Townson QLD 4341
32 addresses · 4 streets
Wright Electorate › Lockyer Valley LGA › Townson · 78 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Townson is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 52 people, with a median age of 37. The typical household earns around $949 a week, with median rent near $275 a week. Most homes are houses. About 55% of households own their home and 28% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Lockyer Valley - East statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Townson itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 58.2% 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 | 58.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 88.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.3% · Labour-force participation 69.8%
Population by age in Townson
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 9 |
| 15-19 | 4 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 5 |
| 35-44 | 9 |
| 45-54 | 4 |
| 55-64 | 13 |
| 65-74 | 3 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Townson
| House | 17 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Townson
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 12 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Townson
| English | 23 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 20 |
| German | 10 |
| Irish | 8 |
| Scottish | 5 |
| Ancestry NS | 4 |
Housing tenure in Townson
| Owned | 9 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 7 |
| Rented | 8 |
| Other | 5 |
Cars per household in Townson
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 9 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 6 |
Commute to work in Townson
| Car | 7 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 13 |
Top countries of birth in Townson
| England | 5 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
765 bird observations recorded near Townson — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (42)
- Torresian Crow (37)
- Laughing Kookaburra (34)
- Noisy Miner (33)
- Magpie-lark (32)
- Pied Currawong (31)
- Crested Pigeon (30)
- Willie Wagtail (30)
- Pied Butcherbird (29)
- White-faced Heron (29)
- Galah (28)
- Pale-headed Rosella (28)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (27)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Townson
- Australian Wood Duck (26)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (25)
- Striated Pardalote (25)
- Welcome Swallow (25)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (24)
- Crimson Rosella (23)
- Grey Butcherbird (21)
- Nankeen Kestrel (21)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (21)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (21)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (20)
- Grey Fantail (19)
- Straw-necked Ibis (19)
- Noisy Friarbird (17)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (16)
- Dollarbird (16)
- Eastern Whipbird (16)
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 Townson:
- Thornton (7.8 km)
- Moorang (9.7 km)
- Rosevale (11.1 km)
- Mount Mort (12.1 km)
- Merryvale (13.6 km)
- Tarome (15.4 km)
- Lefthand Branch (16.2 km)
- East Haldon (16.3 km)
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Streets
- Bonnell Road (1)
- Main Camp Creek Road (4)
- Mulgowie Road (25)
- Taylor Road (2)