Happy Valley QLD 4825

Living Here

Happy Valley is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 733 people, with a median age of 30. The typical household earns around $2,629 a week, with median rent near $420 a week. Most homes are houses. About 57% of households own their home and 43% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Aboriginal. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

• 12 schools

  • Happy Valley State School
  • Saint Josephs School
  • Healy State School
  • Spinifex State College Junior Campus
  • Townview State School
  • Mount Isa Central State School
  • Good Shepherd Catholic College
  • Mount Isa Special School
  • Spinifex State College Senior Campus
  • Saint Kierans School

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• 1 café or restaurant

  • Zambreros
• 2 supermarkets

  • Woolworths
  • Coles
• 9 parks

  • Selwyn Park
  • Captain James Cook Park
  • Tony White Oval
  • Parkside Playway Park
  • G.Fisher park
  • Kruttschnitt Oval
  • Townview Apex Park
  • RFDS 1948 De Havilland D.H.A Park
  • Lookout Park
• 1 pharmacy

  • Pharmacy First
• 1 hospital

  • Mount Isa Base Hospital
• 1 vet

  • Copper City Vet Clinic
• 1 library

  • Mount Isa City Library
• 1 post office

  • Mount Isa Post Shop
• 5 service stations

  • United
  • Mobil
  • Puma
  • Woolworths Petrol
  • Coles Express
• 7 gyms & sports centres

  • Alex Inch Oval
  • Island Bowls Club
  • Copper City Tennis Club Inc
  • Copper City Tennis Club Inc
  • Mount Isa BMX Club
  • Mount Isa Campdraft Grounds
  • Splashez
• 1 golf club

  • Mount Isa Golf Course
• 1 bakery

  • Brumby's Bakeries
• 1 butcher

  • Sunset Butchery
• 7 places to stay

  • Mick's Accommodation Club
  • travellers haven
  • Ibis Styles
  • Burke & Wills Motel
  • Mount Isa Caravan Park
  • Discovery Holiday Parks - Argylla (BIG4)
  • Sunset Tourist Park

Getting around. Train station: Mount Isa, 2.4 km north · Bus interchange: Mount Isa Coaches, 9.1 km north · Airport: Mount Isa Airport, 9 km north.

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Socio-economic Standing

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: 9.1% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

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

Demographics

Unemployment 4% · Labour-force participation 69.3%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

13,865 bird observations recorded near Happy Valley — most often seen:

• White-plumed Honeyeater (830)
• Black Kite (737)
• Rainbow Bee-eater (733)
• Yellow-throated Miner (707)
• Crested Pigeon (706)
• Red-winged Parrot (700)
• Grey-headed Honeyeater (692)
• Magpie-lark (677)
• Varied Lorikeet (595)
• Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (569)
• Rock Dove (498)
• Spotted Bowerbird (466)
• Zebra Finch (464)

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

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Happy Valley:

• Parkside (1 km)
• Healy (1.5 km)
• Mornington (1.6 km)
• Mica Creek (1.8 km)
• Spreadborough (2.3 km)
• Townview (2.5 km)
• Mount Isa City (2.5 km)
• The Gap (2.6 km)

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