Upper Dawson QLD 4454
6 addresses · 3 streets
Maranoa Electorate › Maranoa LGA › Upper Dawson · 494 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Upper Dawson is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 14 people, with a median age of 27. The typical household earns around $1,249 a week. Most homes are houses. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Aboriginal. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Roma Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Upper Dawson 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: 62.3% 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 | 62.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 85.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 14.3% · Labour-force participation 77.8%
Population by age in Upper Dawson
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 6 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 0 |
| 55-64 | 3 |
| 65-74 | 0 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Upper Dawson
| House | 3 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Top ancestries in Upper Dawson
| Australian | 9 |
|---|---|
| English | 3 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
| Croatian | 0 |
| Dutch | 0 |
Commute to work in Upper Dawson
| Car | 4 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
65 bird observations recorded near Upper Dawson — most often seen:
- Squatter Pigeon (9)
- Australian Magpie (5)
- Pied Butcherbird (4)
- Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (4)
- Torresian Crow (4)
- Magpie-lark (3)
- Nankeen Kestrel (3)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (3)
- Australian Raven (2)
- Black-faced Woodswallow (2)
- Crested Pigeon (2)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (2)
- Jacky Winter (2)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Upper Dawson
- Laughing Kookaburra (2)
- Willie Wagtail (2)
- Yellow-throated Miner (2)
- Australian Bustard (1)
- Australian Torresian Crow (1)
- Black-headed Pardalote (1)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (1)
- Cockatiel (1)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (1)
- Eastern Weebill (1)
- Emu (1)
- Little Friarbird (1)
- Pacific Black Duck (1)
- Peaceful Dove (1)
- Pied Currawong (1)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (1)
- Red-winged Parrot (1)
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 Upper Dawson:
- Westgrove (26.4 km)
- Baffle West (28.5 km)
- Beilba (36 km)
- Simmie (37.3 km)
- Hutton Creek (38.9 km)
- Arcadia Valley (43.2 km)
- Mount Howe (47.1 km)
- Injune (49.8 km)
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Streets
- Carnarvon Highway (3)
- Korcha Road (1)
- The Basin Road (2)