Augathella, QLD
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Augathella is an outback town on the banks of the Warrego River in south-west Queensland, in the Shire of Murweh, about 85 kilometres north-east of Charleville. It lies in the country of the Bidjara, Gunya and Gungabula peoples; the name is reportedly an Aboriginal word for 'camp on a waterhole', after the river. Pastoralist James Norman established stations in the district in 1862, and grazing has remained the predominant industry ever since, the town taking the name Augathella in 1883. It is fondly known as the 'Home of the Meat Ants' — marked by a 4.5-metre meat-ant sculpture — and was the setting for the 1956 film Smiley and the old droving song 'Brisbane Ladies'. About 330 people live there.
Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs
Augathella is more socio-economically advantaged than about 9% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 887, where about 1000 is the national average).
A socio-economic measure from ABS Census data — not a measure of how good a suburb is to live in or visit. How we calculate this.
Is Augathella a good place to live?
There’s no single answer — it depends on what matters to you. So instead of one mystery number, we break it down: a transparent score on each part of life we can back with public data, and an honest “not yet” on the parts we can’t.
Below the national middle on the data we score
A weighted blend of the 2 components we can score for Augathella from public data. It sits alongside — and reconciles with — the socio-economic Suburb Score above; it is a transparent read, not a complete verdict.
Socio-economic advantage
9/100Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs
Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (9/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
96/100More affordable than most suburbs
Median weekly rent was $100 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 96% of suburbs we can compare. Housing data only, no valuations. · ABS Census 2021
Not yet scored
We’d rather leave these open than publish a number we can’t stand behind. Here’s where each one stands.
- Amenities & accessNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap amenity mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- Green spaceNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap green-space mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- TransportNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap public-transport mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- SchoolsNot scored yet — school performance (ACARA / ICSEA) needs a data-reuse licence cleared before we can publish it.
- SafetyNot scored yet — Australia has no single open crime dataset and safety data carries defamation and legal care, so it is gated pending a go/no-go and will be data-only when added.
- CommunityNot scored yet — we won't reduce community to a number from a proxy. We'd rather leave it open than publish an invented value judgement.
A transparent read on public data, not a verdict — and not a measure of any person or community. See our methodology for how each component is worked out and why some aren’t scored yet.
Augathella at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 393
- Median age
- 47
- Median weekly household income
- $1,053
- SEIFA score
- 887
- Local government area
- Murweh
- Coordinates
- -25.8065, 146.5877
Map of Augathella
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Housing & property in Augathella
What it costs to live in Augathella and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $100
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $479
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 72%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 16%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Augathella demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Augathella demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Augathella using the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census; every percentage is a share of a clearly stated Census count, so each one traces back to the source. At a glance, the largest age group is mid-life (45–64) at 33% and 6% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 82 | 21% |
| Youth (15–24) | 25 | 6% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 77 | 20% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 129 | 33% |
| Seniors (65+) | 79 | 20% |
Share of the 392 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 93 | 60% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 18 | 12% |
| Rented | 25 | 16% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 151 | 100% |
| Townhouses & semis | 0 | 0% |
| Flats & apartments | 0 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 151 occupied private dwellings in Augathella.
- Average household size
- 2.2 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,347
- Median weekly personal income
- $660
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 21 (6%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 7 (2%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 18 (5%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 104 (34%)
- Labour-force participation
- 56.7%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.8%
- Employed full-time
- 99
- Employed part-time
- 50
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (General Community Profile, by Suburb and Locality). © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. How we group bands and derive each share is set out on our methodology page.
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Common questions about Augathella
Is Augathella a good place to live?
There's no single answer, so we score what the public data can back. On socio-economic advantage and housing affordability, Augathella rates 38/100 overall (Below the national middle on the data we score). Public transport, schools and safety aren't scored yet — see our methodology for why.
What is the median rent in Augathella?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Augathella was $100, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $479. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Augathella?
Augathella is a suburb of Queensland, Australia, in the Murweh local government area.
What is the population of Augathella?
At the 2021 Census, Augathella had a population of about 393.
Is Augathella an advantaged area?
Augathella has an ABS SEIFA score of 887, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 9 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 9% of Australian suburbs.
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