Swan Creek QLD 4370
109 addresses · 24 streets
Maranoa Electorate › Southern Downs LGA › Swan Creek · 119 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Swan Creek is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 161 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $1,638 a week, with median rent near $240 a week. Most homes are houses. About 89% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Southern Downs - East statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Swan Creek itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
2 carpenters
Getting around. Train station: Warwick, 10.3 km west · Airport: Warwick Airport, 20.3 km west.
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: 5.8% 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 | 5.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 11.5% |
Demographics
Population by age in Swan Creek
| 0-4 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 24 |
| 15-19 | 10 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 13 |
| 35-44 | 24 |
| 45-54 | 27 |
| 55-64 | 20 |
| 65-74 | 20 |
| 75-84 | 15 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Swan Creek
| House | 57 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Swan Creek
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 10 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 21 |
| $3,000+ | 12 |
Top ancestries in Swan Creek
| Australian | 84 |
|---|---|
| English | 64 |
| Scottish | 31 |
| Irish | 23 |
| German | 12 |
| Italian | 8 |
Housing tenure in Swan Creek
| Owned | 29 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 20 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 6 |
Cars per household in Swan Creek
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 24 |
| 3 | 7 |
| 4+ | 14 |
Commute to work in Swan Creek
| Car | 62 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 22 |
Top countries of birth in Swan Creek
| South Africa | 6 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 5 |
| England | 4 |
Languages used at home in Swan Creek
| Afrikaans | 5 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
329 bird observations recorded near Swan Creek — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (27)
- Torresian Crow (24)
- Nankeen Kestrel (22)
- Galah (15)
- Magpie-lark (15)
- Crested Pigeon (14)
- Black-shouldered Kite (13)
- Noisy Miner (13)
- Eastern Rosella (12)
- Red-rumped Parrot (12)
- Zebra Finch (12)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (11)
- Willie Wagtail (11)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Swan Creek
- Pied Butcherbird (10)
- Laughing Kookaburra (9)
- Straw-necked Ibis (9)
- Welcome Swallow (9)
- White-faced Heron (9)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (9)
- Cockatiel (8)
- Common Myna (7)
- Common Starling (7)
- Grey Butcherbird (7)
- House Sparrow (7)
- Superb Fairy-wren (7)
- Australian Pipit (6)
- Australian Raven (6)
- Central Eastern White-throated Treecreeper (6)
- Double-barred Finch (6)
- Dusky Woodswallow (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.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Swan Creek:
- The Hermitage (3.7 km)
- Junabee (5.2 km)
- Yangan (6.2 km)
- Mount Sturt (6.5 km)
- Sladevale (7.2 km)
- Mount Tabor (7.4 km)
- Freestone (7.4 km)
- Canningvale (9 km)
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Streets
- Andersen Road (4)
- Briggs Road (1)
- Cutmore Road (3)
- Cutmores Road (4)
- Don Bartley Road (2)
- Hermitage Emu Vale Road (6)
- Howards Road (8)
- Hughes Road (1)
- Jack Smith Gully Road (3)
- Jingarry Mount Sturt Road (2)
- Karcaruda Road (1)
- Kay Road (4)
- Kemp Road (3)
- Kemps Road (3)
- Manwarings Road (2)
- Mcconville Road (2)
- Murphy Road (5)
- Murphys Road (5)
- Stephens Road (7)
- Swan Creek Hall Road (3)
- Swan Creek School Road (6)
- Warwick - Yangan Road (11)
- Wiedman Road (11)
- Wiedmans Road (12)
