The Bluff QLD 4340
44 addresses · 7 streets
Blair Electorate › Ipswich LGA › The Bluff · 51 km from Brisbane
Living Here
The Bluff is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 53 people, with a median age of 56. The typical household earns around $1,792 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 English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2011 → 2021
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 hospital
1 golf club
Getting around. Train station: Rosewood, 6.6 km south-east · Railway halt: Kunkala, 2.8 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: 36.6% 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 | 36.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 67.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.3% · Labour-force participation 47.9%
Population by age in The Bluff
| 0-4 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 4 |
| 35-44 | 4 |
| 45-54 | 4 |
| 55-64 | 15 |
| 65-74 | 8 |
| 75-84 | 4 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in The Bluff
| House | 20 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in The Bluff
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 8 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 7 |
| $3,000+ | 7 |
Top ancestries in The Bluff
| English | 25 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 20 |
| Scottish | 10 |
| Ancestry NS | 10 |
| German | 6 |
| Irish | 4 |
Housing tenure in The Bluff
| Owned | 6 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 8 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in The Bluff
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 7 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in The Bluff
| Car | 17 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
6,044 bird observations recorded near The Bluff — most often seen:
- Torresian Crow (345)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (313)
- Silvereye (293)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (273)
- Australian Magpie (269)
- Laughing Kookaburra (237)
- Pied Butcherbird (230)
- Noisy Miner (223)
- Eastern Whipbird (219)
- Brown Honeyeater (217)
- Striated Pardalote (216)
- Grey Butcherbird (215)
- Pale-headed Rosella (209)
Show all 30 birds recorded near The Bluff
- Red-backed Fairy-wren (206)
- Grey Fantail (198)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (191)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (189)
- Willie Wagtail (181)
- Pied Currawong (176)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (174)
- Australasian Figbird (169)
- Rufous Whistler (166)
- White-browed Scrubwren (159)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (154)
- Magpie-lark (151)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (146)
- Double-barred Finch (143)
- Red-browed Finch (129)
- Pheasant Coucal (128)
- Mistletoebird (125)
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 The Bluff:
- Ashwell (2.6 km)
- Woolshed (3.5 km)
- Tallegalla (3.5 km)
- Lanefield (4.1 km)
- Calvert (6.5 km)
- Rosewood (6.5 km)
- Summerholm (7.4 km)
- Marburg (7.8 km)
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Streets
- Bluff Road (3)
- Embreys Road (7)
- Germain Road (7)
- Greet Road (14)
- Henderson Road (1)
- Ivy Hansens Road (4)
- Paidley Road (8)
