Wattle Camp QLD 4615
408 addresses · 17 streets
Maranoa Electorate › South Burnett LGA › Wattle Camp · 153 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Wattle Camp is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 543 people, with a median age of 52. The typical household earns around $877 a week, with median rent near $235 a week. Most homes are houses. About 89% of households own their home and 8% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. 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 Nanango statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Wattle Camp 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: 44.8% 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 | 44.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 61.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 11% · Labour-force participation 33.5%
Population by age in Wattle Camp
| 0-4 | 15 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 64 |
| 15-19 | 31 |
| 20-24 | 16 |
| 25-34 | 45 |
| 35-44 | 50 |
| 45-54 | 65 |
| 55-64 | 127 |
| 65-74 | 94 |
| 75-84 | 28 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Wattle Camp
| House | 195 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Wattle Camp
| <$650 | 54 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 75 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 34 |
| $3,000+ | 17 |
Top ancestries in Wattle Camp
| Australian | 230 |
|---|---|
| English | 211 |
| Ancestry NS | 80 |
| Scottish | 52 |
| Irish | 45 |
| German | 31 |
Housing tenure in Wattle Camp
| Owned | 105 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 67 |
| Rented | 16 |
| Other | 5 |
Cars per household in Wattle Camp
| 0 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 73 |
| 2 | 69 |
| 3 | 24 |
| 4+ | 20 |
Commute to work in Wattle Camp
| Car | 106 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 9 |
Top countries of birth in Wattle Camp
| New Zealand | 22 |
|---|---|
| England | 20 |
| Zimbabwe | 4 |
| Philippines | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
99 bird observations recorded near Wattle Camp — most often seen:
- Little Black Cormorant (10)
- Australian Pelican (7)
- Great Egret (6)
- Great Cormorant (5)
- Grey Teal (5)
- Pied Cormorant (5)
- Australasian Darter (4)
- Black Swan (4)
- Pacific Black Duck (4)
- Australasian Grebe (3)
- Australian King-parrot (3)
- Australian Torresian Crow (3)
- Black-winged Stilt (3)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Wattle Camp
- Little Pied Cormorant (3)
- Southern Magpie-lark (3)
- White-faced Heron (3)
- Apostlebird (2)
- Australian White Ibis (2)
- Black-headed Pardalote (2)
- Caspian Tern (2)
- Comb-crested Jacana (2)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (2)
- Eastern Weebill (2)
- Eastern White-throated Gerygone (2)
- Eurasian Coot (2)
- Intermediate Egret (2)
- Mainland Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (2)
- Masked Lapwing (2)
- Mistletoebird (2)
- Plumed Whistling-duck (2)
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 Wattle Camp:
- Sandy Ridges (8.7 km)
- Wyalla (9.6 km)
- Corndale (9.9 km)
- Booie (11.2 km)
- Charlestown (14 km)
- Runnymede (14.4 km)
- Johnstown (14.9 km)
- Memerambi (15 km)
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Streets
- Birch Road (31)
- Brocklehurst Road (72)
- Carseldine Road (1)
- Farr Court (9)
- Franklin Road (41)
- Granite Crescent (6)
- Maguire Road (32)
- Mcclymont Road (38)
- Mcguire Road (32)
- Mcnicholl Road (28)
- Mcquire Road (6)
- Memerambi Barkers Creek Road (49)
- Mount Hope Road (9)
- Old Wondai Road (2)
- Perrett Road (2)
- Perretts Road (4)
- Wattle Camp Road (46)
