Byfield is a rural locality in the Shire of Livingstone, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the locality of Byfield had a population of 323 pe…Byfield is a rural locality in the Shire of Livingstone, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the locality of Byfield had a population of 323 people. Byfield is located in the midst of the Byfield National Park in Central Queensland, 717 kilometres north west of the state capital Brisbane and 78 kilometres north of the regional centre of Rockhampton. It is within the local government area of Shire of Livingstone.