Whetstone QLD 4387
45 addresses · 12 streets
Maranoa Electorate › Goondiwindi LGA › Whetstone · 242 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Whetstone is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 70 people, with a median age of 45. The typical household earns around $1,375 a week, with median rent near $69 a week. Most homes are houses. About 58% of households own their home and 16% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Inglewood - Waggamba statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Whetstone 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: 37.3% 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 | 37.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 54.8% |
Demographics
Population by age in Whetstone
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 14 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 5 |
| 25-34 | 11 |
| 35-44 | 8 |
| 45-54 | 11 |
| 55-64 | 11 |
| 65-74 | 4 |
| 75-84 | 4 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Whetstone
| House | 26 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Whetstone
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 3 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 4 |
Top ancestries in Whetstone
| Australian | 36 |
|---|---|
| English | 28 |
| Scottish | 15 |
| Irish | 5 |
| Aboriginal | 4 |
| German | 4 |
Housing tenure in Whetstone
| Owned | 11 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 5 |
Cars per household in Whetstone
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 10 |
| 3 | 7 |
| 4+ | 5 |
Commute to work in Whetstone
| Car | 18 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 7 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 13 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
114 bird observations recorded near Whetstone — most often seen:
- Eastern Inland Thornbill (8)
- Eastern Weebill (8)
- Southern Rufous Whistler (8)
- Western Yellow Thornbill (8)
- South-eastern Yellow-faced Honeyeater (7)
- North-eastern Yellow Robin (6)
- South-eastern Grey Fantail (6)
- South-eastern White-throated Treecreeper (6)
- Eastern Golden Whistler (5)
- Eastern White-throated Gerygone (5)
- Black-headed Pardalote (4)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (4)
- Red-capped Robin (4)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Whetstone
- Striped Honeyeater (4)
- Western White-eared Honeyeater (4)
- Eastern Bar-shouldered Dove (3)
- Eastern Peaceful Dove (3)
- Speckled Warbler (3)
- Australian Pelican (2)
- Eastern Pied Currawong (2)
- Inland Grey Butcherbird (2)
- Little Black Cormorant (2)
- Orange-winged Sittella (2)
- Variegated Fairy-wren (2)
- Australasian Darter (1)
- Australian Torresian Crow (1)
- Black Swan (1)
- Black-eared Cuckoo (1)
- Eastern Australian Raven (1)
- Eastern 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.
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Streets
- Cremascos Road (1)
- Cunningham Highway (12)
- Loupals Road (1)
- Mcdougalls Crossing Road (2)
- Mcdougalls Road (2)
- Merton Road (8)
- Noorooma Road (2)
- Springborg Road (4)
- Suttons Road (2)
- Tomlinsons Road (1)
- Whetstone Access (5)
- Whetstone Access Road (5)