Upper Pilton QLD 4361
44 addresses · 11 streets
Maranoa Electorate › Toowoomba LGA › Upper Pilton · 101 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Upper Pilton is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 80 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $1,468 a week. Most homes are houses. About 88% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Clifton - Greenmount statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Upper Pilton 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: 49.4% 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 | 49.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 64.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 8.7% · Labour-force participation 67.6%
Population by age in Upper Pilton
| 0-4 | 7 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 6 |
| 15-19 | 8 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 10 |
| 35-44 | 3 |
| 45-54 | 17 |
| 55-64 | 15 |
| 65-74 | 8 |
| 75-84 | 12 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Upper Pilton
| House | 28 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Upper Pilton
| <$650 | 5 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 8 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 10 |
| $3,000+ | 6 |
Top ancestries in Upper Pilton
| Australian | 45 |
|---|---|
| English | 34 |
| Scottish | 16 |
| German | 14 |
| Irish | 7 |
| Ancestry NS | 7 |
Housing tenure in Upper Pilton
| Owned | 18 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 4 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Upper Pilton
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 8 |
| 4+ | 12 |
Commute to work in Upper Pilton
| Car | 22 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 15 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
201 bird observations recorded near Upper Pilton — most often seen:
- Crested Pigeon (10)
- Australian Magpie (9)
- Laughing Kookaburra (9)
- Pied Currawong (9)
- Torresian Crow (9)
- Galah (8)
- Magpie-lark (8)
- Noisy Friarbird (8)
- Noisy Miner (8)
- Grey Butcherbird (7)
- Nankeen Kestrel (7)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (7)
- White-faced Heron (7)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Upper Pilton
- Black-shouldered Kite (6)
- Common Bronzewing (6)
- Eastern Rosella (6)
- Pacific Black Duck (6)
- Pied Butcherbird (6)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (6)
- Straw-necked Ibis (6)
- Striated Pardalote (6)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (6)
- Willie Wagtail (6)
- Australian Wood Duck (5)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (5)
- Common Starling (5)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (5)
- Pale-headed Rosella (5)
- Rufous Whistler (5)
- Silvereye (5)
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 Pilton:
- Pilton (8 km)
- Black Duck Creek (8.3 km)
- Hirstglen (9.1 km)
- Forest Springs (9.8 km)
- Headington Hill (10.3 km)
- East Haldon (11.3 km)
- Goomburra (12.5 km)
- Spring Creek (13.2 km)
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Streets
- Gilmore Road (2)
- Hamill Road (3)
- Harris Road (1)
- Hendrie Road (6)
- Nelson Road (2)
- Pidgeon Road (1)
- Pilton Valley Road (16)
- Saddletop Road (5)
- Stark Road (2)
- Waldron Road (5)
- Watts Road (1)
