Wattlebank QLD 4704
45 addresses · 12 streets
Capricornia Electorate › Livingstone LGA › Wattlebank · 547 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Wattlebank is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 74 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $1,468 a week, with median rent near $280 a week. Most homes are houses. About 88% of households own their home and 13% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. 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 Rockhampton Region - North statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Wattlebank 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: 6.4% 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 | 6.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 21.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.8% · Labour-force participation 63.2%
Population by age in Wattlebank
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 12 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 8 |
| 35-44 | 8 |
| 45-54 | 7 |
| 55-64 | 10 |
| 65-74 | 6 |
| 75-84 | 14 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Wattlebank
| House | 30 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Wattlebank
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 12 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 4 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Wattlebank
| Australian | 31 |
|---|---|
| English | 31 |
| Scottish | 12 |
| German | 11 |
| Aboriginal | 6 |
| Irish | 6 |
Housing tenure in Wattlebank
| Owned | 16 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 12 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Wattlebank
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 13 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Wattlebank
| Car | 23 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 8 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,054 bird observations recorded near Wattlebank — most often seen:
- Lewin's Honeyeater (75)
- Varied Triller (66)
- Mistletoebird (64)
- Australian Brush-turkey (56)
- Australasian Figbird (52)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (52)
- Laughing Kookaburra (52)
- Peaceful Dove (51)
- Spangled Drongo (46)
- Grey Fantail (37)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (34)
- Double-barred Finch (33)
- Pied Butcherbird (33)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Wattlebank
- Rose-crowned Fruit-dove (33)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (29)
- Pheasant Coucal (29)
- Fairy Gerygone (28)
- Australian Magpie (25)
- Channel-billed Cuckoo (25)
- Little Shrike-thrush (25)
- Pale-headed Rosella (23)
- Red-backed Fairy-wren (23)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (21)
- Rufous Whistler (21)
- Whistling Kite (21)
- White-eared Monarch (21)
- Willie Wagtail (21)
- White-throated Honeyeater (20)
- Eastern Varied Triller (19)
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (19)
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 Wattlebank:
- The Caves (5.7 km)
- Milman (6 km)
- Barmoya (7.2 km)
- Etna Creek (9.3 km)
- Yaamba (10.5 km)
- Rossmoya (11.2 km)
- Jardine (12.2 km)
- Sandringham (12.4 km)
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Streets
- A & J Farrs Road (2)
- B Thomassons Road (4)
- Barmoya Road (1)
- Canfells Road (1)
- Dry Weather Road (7)
- H Farrs Road (4)
- Hinz Road (3)
- Jepsons Road (1)
- Milman North Road (1)
- Milman Road (3)
- Rossmoya Road (16)
- Shaws Road (2)
