Little Mulgrave QLD 4865
178 addresses · 14 streets
Kennedy Electorate › Cairns LGA › Little Mulgrave · 1373 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Little Mulgrave is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 269 people, with a median age of 52. The typical household earns around $1,339 a week, with median rent near $190 a week. Most homes are houses. About 92% of households own their home and 8% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. 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 Gordonvale - Trinity statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Little Mulgrave itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 hospitals
Getting around. Train station: Gordonvale, 9 km north-east · Airport: Cairns Airport, 28.5 km north.
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: 62.4% 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.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 62.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 79.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.8% · Labour-force participation 56.1%
Population by age in Little Mulgrave
| 0-4 | 9 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 33 |
| 15-19 | 11 |
| 20-24 | 8 |
| 25-34 | 19 |
| 35-44 | 29 |
| 45-54 | 33 |
| 55-64 | 58 |
| 65-74 | 46 |
| 75-84 | 15 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Little Mulgrave
| House | 90 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 4 |
| Other | 4 |
Households by weekly income in Little Mulgrave
| <$650 | 9 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 33 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 26 |
| $3,000+ | 11 |
Top ancestries in Little Mulgrave
| English | 109 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 95 |
| Irish | 52 |
| Scottish | 37 |
| Ancestry NS | 26 |
| Other | 14 |
Housing tenure in Little Mulgrave
| Owned | 47 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 42 |
| Rented | 8 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Little Mulgrave
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 22 |
| 2 | 44 |
| 3 | 17 |
| 4+ | 11 |
Commute to work in Little Mulgrave
| Car | 75 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 5 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 14 |
Top countries of birth in Little Mulgrave
| England | 12 |
|---|---|
| Canada | 4 |
| New Zealand | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
25,379 bird observations recorded near Little Mulgrave — most often seen:
- Yellow-spotted Honeyeater (1,600)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (1,500)
- Varied Triller (1,198)
- Spectacled Monarch (1,179)
- Macleay's Honeyeater (1,174)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (1,157)
- Grey Whistler (1,131)
- Peaceful Dove (1,087)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (994)
- Orange-footed Scrubfowl (987)
- Large-billed Scrubwren (883)
- Wompoo Fruit-dove (877)
- Double-eyed Fig Parrot (839)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Little Mulgrave
- Dusky Honeyeater (814)
- Australasian Figbird (813)
- Southern Pale-yellow Robin (795)
- Yellow Oriole (746)
- Silvereye (738)
- Metallic Starling (726)
- Black Butcherbird (650)
- Laughing Kookaburra (631)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (630)
- Victoria's Riflebird (599)
- Yellow-breasted Boatbill (593)
- Buff-breasted Paradise-kingfisher (574)
- Superb Fruit-dove (547)
- Spotted Catbird (492)
- Spangled Drongo (480)
- Noisy Pitta (473)
- Forest Kingfisher (472)
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 Little Mulgrave:
- Goldsborough (4.1 km)
- Lamb Range (6.4 km)
- Gordonvale (8.1 km)
- Danbulla (9.9 km)
- Mount Peter (9.9 km)
- Edmonton (12.2 km)
- Wrights Creek (12.3 km)
- Bentley Park (13.7 km)
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Streets
- Appaloosa Street (21)
- Beryl Ann Drive (11)
- Brays Road (17)
- Bronco Place (3)
- Gallet Road (10)
- Gallett Road (1)
- Gillies Range Road (28)
- Irvin Access (12)
- Irvin Access Road (2)
- Little Mulgrave Road (32)
- Nielsen Road (10)
- Palamino Court (8)
- Papacek Access (12)
- Roos Road (11)
