Swanfels QLD 4371
111 addresses · 17 streets
Maranoa Electorate › Southern Downs LGA › Swanfels · 106 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Swanfels is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 131 people, with a median age of 55. The typical household earns around $1,292 a week, with median rent near $315 a week. Most homes are houses. About 78% of households own their home and 5% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, 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 Southern Downs - East statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Swanfels itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
Getting around. Airport: Warwick Airport, 33.3 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: 57.7% 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 | 57.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 80.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3% · Labour-force participation 59.3%
Population by age in Swanfels
| 0-4 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 17 |
| 15-19 | 8 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 13 |
| 45-54 | 20 |
| 55-64 | 27 |
| 65-74 | 27 |
| 75-84 | 13 |
| 85+ | 5 |
Dwelling types in Swanfels
| House | 56 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Swanfels
| <$650 | 4 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 26 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 10 |
| $3,000+ | 3 |
Top ancestries in Swanfels
| Australian | 59 |
|---|---|
| English | 47 |
| Irish | 24 |
| German | 9 |
| Scottish | 8 |
| Ancestry NS | 6 |
Housing tenure in Swanfels
| Owned | 29 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 14 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 9 |
Cars per household in Swanfels
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 14 |
| 2 | 26 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Swanfels
| Car | 36 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 10 |
Top countries of birth in Swanfels
| England | 6 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 4 |
| China | 3 |
| Germany | 3 |
Languages used at home in Swanfels
| Mandarin | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
216 bird observations recorded near Swanfels — most often seen:
- Buff-rumped Thornbill (18)
- Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (10)
- Double-barred Finch (10)
- Australian Torresian Crow (9)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (9)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (9)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (9)
- Eastern Pied Butcherbird (8)
- Southern Magpie-lark (8)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (8)
- Variegated Fairy-wren (8)
- Eastern Pied Currawong (7)
- Golden-mantled Rosella (7)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Swanfels
- South-eastern Yellow-faced Honeyeater (7)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (7)
- Straw-necked Ibis (7)
- White-faced Heron (7)
- Eastern Jacky Winter (6)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (6)
- Nankeen Kestrel (6)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (6)
- Eastern Galah (5)
- Eastern Peaceful Dove (5)
- Little Pied Cormorant (5)
- Mainland Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (5)
- Southern Noisy Friarbird (5)
- Southern Satin Bowerbird (5)
- Western Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (5)
- White-naped Honeyeater (5)
- Australian Wood Duck (4)
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 Swanfels:
- Emu Vale (6.8 km)
- Mount Sturt (8.4 km)
- Upper Freestone (8.4 km)
- Yangan (8.5 km)
- Maryvale (11 km)
- Danderoo (11.1 km)
- Tregony (12.2 km)
- Mount Colliery (13.3 km)
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Streets
- Anstey Road (11)
- Ansteys Road (11)
- Denmark Lane (5)
- Dollar Bill Drive (6)
- Judge Road (2)
- Judges Road (2)
- Lipp Road (1)
- Lipps Road (1)
- Mcmasters Road (1)
- Odempseys Road (1)
- Rettke Road (7)
- Skinners Pit Road (1)
- South Branch Road (1)
- Swanfels Road (15)
- Top Swanfels Road (34)
- Warrener Road (6)
- Warreners Road (6)
