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Brightly QLD 4741

41 addresses · 8 streets

Capricornia Electorate › Mackay LGA › Brightly · 808 km from Brisbane

Living Here

Brightly is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 52 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $2,250 a week, with median rent near $183 a week. Most homes are houses. About 80% of households own their home and 20% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Maltese. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

52Population
48Median age
$2,250Median household income / wk
$183Median rent / wk
2.6Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Pioneer Valley statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Brightly itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Mackay Airport, 30.8 km east.

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Socio-economic Standing

😐Around average · 5/10
Economic resources8/10
Education & jobs3/10

Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 41.5% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Brightly

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Brightly QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202041.5%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202159.4%

Demographics

Unemployment 2.9% · Labour-force participation 74.5%

Population by age in Brightly
Population by age, Brightly QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-43
5-143
15-194
20-249
25-344
35-445
45-5412
55-6410
65-744
75-840
85+0
Dwelling types in Brightly
Dwelling types, Brightly QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House18
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Brightly
Households by weekly income, Brightly QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$6500
$650-1,4990
$1,500-2,9995
$3,000+0
Top ancestries in Brightly
Top ancestries, Brightly QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Australian19
English17
Maltese6
Ancestry NS6
German5
Aboriginal4
Housing tenure in Brightly
Housing tenure, Brightly QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned5
Mortgage7
Rented3
Other0
Cars per household in Brightly
Cars per household, Brightly QLD (ABS Census 2021)
00
13
23
37
4+8
Commute to work in Brightly
Commute to work, Brightly QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car20
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked0
Bicycle0
Home6

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

1,257 bird observations recorded near Brightly — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Brightly

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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