Wilsons Pocket QLD 4570
78 addresses · 9 streets
Wide Bay Electorate › Gympie LGA › Wilsons Pocket · 152 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Wilsons Pocket is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 191 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $1,583 a week, with median rent near $303 a week. Most homes are houses. About 82% of households own their home and 6% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, German. 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 Gympie Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Wilsons Pocket 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: 42.6% 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 | 42.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 59.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.1% · Labour-force participation 58.3%
Population by age in Wilsons Pocket
| 0-4 | 10 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 20 |
| 15-19 | 15 |
| 20-24 | 7 |
| 25-34 | 23 |
| 35-44 | 13 |
| 45-54 | 40 |
| 55-64 | 40 |
| 65-74 | 21 |
| 75-84 | 7 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Wilsons Pocket
| House | 69 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Wilsons Pocket
| <$650 | 7 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 18 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 25 |
| $3,000+ | 7 |
Top ancestries in Wilsons Pocket
| English | 84 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 77 |
| German | 26 |
| Scottish | 17 |
| Irish | 16 |
| Ancestry NS | 12 |
Housing tenure in Wilsons Pocket
| Owned | 33 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 25 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 9 |
Cars per household in Wilsons Pocket
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 11 |
| 2 | 30 |
| 3 | 9 |
| 4+ | 18 |
Commute to work in Wilsons Pocket
| Car | 66 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 9 |
Top countries of birth in Wilsons Pocket
| Germany | 5 |
|---|---|
| Indonesia | 5 |
| Philippines | 5 |
| England | 3 |
Languages used at home in Wilsons Pocket
| Mandarin | 5 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
652 bird observations recorded near Wilsons Pocket — most often seen:
- Lewin's Honeyeater (39)
- Torresian Crow (38)
- Eastern Whipbird (34)
- Laughing Kookaburra (31)
- Australian Brush-turkey (29)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (29)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (29)
- Grey Fantail (25)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (24)
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (22)
- Australian Magpie (20)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (20)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (20)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Wilsons Pocket
- White-throated Honeyeater (20)
- Australian King-parrot (19)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (19)
- Peaceful Dove (19)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (19)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (19)
- Brown Cuckoo-dove (18)
- Brown Honeyeater (18)
- Spangled Drongo (18)
- Rufous Whistler (17)
- Willie Wagtail (17)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (17)
- Forest Kingfisher (16)
- Varied Triller (16)
- Australasian Figbird (14)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (13)
- Noisy Friarbird (13)
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 Wilsons Pocket:
- Goomboorian (4.7 km)
- Ross Creek (5.7 km)
- Wolvi (5.8 km)
- Canina (6.4 km)
- Beenaam Valley (7.9 km)
- Greens Creek (8.2 km)
- Neusa Vale (9.2 km)
- Cedar Pocket (10.1 km)
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Streets
- Harris Road (3)
- Kin Kin Road (1)
- Mcleish Road (1)
- Nall Road (2)
- Ormes Road (9)
- Treeby Road (9)
- Turner Road (2)
- Wilsons Pocket Road (46)
- Yeltukka Road (5)
