Upper Wheatvale QLD 4370
16 addresses · 4 streets
Maranoa Electorate › Southern Downs LGA › Upper Wheatvale · 136 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Upper Wheatvale is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 45 people, with a median age of 41. The typical household earns around $2,250 a week, with median rent near $200 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 Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Southern Downs - West statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Upper Wheatvale itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
Getting around. Airport: Warwick Airport, 7 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: 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 | 2.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 4.5% |
Demographics
Population by age in Upper Wheatvale
| 0-4 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 10 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 13 |
| 55-64 | 6 |
| 65-74 | 0 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Upper Wheatvale
| House | 12 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Upper Wheatvale
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 4 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 5 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Upper Wheatvale
| Australian | 20 |
|---|---|
| English | 8 |
| Irish | 5 |
| Other | 5 |
| Ancestry NS | 4 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
Housing tenure in Upper Wheatvale
| Owned | 3 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 4 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Upper Wheatvale
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Upper Wheatvale
| Car | 17 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 5 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
394 bird observations recorded near Upper Wheatvale — most often seen:
- Torresian Crow (31)
- Galah (27)
- Magpie-lark (21)
- Little Corella (17)
- Willie Wagtail (17)
- Australian Magpie (16)
- Eastern Rosella (16)
- Pacific Black Duck (16)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (16)
- Straw-necked Ibis (15)
- Australasian Grebe (14)
- Common Myna (14)
- Crested Pigeon (14)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Upper Wheatvale
- Apostlebird (13)
- Grey Teal (13)
- Noisy Miner (13)
- Cockatiel (12)
- White-faced Heron (11)
- Hardhead (10)
- Nankeen Kestrel (10)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (9)
- Superb Fairy-wren (9)
- Black-shouldered Kite (8)
- Little Black Cormorant (8)
- Little Pied Cormorant (8)
- Red-rumped Parrot (8)
- Australian Wood Duck (7)
- Golden-headed Cisticola (7)
- Red-winged Parrot (7)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (7)
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 Wheatvale:
- Wheatvale (3 km)
- Bony Mountain (3.1 km)
- Leslie (5.2 km)
- Cunningham (5.7 km)
- Massie (6.9 km)
- Deuchar (8.2 km)
- Rodgers Creek (8.6 km)
- Montrose (10 km)
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Streets
- Blacksoil Lane (1)
- Mountain Road (1)
- Upper Wheatvale Road (13)
- Wheatvale Plains Road (1)