Silverleigh, QLD

By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan · Updated 30 May 2026

50/100

Suburb Score

Around the national middle

Silverleigh is more socio-economically advantaged than about 50% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 987, 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.

Silverleigh at a glance

Population (2021): 80
Median age: 44
Median weekly household income: $1,593
SEIFA score: 987
Coordinates: -27.3301, 151.7672

Silverleigh demographics (2021 Census)

The figures below profile Silverleigh 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 children (0–14) at 27%, 0% of homes are rented, and 8% of residents were born overseas.

Age profile

Age group	People	Share
Children (0–14)	22	27%
Youth (15–24)	8	10%
Young adults (25–44)	14	17%
Mid-life (45–64)	22	27%
Seniors (65+)	17	20%

Share of the 83 people counted by age.

Housing and households

Tenure	Dwellings	Share
Owned outright	9	47%
Owned with a mortgage	7	37%
Rented	0	0%

Dwelling type	Dwellings	Share
Houses	24	100%
Townhouses & semis	0	0%
Flats & apartments	0	0%

Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 24 occupied private dwellings in Silverleigh.

Median weekly rent: $275
Median monthly mortgage: $1,033
Average household size: 3.3 people
Median weekly family income: $1,687
Median weekly personal income: $608

Community and culture

Born overseas: 6 (8%)
Speaks a language other than English at home: 0 (0%)
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander: 0 (0%)

Work and education

Completed Year 12: 20 (34%)
Labour-force participation: 74.6%
Unemployment rate: 2.3%
Employed full-time: 27
Employed part-time: 14

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 Silverleigh

Where is Silverleigh?

Silverleigh is a suburb of Queensland, Australia.

What is the population of Silverleigh?

At the 2021 Census, Silverleigh had a population of about 80.

Is Silverleigh an advantaged area?

Silverleigh has an ABS SEIFA score of 987, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 50 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 50% of Australian suburbs.