)
- Australasian Darter (1,518)
- Grey Fantail (1,494)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (1,482)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (1,445)
- Intermediate Egret (1,442)
- Rufous Whistler (1,416)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (1,411)
- Little Black Cormorant (1,386)
- Sacred Kingfisher (1,354)
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
- Angel Road (21)
- Birchwood Close (3)
- Bruckner Road (2)
- Burnside Road (66)
- Cedar Drive (56)
- Christensen Road (110)
- Christensen Road S (38)
- Coastlink Court (5)
- Cypress Crescent (9)
- Eastern Service Road (54)
- Eastridge Street (9)
- Elliot Drive (7)
- Emeri Street (15)
- Fairway Street (3)
- Fern Tree Crescent (10)
- Highlands Street (2)
- Hillside Drive (10)
- Homestead Drive (25)
- Ironbark Court (13)
- Johnstone Road (7)
- Keogh Road (2)
- Macpherson Road (7)
- Maiella Street (38)
- Maple Close (5)
- Mountain Ash Crescent (8)
- Poplar Crescent (8)
- Proximity Place (5)
- Quarry Road (25)
- Quinns Hill Road E (39)
- Quinns Hill Road W (33)
- Rossmanns Road (15)
- Rotary Park Road (13)
- Silky Oak Crescent (17)
- Stapylton - Jacobs Well Road (52)
- Stonemaster Drive (2)
- Waratah Close (6)
- Wildflower Court (4)
- Willow Tree Close (5)
- Woodlands Drive (33)
- Woolshed Road (5)
- Yellowwood Road (12)
