Zilzie QLD 4710
1,743 addresses · 63 streets
Capricornia Electorate › Livingstone LGA › Zilzie · 516 km from Brisbane
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Living Here
Zilzie is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 2,846 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $1,339 a week, with median rent near $370 a week. Most homes are houses. About 63% of households own their home and 34% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Emu Park statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Zilzie itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 library
2 gyms & sports centres
2 golf clubs
2 places to stay
Getting around. Airport: Great Keppel Airport, 17.3 km north-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: 18.9% 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 | 18.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 43.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5.5% · Labour-force participation 50%
Population by age in Zilzie
| 0-4 | 176 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 430 |
| 15-19 | 151 |
| 20-24 | 85 |
| 25-34 | 286 |
| 35-44 | 368 |
| 45-54 | 292 |
| 55-64 | 360 |
| 65-74 | 380 |
| 75-84 | 233 |
| 85+ | 88 |
Dwelling types in Zilzie
| House | 951 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 51 |
| Apartment | 24 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Zilzie
| <$650 | 168 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 360 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 290 |
| $3,000+ | 127 |
Top ancestries in Zilzie
| Australian | 1,135 |
|---|---|
| English | 1,134 |
| Scottish | 308 |
| Irish | 303 |
| Ancestry NS | 280 |
| Aboriginal | 214 |
Housing tenure in Zilzie
| Owned | 353 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 288 |
| Rented | 342 |
| Other | 33 |
Cars per household in Zilzie
| 0 | 15 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 376 |
| 2 | 444 |
| 3 | 137 |
| 4+ | 48 |
Commute to work in Zilzie
| Car | 771 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 19 |
| Tram/ferry | 3 |
| Walked | 10 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 56 |
Top countries of birth in Zilzie
| New Zealand | 76 |
|---|---|
| England | 67 |
| South Africa | 25 |
| Germany | 14 |
| Philippines | 12 |
| Netherlands | 8 |
Languages used at home in Zilzie
| Afrikaans | 21 |
|---|---|
| German | 10 |
| Australian Indigenous | 8 |
| Arabic | 5 |
| Russian | 4 |
| Filipino | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,593 bird observations recorded near Zilzie — most often seen:
- Silver Gull (151)
- Giinbaywarraymal (125)
- Australian White Ibis (112)
- Welcome Swallow (107)
- Straw-necked Ibis (103)
- Whistling Kite (103)
- Brahminy Kite (101)
- Masked Lapwing (100)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (99)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (93)
- Australian Magpie (89)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (88)
- Crested Tern (87)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Zilzie
- Little Black Cormorant (87)
- Australasian Figbird (86)
- Australasian Darter (83)
- Pied Butcherbird (82)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (77)
- Magpie-lark (76)
- Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (76)
- Eastern Reef Egret (75)
- Pied Cormorant (73)
- Willie Wagtail (71)
- Crested Pigeon (70)
- Brown Honeyeater (67)
- Pacific Black Duck (65)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (64)
- Peaceful Dove (62)
- Little Friarbird (61)
- Great Egret (60)
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 Zilzie:
- Emu Park (3.2 km)
- Keppel Sands (5.6 km)
- Kinka Beach (7.1 km)
- Tanby (8.2 km)
- Coowonga (8.7 km)
- Coorooman (8.8 km)
- Causeway Lake (9.7 km)
- Mulambin (10.4 km)
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Streets
- Alexander Street (27)
- Amalfi Drive (101)
- Amoria Avenue (24)
- Arthur Street (35)
- Barclay Avenue (7)
- Brahminy Place (13)
- Claude Street (34)
- Cocoanut Point Drive (64)
- Comley Street (35)
- Como Place (7)
- Connor Street (29)
- Coral Close (23)
- Coral Islands Court (17)
- Cowry Street (5)
- Doveshell Crescent (9)
- Eagle Heights (50)
- Eagle Place (12)
- Esplanade (18)
- Evelyn Street (32)
- Falcon Crest (56)
- Foxtail Palm Boulevard (1)
- George Street (33)
- Haliotis Avenue (19)
- Hartley Street (35)
- Hideaway Road (24)
- Hillside Court (13)
- Homestead Road (7)
- Karen Court (10)
- Kennedy Street (34)
- Lakewood Place (25)
- Larnach Street (73)
- Limpet Place (11)
- Lindsay Street (38)
- Macgregor Way (1)
- Monaco Drive (98)
- Monte Carlo Avenue (28)
- Nerita Avenue (29)
- New Forest Road (44)
- Ocean Street (10)
- Ocean View Drive (23)
- Pacific Street (12)
- Patella Place (14)
- Reef Street (77)
- Ryan Street (7)
- San Marino Way (42)
- Sandy Lane (2)
- Seaspray Drive (6)
- Singleton Street (25)
- Sophies Way (2)
- Sorrento Way (45)
- Sundance Drive (7)
- Svendsen Road (130)
- The Link (8)
- The Peak (12)
- The Ridge Way (35)
- Timbers Beach Road (42)
- Triton Close (19)
- Trochus Avenue (12)
- Valley Park Road (20)
- Warnock Street (32)
- Whiting Street (6)
- Wilbraham Street (25)
- Woodland Place (9)
