St George (Qld), QLD
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
St George is an outback town in south-west Queensland, set on the Balonne River about 510 kilometres west of Brisbane. Long before Europeans arrived, the Mandandanji, Kooma and Bigambul peoples lived along the Balonne, fishing its waters with hoop nets and hunting across the surrounding plains. The explorer Thomas Mitchell came upon a natural rocky ford here on St George's Day in 1846 and named the crossing accordingly. A township was gazetted in 1864, and irrigation later made the district one of Queensland's leading cotton-growing areas, alongside sheep, wheat and grapes. In 2024 a nearby state forest was set aside as a reserve for the northern hairy-nosed wombat, one of the rarest land mammals in the world.
Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs
St George (Qld) is more socio-economically advantaged than about 19% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 925, 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.
St George (Qld) at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 3,130
- Median age
- 38
- Median weekly household income
- $1,399
- SEIFA score
- 925
- Coordinates
- -28.0642, 148.7967
St George (Qld) demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile St George (Qld) 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 27%, 38% of homes are rented, and 7% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 648 | 21% |
| Youth (15–24) | 401 | 13% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 747 | 24% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 837 | 27% |
| Seniors (65+) | 482 | 15% |
Share of the 3,115 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 334 | 29% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 283 | 25% |
| Rented | 430 | 38% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 1,026 | 91% |
| Townhouses & semis | 62 | 5% |
| Flats & apartments | 15 | 1% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 1,132 occupied private dwellings in St George (Qld).
- Median weekly rent
- $210
- Median monthly mortgage
- $1,224
- Average household size
- 2.5 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,704
- Median weekly personal income
- $776
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 207 (7%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 122 (4%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 696 (22%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 1,020 (43%)
- Labour-force participation
- 62.6%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.4%
- Employed full-time
- 975
- Employed part-time
- 415
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.
Common questions about St George (Qld)
Where is St George (Qld)?
St George (Qld) is a suburb of Queensland, Australia.
What is the population of St George (Qld)?
At the 2021 Census, St George (Qld) had a population of about 3,130.
Is St George (Qld) an advantaged area?
St George (Qld) has an ABS SEIFA score of 925, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 19 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 19% of Australian suburbs.
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