The Falls QLD 4373
54 addresses · 9 streets
Maranoa Electorate › Southern Downs LGA › The Falls · 114 km from Brisbane
Living Here
The Falls is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 51 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $1,874 a week, with median rent near $155 a week. Most homes are houses. About 70% of households own their home and 13% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged 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: The Falls itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: Cherrabah Homestead Resort Airstrip, 31.2 km south-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: 54% 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 | 54.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 64.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.7% · Labour-force participation 77.1%
Population by age in The Falls
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 3 |
| 15-19 | 10 |
| 20-24 | 5 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 13 |
| 55-64 | 7 |
| 65-74 | 8 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in The Falls
| House | 15 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 6 |
Households by weekly income in The Falls
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 6 |
Top ancestries in The Falls
| English | 23 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 18 |
| Irish | 8 |
| German | 7 |
| Aboriginal | 3 |
| Chinese | 0 |
Housing tenure in The Falls
| Owned | 11 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 5 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in The Falls
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 0 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in The Falls
| Car | 23 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 6 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
7,854 bird observations recorded near The Falls — most often seen:
- Satin Bowerbird (432)
- Crimson Rosella (430)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (425)
- Australian King-parrot (367)
- Pied Currawong (364)
- Grey Fantail (306)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (296)
- Brown Thornbill (295)
- Eastern Whipbird (278)
- Eastern Spinebill (275)
- Bell Miner (272)
- Wonga Pigeon (270)
- Torresian Crow (265)
Show all 30 birds recorded near The Falls
- White-browed Scrubwren (263)
- Noisy Miner (252)
- Red-browed Finch (250)
- Galah (249)
- Superb Fairy-wren (248)
- White-throated Treecreeper (234)
- Laughing Kookaburra (218)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (213)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (212)
- Brown Gerygone (209)
- Australian Magpie (208)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (195)
- Albert's Lyrebird (188)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (170)
- Spotted Pardalote (167)
- Rufous Fantail (160)
- Brown Cuckoo-dove (143)
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 Falls:
- The Head (7.8 km)
- Killarney (8.8 km)
- Mount Colliery (9.8 km)
- Tannymorel (14.1 km)
- Emu Vale (15.9 km)
- Danderoo (17.4 km)
- Wiyarra (17.7 km)
- Loch Lomond (19.5 km)
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Streets
- Adjinbilly Road (2)
- Bowley Road (4)
- Bowleys Road (4)
- Condamine River Road (10)
- Smith Road (2)
- Smiths Road (2)
- Spring Creek Road (26)
- Watts Road (3)
- Wissemann Road (1)
