Wivenhoe Pocket QLD 4306
183 addresses · 13 streets
Blair Electorate › Somerset LGA › Wivenhoe Pocket · 41 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Wivenhoe Pocket is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 417 people, with a median age of 47. The typical household earns around $1,571 a week, with median rent near $325 a week. Most homes are houses. About 87% of households own their home and 13% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Lowood statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Wivenhoe Pocket itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 library
1 golf club
2 hardware stores
2 places to stay
Getting around. Airport: Brisbane Airport, 50.5 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: 15% 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 | 15.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 30.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 0.5% · Labour-force participation 58.9%
Population by age in Wivenhoe Pocket
| 0-4 | 9 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 66 |
| 15-19 | 23 |
| 20-24 | 11 |
| 25-34 | 24 |
| 35-44 | 55 |
| 45-54 | 67 |
| 55-64 | 61 |
| 65-74 | 70 |
| 75-84 | 14 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Wivenhoe Pocket
| House | 137 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 9 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Wivenhoe Pocket
| <$650 | 21 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 39 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 41 |
| $3,000+ | 27 |
Top ancestries in Wivenhoe Pocket
| English | 186 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 168 |
| Scottish | 50 |
| German | 43 |
| Irish | 41 |
| Ancestry NS | 28 |
Housing tenure in Wivenhoe Pocket
| Owned | 62 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 61 |
| Rented | 18 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Wivenhoe Pocket
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 29 |
| 2 | 55 |
| 3 | 31 |
| 4+ | 26 |
Commute to work in Wivenhoe Pocket
| Car | 127 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 9 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 30 |
Top countries of birth in Wivenhoe Pocket
| England | 15 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 6 |
| Fiji | 3 |
| Germany | 3 |
| Wales | 3 |
Languages used at home in Wivenhoe Pocket
| Spanish | 4 |
|---|---|
| Hindi | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
12,102 bird observations recorded near Wivenhoe Pocket — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (686)
- Torresian Crow (655)
- Magpie-lark (608)
- Australian Wood Duck (571)
- Noisy Miner (535)
- Masked Lapwing (505)
- Pied Butcherbird (459)
- Silver Gull (457)
- Willie Wagtail (457)
- White-faced Heron (425)
- Australian Pelican (418)
- Pacific Black Duck (409)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (391)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Wivenhoe Pocket
- Whistling Kite (391)
- Straw-necked Ibis (378)
- Little Black Cormorant (374)
- Australasian Grebe (362)
- Welcome Swallow (354)
- Galah (348)
- Crested Pigeon (343)
- Laughing Kookaburra (343)
- Little Pied Cormorant (329)
- Common Myna (327)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (311)
- Pale-headed Rosella (306)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (290)
- Nankeen Kestrel (284)
- Striated Pardalote (264)
- Grey Teal (262)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (260)
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 Wivenhoe Pocket:
- Patrick Estate (3.4 km)
- Vernor (4.1 km)
- England Creek (5.2 km)
- Fernvale (5.3 km)
- Split Yard Creek (5.3 km)
- Lowood (6.1 km)
- Rifle Range (7.5 km)
- Fairney View (7.6 km)
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Streets
- Brisbane Valley Highway (4)
- Deletraz Road (6)
- Harpeng Road (5)
- Kennedy Road (4)
- Linum Road (2)
- Lockyer View Road (63)
- Macdonald Road (5)
- Nerreman Road (16)
- Reids Avenue (22)
- Shines Road (13)
- Vernor Road (16)
- Wivenhoe - Somerset Road (2)
- Wivenhoe Pocket Road (25)
