Waterloo QLD 4673
128 addresses · 14 streets
Flynn Electorate › Bundaberg LGA › Waterloo · 320 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Waterloo is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 171 people, with a median age of 54. The typical household earns around $1,125 a week, with median rent near $150 a week. Most homes are houses. About 81% of households own their home and 6% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Bundaberg Region - North statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Waterloo 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: 64.5% 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 | 64.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 73.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 9.6% · Labour-force participation 49.3%
Population by age in Waterloo
| 0-4 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 14 |
| 15-19 | 6 |
| 20-24 | 7 |
| 25-34 | 14 |
| 35-44 | 21 |
| 45-54 | 21 |
| 55-64 | 34 |
| 65-74 | 30 |
| 75-84 | 13 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Waterloo
| House | 65 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Waterloo
| <$650 | 16 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 17 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 19 |
| $3,000+ | 12 |
Top ancestries in Waterloo
| English | 77 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 72 |
| Scottish | 25 |
| German | 15 |
| Irish | 15 |
| Other | 12 |
Housing tenure in Waterloo
| Owned | 38 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 17 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 9 |
Cars per household in Waterloo
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 20 |
| 2 | 24 |
| 3 | 13 |
| 4+ | 11 |
Commute to work in Waterloo
| Car | 44 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 10 |
Top countries of birth in Waterloo
| England | 13 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 6 |
Languages used at home in Waterloo
| Thai | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
45 bird observations recorded near Waterloo — most often seen:
- Laughing Kookaburra (3)
- Spangled Drongo (3)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (2)
- Comb-crested Jacana (2)
- Grey Butcherbird (2)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (2)
- Grey-crowned Babbler (2)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (2)
- Noisy Miner (2)
- Pied Butcherbird (2)
- White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike (2)
- White-throated Honeyeater (2)
- Willie Wagtail (2)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Waterloo
- Australian King-parrot (1)
- Australian Magpie (1)
- Azure Kingfisher (1)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (1)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (1)
- Brown Cuckoo-dove (1)
- Brown Honeyeater (1)
- Brush Cuckoo (1)
- Budgerigar (1)
- Cicadabird (1)
- Eastern Koel (1)
- Eastern Whipbird (1)
- Fairy Gerygone (1)
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (1)
- Golden-headed Cisticola (1)
- Grey Fantail (1)
- Jacky Winter (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 Waterloo:
- Abbotsford (8 km)
- Yandaran (9.4 km)
- Watalgan (11.5 km)
- Mullett Creek (14.2 km)
- Avondale (14.8 km)
- Rosedale (16.8 km)
- Bucca (17.2 km)
- Miara (17.9 km)
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Streets
- Arthur Creek Road (2)
- Hipathite Road (6)
- Leabons Road (2)
- Lower Waterloo Road (12)
- Margetts Road (3)
- Monduran Road (26)
- Moolyung Road (13)
- Newitts Road (3)
- Rows Road (3)
- Tindels Road (3)
- Top Waterloo Road (13)
- Watalgan Road (11)
- Waterloo Hall Road (19)
- Waterloo Road (12)
