Valentine Plains QLD 4715
184 addresses · 11 streets
Flynn Electorate › Banana LGA › Valentine Plains · 419 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Valentine Plains is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 373 people, with a median age of 44. The typical household earns around $1,944 a week, with median rent near $240 a week. Most homes are houses. About 77% of households own their home and 18% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, 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 Banana statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Valentine Plains itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: Thangool Airport, 10.8 km south.
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: 36.1% 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 | 36.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 58.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.3% · Labour-force participation 73.5%
Population by age in Valentine Plains
| 0-4 | 22 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 40 |
| 15-19 | 37 |
| 20-24 | 19 |
| 25-34 | 29 |
| 35-44 | 43 |
| 45-54 | 55 |
| 55-64 | 70 |
| 65-74 | 34 |
| 75-84 | 21 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Valentine Plains
| House | 135 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Valentine Plains
| <$650 | 19 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 35 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 39 |
| $3,000+ | 38 |
Top ancestries in Valentine Plains
| Australian | 188 |
|---|---|
| English | 126 |
| German | 41 |
| Irish | 34 |
| Scottish | 32 |
| Ancestry NS | 29 |
Housing tenure in Valentine Plains
| Owned | 59 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 40 |
| Rented | 23 |
| Other | 6 |
Cars per household in Valentine Plains
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 24 |
| 2 | 47 |
| 3 | 30 |
| 4+ | 26 |
Commute to work in Valentine Plains
| Car | 151 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 7 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 29 |
Top countries of birth in Valentine Plains
| England | 3 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 3 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 |
Languages used at home in Valentine Plains
| Tagalog | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,957 bird observations recorded near Valentine Plains — most often seen:
- Australian Pelican (129)
- Little Black Cormorant (106)
- Pacific Black Duck (106)
- Torresian Crow (97)
- Magpie-lark (92)
- Little Pied Cormorant (83)
- Australian Wood Duck (74)
- Pied Cormorant (73)
- Willie Wagtail (73)
- Australasian Darter (67)
- Masked Lapwing (66)
- Australian Magpie (62)
- Caspian Tern (62)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Valentine Plains
- Nankeen Kestrel (61)
- Crested Pigeon (60)
- Grey Teal (60)
- Australian White Ibis (58)
- Whistling Kite (58)
- White-faced Heron (55)
- Silver Gull (53)
- Black Kite (51)
- Great Crested Grebe (51)
- Great Cormorant (50)
- Red-backed Fairy-wren (49)
- Pied Butcherbird (47)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (46)
- Apostlebird (45)
- Little Corella (43)
- Hardhead (41)
- Welcome Swallow (39)
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 Valentine Plains:
- Mount Murchison (6.5 km)
- Biloela (8.4 km)
- Dakenba (10.3 km)
- Thangool (11.7 km)
- Prospect (14.4 km)
- Callide (16.9 km)
- Dumgree (20.2 km)
- Orange Creek (23.9 km)
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Streets
- Alcocks Road (3)
- Baileys Lane (47)
- Calvale Road (26)
- Dawson Highway (5)
- Kroombit Station Road (1)
- Lake Callide Drive (38)
- Linkes Road (3)
- Mullers Road (1)
- Peakes Hungerford Road (2)
- Valentine Plains Road (57)
- Van Itallies Road (1)
