Thanes Creek QLD 4370
51 addresses · 12 streets
Maranoa Electorate › Southern Downs LGA › Thanes Creek · 151 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Thanes Creek is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 61 people, with a median age of 52. The typical household earns around $725 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Southern Downs - West statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Thanes Creek itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 gym
Getting around. Airport: Warwick Airport, 27 km 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: 42.4% 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 | 42.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 60.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5% · Labour-force participation 35.7%
Population by age in Thanes Creek
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 9 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 7 |
| 45-54 | 11 |
| 55-64 | 7 |
| 65-74 | 12 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Thanes Creek
| House | 27 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Thanes Creek
| <$650 | 10 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 11 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 3 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Thanes Creek
| Australian | 38 |
|---|---|
| English | 21 |
| Irish | 7 |
| Scottish | 6 |
| Aboriginal | 4 |
| Ancestry NS | 4 |
Housing tenure in Thanes Creek
| Owned | 17 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 4 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Thanes Creek
| 0 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 14 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Thanes Creek
| Car | 13 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 5 |
Top countries of birth in Thanes Creek
| England | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
319 bird observations recorded near Thanes Creek — most often seen:
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (21)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (16)
- Eastern Galah (16)
- South-eastern Red-rumped Parrot (14)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (13)
- Eastern Blue-faced Honeyeater (13)
- Noisy Friarbird (12)
- Noisy Miner (12)
- Southern Magpie-lark (12)
- Dollarbird (11)
- Torresian Crow (11)
- Black-headed Pardalote (10)
- Double-barred Finch (10)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Thanes Creek
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (10)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (10)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (10)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (10)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (9)
- Golden-mantled Rosella (9)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (9)
- Striated Pardalote (9)
- Willie Wagtail (9)
- Apostlebird (8)
- Australian Torresian Crow (8)
- Australian Wood Duck (8)
- Eastern Pied Butcherbird (8)
- Grey-crowned Babbler (8)
- Little Friarbird (8)
- Southern Apostlebird (8)
- Australian Magpie (7)
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 Thanes Creek:
- Thane (6.5 km)
- Montrose (10.9 km)
- Pratten (11 km)
- Old Talgai (11.2 km)
- Karara (13.2 km)
- Greymare (14.1 km)
- Leyburn (14.2 km)
- Cunningham (16.7 km)
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Streets
- Big Hill Road (5)
- Bush Cottage Lane (1)
- Hart Road (2)
- Hillview Road (1)
- Leyburn Forestry Road (3)
- Mount Gammie Road (4)
- Reedy Creek Road (9)
- Reserve Road (5)
- Thanes Creek Road (9)
- Webber Lane (2)
- Wickham Road (7)
- Wickhams Road (3)
