Herberton QLD 4887

Living Here

Herberton is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 895 people, with a median age of 51. The typical household earns around $946 a week, with median rent near $220 a week. Most homes are houses. About 75% of households own their home and 23% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

• 3 schools

  • Herberton State High School
  • Mount Saint Bernard College
  • Herberton State School Primary Campus
• 1 café or restaurant

  • Madam Bugat's Cafe & Crêperie
• 2 parks

  • Darby Camp Children's Park
  • Wild River Park
• 1 Catholic church

  • St Patrick's
• 1 pharmacy

  • Herberton Pharmacy
• 1 hospital

  • Herberton Hospital
• 1 library

  • Herberton Library
• 2 service stations

  • Herberton Service Station 24Hr Fuel
  • Wondecla Roadhouse
• 1 hardware store

  • Herberton Hardware

Getting around. Railway halt: Herberton Historic Village, 1.4 km north · Airport: Mareeba Airport, 35.2 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: 56.2% 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 6.1% · Labour-force participation 38.3%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

3,495 bird observations recorded near Herberton — most often seen:

• Noisy Miner (249)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (227)
• Noisy Friarbird (203)
• Laughing Kookaburra (194)
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (168)
• Pied Currawong (165)
• Magpie-lark (157)
• Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (157)
• Scarlet Honeyeater (143)
• Yellow-faced Honeyeater (132)
• Crested Pigeon (130)
• Australian Magpie (117)
• Lewin's Honeyeater (104)

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 Herberton:

• Moomin (1.8 km)
• Wondecla (5.8 km)
• Kalunga (6.2 km)
• Watsonville (8.2 km)
• Wongabel (10.8 km)
• Carrington (12.4 km)
• Kaban (15 km)
• Upper Barron (16.7 km)

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