Willow Vale QLD 4209
918 addresses · 47 streets
Forde Electorate › Gold Coast LGA › Willow Vale · 47 km from Brisbane
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Living Here
Willow Vale is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 2,279 people, with a median age of 32. The typical household earns around $2,134 a week, with median rent near $430 a week. Most homes are houses. About 59% of households own their home and 40% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2011 → 2021
Getting Around & Local Services
4 cafés & restaurants
1 supermarket
2 pharmacies
5 doctors & medical clinics
3 physiotherapists
2 optometrists
1 bakery
3 hardware stores
2 hairdressers
Getting around. Train station: Pimpama, 3 km north-east · Railway halt: Central Park, 5.1 km south-east · Airport: Southport Flying Club, 13.5 km south-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: 62.3% 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 | 62.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 83.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5.1% · Labour-force participation 72.6%
Population by age in Willow Vale
| 0-4 | 200 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 336 |
| 15-19 | 164 |
| 20-24 | 157 |
| 25-34 | 351 |
| 35-44 | 300 |
| 45-54 | 308 |
| 55-64 | 260 |
| 65-74 | 145 |
| 75-84 | 52 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Willow Vale
| House | 635 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 39 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 20 |
Households by weekly income in Willow Vale
| <$650 | 48 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 152 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 252 |
| $3,000+ | 191 |
Top ancestries in Willow Vale
| English | 977 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 854 |
| Scottish | 229 |
| Irish | 220 |
| Other | 204 |
| German | 118 |
Housing tenure in Willow Vale
| Owned | 109 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 295 |
| Rented | 274 |
| Other | 8 |
Cars per household in Willow Vale
| 0 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 126 |
| 2 | 300 |
| 3 | 131 |
| 4+ | 120 |
Commute to work in Willow Vale
| Car | 811 |
|---|---|
| Train | 3 |
| Bus | 4 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 20 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 204 |
Top countries of birth in Willow Vale
| New Zealand | 164 |
|---|---|
| England | 122 |
| South Africa | 64 |
| Canada | 18 |
| Philippines | 16 |
| South Korea | 15 |
Languages used at home in Willow Vale
| Afrikaans | 31 |
|---|---|
| Korean | 14 |
| Russian | 14 |
| Cantonese | 12 |
| Italian | 12 |
| Portuguese | 12 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
11,195 bird observations recorded near Willow Vale — most often seen:
- Torresian Crow (667)
- Magpie-lark (550)
- Brown Honeyeater (530)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (512)
- Welcome Swallow (508)
- Dusky Moorhen (498)
- Noisy Miner (478)
- Pacific Black Duck (473)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (469)
- Australian Magpie (444)
- Superb Fairy-wren (434)
- Australian White Ibis (393)
- Masked Lapwing (372)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Willow Vale
- Willie Wagtail (368)
- Pied Butcherbird (349)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (338)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (319)
- Little Pied Cormorant (311)
- Common Myna (304)
- Pied Currawong (301)
- Australasian Darter (299)
- Little Black Cormorant (270)
- Intermediate Egret (268)
- Noisy Friarbird (266)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (261)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (254)
- Magpie Goose (249)
- Great Egret (237)
- Laughing Kookaburra (237)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (236)
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 Willow Vale:
- Pimpama (3.2 km)
- Kingsholme (3.2 km)
- Upper Coomera (4.2 km)
- Ormeau Hills (4.8 km)
- Coomera (6.2 km)
- Wongawallan (6.7 km)
- Ormeau (6.7 km)
- Norwell (7.6 km)
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Streets
- Archer Lane (2)
- Baileys Mountain Road (19)
- Bardwell Drive (10)
- Beadman Street (10)
- Bella Boulevard (31)
- Blacks Road (25)
- Breasley Street (10)
- Cassidy Crescent (35)
- Coulter Road (23)
- Crystal Creek Road (9)
- Cummings Circuit (50)
- Deepak Drive (41)
- Denham Circuit (59)
- Ellen Grant Drive (18)
- Fairview Drive (24)
- Fern Hill Drive (21)
- Fern Tree Gully Drive (9)
- Freedman Drive (39)
- Galt Road (10)
- Gerrale Drive (9)
- Hideaway Road (1)
- Hotham Creek Road (37)
- Hutchins Lane (6)
- Hyperion Place (6)
- Laxon Lane (2)
- Luca Court (7)
- Maiden Hair Place (7)
- Maroney Lane (4)
- Mclachlan Circuit (73)
- Nijinsky Way (11)
- Peanba Park Road (9)
- Pike Lane (3)
- Pittas Place (11)
- Pride Street (4)
- Proudlock Drive (7)
- Rosemount Drive (53)
- Ruffles Road (100)
- Scobie Street (15)
- Shane Road (8)
- Snowden Crescent (17)
- Stuckey Close (11)
- Sunnyside Lane (10)
- Waterhouse Drive (42)
- Waverley Drive (3)
- Willow Road (6)
- Willowvale Drive (10)
- Wood Duck Road (1)
