Wheatvale QLD 4370
29 addresses · 4 streets
Maranoa Electorate › Southern Downs LGA › Wheatvale · 137 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Wheatvale is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 57 people, with a median age of 54. The typical household earns around $966 a week, with median rent near $155 a week. Most homes are houses. About 53% of households own their home and 47% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Southern Downs - West statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Wheatvale itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
Getting around. Airport: Warwick Airport, 6.8 km east.
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: 10.1% 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 | 10.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 31.7% |
Demographics
Population by age in Wheatvale
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 6 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 8 |
| 35-44 | 5 |
| 45-54 | 11 |
| 55-64 | 11 |
| 65-74 | 7 |
| 75-84 | 7 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Wheatvale
| House | 19 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Wheatvale
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 8 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 4 |
Top ancestries in Wheatvale
| Australian | 21 |
|---|---|
| English | 18 |
| Ancestry NS | 10 |
| Irish | 8 |
| Scottish | 3 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
Housing tenure in Wheatvale
| Owned | 10 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 9 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Wheatvale
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 7 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Wheatvale
| Car | 12 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 5 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 3 |
Top countries of birth in Wheatvale
| England | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
481 bird observations recorded near Wheatvale — most often seen:
- Torresian Crow (42)
- Galah (32)
- Little Corella (32)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (30)
- Magpie-lark (23)
- Eastern Rosella (22)
- Willie Wagtail (21)
- Straw-necked Ibis (20)
- Noisy Miner (19)
- Australian Magpie (18)
- Nankeen Kestrel (17)
- Pacific Black Duck (17)
- Apostlebird (15)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Wheatvale
- Australian White Ibis (13)
- Black-shouldered Kite (13)
- Superb Fairy-wren (13)
- Laughing Kookaburra (12)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (11)
- White-faced Heron (11)
- Australasian Grebe (10)
- Australian Wood Duck (10)
- Crested Pigeon (10)
- Little Pied Cormorant (10)
- Pied Butcherbird (10)
- Hardhead (9)
- Little Black Cormorant (9)
- Cockatiel (8)
- Fairy Martin (8)
- Grey Teal (8)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (8)
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 Wheatvale:
- Upper Wheatvale (3 km)
- Leslie (3.4 km)
- Cunningham (4.9 km)
- Bony Mountain (5.6 km)
- Rodgers Creek (6.5 km)
- Massie (7.1 km)
- Allan (8.3 km)
- Toolburra (9.2 km)
Embed this suburb
Add this free Wheatvale stat card to your own site — just copy the code:
Preview:
Cite this page
Quoting these figures? Copy the credit line:
Keep an eye on Wheatvale
One email when this data meaningfully changes — new census figures, prices, rankings. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.
Streets
- Connells Bridge Road (1)
- Cunningham Highway (6)
- Leyburn - Cunningham Road (20)
- Upper Wheatvale Road (2)