West Prairie QLD 4403
70 addresses · 14 streets
Groom Electorate › Toowoomba LGA › West Prairie · 160 km from Brisbane
Living Here
West Prairie is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 78 people, with a median age of 55. The typical household earns around $2,062 a week, with median rent near $150 a week. Most homes are houses. About 71% of households own their home and 14% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Jondaryan statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: West Prairie 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: 0.4% 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 | 0.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 0.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.7% · Labour-force participation 66.2%
Population by age in West Prairie
| 0-4 | 8 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 8 |
| 15-19 | 4 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 10 |
| 35-44 | 8 |
| 45-54 | 6 |
| 55-64 | 18 |
| 65-74 | 6 |
| 75-84 | 5 |
| 85+ | 5 |
Dwelling types in West Prairie
| House | 24 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in West Prairie
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 3 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in West Prairie
| Australian | 37 |
|---|---|
| English | 30 |
| Scottish | 19 |
| Ancestry NS | 13 |
| German | 12 |
| Irish | 8 |
Housing tenure in West Prairie
| Owned | 14 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 6 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in West Prairie
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 7 |
| 4+ | 6 |
Commute to work in West Prairie
| Car | 12 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 18 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
602 bird observations recorded near West Prairie — most often seen:
- Nankeen Kestrel (43)
- Brown Songlark (33)
- Torresian Crow (33)
- Magpie-lark (30)
- Black-shouldered Kite (29)
- Pied Butcherbird (26)
- Australian Magpie (25)
- Banded Lapwing (23)
- Rock Dove (22)
- Golden-headed Cisticola (20)
- Spotted Harrier (20)
- Crested Pigeon (18)
- Horsfield's Bushlark (18)
Show all 30 birds recorded near West Prairie
- Stubble Quail (18)
- Superb Fairy-wren (18)
- Australian Pratincole (17)
- Common Starling (17)
- Straw-necked Ibis (17)
- Willie Wagtail (16)
- Australian Pipit (15)
- Australian White Ibis (15)
- Pacific Black Duck (15)
- White-faced Heron (15)
- Zebra Finch (15)
- Brown Falcon (14)
- Cockatiel (14)
- Galah (14)
- Grey Butcherbird (14)
- House Sparrow (14)
- Tree Martin (14)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
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Streets
- Bazley Road (2)
- Bowenville - Norwin Road (8)
- Bowenville Norwin Road (10)
- Carter Road (2)
- Coonan Road (1)
- Harber Road (1)
- Jeffries Road (7)
- Jondaryan Saint Ruth Road (9)
- Jondaryan St Ruth Road (8)
- Mcintyre Road (1)
- Mickelborough Road (1)
- Smith Road (1)
- Tipton Horrane Road (1)
- West Prairie Road (18)