Pittsworth, QLD
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Pittsworth is a rural service town on the Darling Downs of southern Queensland, about 41km south-west of Toowoomba and 171km west-south-west of Brisbane, set on basalt uplands edged by farming plains. The Giabal people are recorded as the first to live on the surrounding land. European settlement grew around the Beauaraba pastoral run, and the town took shape after land was opened for selection in 1877, the year the railway arrived. First called Beauaraba, it was renamed Pittsworth in 1915 after the pastoralist Charles William Pitts. The district became a major dairying centre, said to have produced most of the Downs' cheese by 1914. The local folk museum preserves its history, and sprinter Arthur Postle, the 'Crimson Flash', came from the town.
Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs
Pittsworth is more socio-economically advantaged than about 17% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 919, 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 Pittsworth 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.
Lower on the data we score
A weighted blend of the 2 components we can score for Pittsworth 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
17/100Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs
Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (17/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
53/100Around the national median for cost
Median weekly rent was $275 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 53% 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.
Pittsworth at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 3,300
- Median age
- 43
- Median weekly household income
- $1,290
- SEIFA score
- 919
- Local government area
- Toowoomba
- Coordinates
- -27.7391, 151.6343
Map of Pittsworth
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Housing & property in Pittsworth
What it costs to live in Pittsworth and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $275
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $1,300
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 68%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 28%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Pittsworth demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Pittsworth demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Pittsworth 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 seniors (65+) at 26% and 9% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 681 | 21% |
| Youth (15–24) | 387 | 12% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 644 | 20% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 716 | 22% |
| Seniors (65+) | 865 | 26% |
Share of the 3,293 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 430 | 37% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 364 | 31% |
| Rented | 326 | 28% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 1,069 | 91% |
| Townhouses & semis | 75 | 6% |
| Flats & apartments | 0 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 1,171 occupied private dwellings in Pittsworth.
- Average household size
- 2.5 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,661
- Median weekly personal income
- $651
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 284 (9%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 139 (5%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 158 (5%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 955 (38%)
- Labour-force participation
- 55.1%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.6%
- Employed full-time
- 823
- Employed part-time
- 454
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 Pittsworth
Is Pittsworth 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, Pittsworth rates 29/100 overall (Lower 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 Pittsworth?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Pittsworth was $275, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Pittsworth?
Pittsworth is a suburb of Queensland, Australia, in the Toowoomba local government area.
What is the population of Pittsworth?
At the 2021 Census, Pittsworth had a population of about 3,300.
Is Pittsworth an advantaged area?
Pittsworth has an ABS SEIFA score of 919, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 17 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 17% of Australian suburbs.
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