Queensland · Postcode 4872

Glen Ruth postcode and suburb data

Queensland · Phone area code 07 · 1309 km from Brisbane

Very Remote

Suburb snapshot

Glen Ruth at a glance

Key postcode, Census, SEIFA, school and LGA signals for Glen Ruth.

Quick facts

4872 Postcode See every suburb sharing this postcode
0 People Resident population, Census 2021
Tablelands Council area 54 suburbs, 10 postcodes

Where Glen Ruth ranks: household income sits in the bottom 10% of QLD suburbs; rents sit in the cheapest 10% in QLD.

ABS Census 2021 · SEIFA 2021

Glen Ruth is a very remote community in Queensland, with postcode 4872. It lies roughly 1309 km from Brisbane, classified by the ABS as very remote Australia. The area is administered by Tablelands.

Glen Ruth is part of the Far North statistical area in Queensland.

Glen Ruth details

Location, Census, housing, SEIFA and geography fields used across this profile.

Postcode4872
StateQueensland (QLD)
Phone Area Code07
Area756.7 km²
Latitude-18.0071581
Longitude145.419838
Distance from Brisbane1309 km
Region (SA4)Queensland - Outback
Area (SA3)Far North
Local GovernmentTablelands
Federal ElectorateKennedy
State ElectorateHill
Time ZoneAEST (UTC+10), Australia/Brisbane (standard time)

Suburbs Near Glen Ruth

Koombooloomba 25.5 km Kirrama 28.0 km Kooroomool 30.5 km Cardstone 35.9 km Innot Hot Springs 36.8 km Millstream 39.1 km Munro Plains 39.4 km Gunnawarra 40.3 km Dingo Pocket 43.2 km Warrami 44.0 km Silver Valley 44.5 km Ravenshoe 44.8 km

Same Postcode (4872)

Barrine Barwidgi Danbulla Dimbulah Forty Mile Gunnawarra Innot Hot Springs Kairi Kirrama Koombooloomba Kowrowa Kuranda Lake Tinaroo Lakeside Estate Minnamoolka Mount Garnet Munderra Mutchilba Myola Silver Valley Tinaroo Wairuna Walkamin

More Glen Ruth Data

Tablelands LGA 54 suburbs, 10 postcodes, 26,245 people Climate & Weather Closest station: Mission Beach (73.6 km) NDIS Providers NDIS data for Tablelands LGA

Page last reviewed . Data sources: Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census (CC BY 4.0), SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, ACARA school profiles 2025. How this data is sourced.