Mabuiag Island QLD 4875
74 addresses · 7 streets
Leichhardt Electorate › Torres Strait Island LGA › Mabuiag Island · 2254 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Mabuiag Island is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 253 people, with a median age of 21. The typical household earns around $1,281 a week, with median rent near $144 a week. Most homes are houses. About 0% of households own their home and 93% rent. Most workers walk to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, Aboriginal, English. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2011 → 2021
Getting Around & Local Services
1 library
Getting around. Airport: Mabuiag Island Airport, 800 m north-east.
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: 30.5% 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 | 30.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 80.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 13.1% · Labour-force participation 37%
Population by age in Mabuiag Island
| 0-4 | 30 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 59 |
| 15-19 | 29 |
| 20-24 | 22 |
| 25-34 | 35 |
| 35-44 | 30 |
| 45-54 | 26 |
| 55-64 | 15 |
| 65-74 | 5 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Mabuiag Island
| House | 49 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Mabuiag Island
| <$650 | 9 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 11 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 10 |
| $3,000+ | 3 |
Top ancestries in Mabuiag Island
| Other | 238 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 19 |
| Aboriginal | 19 |
| English | 7 |
| Ancestry NS | 7 |
| Chinese | 0 |
Housing tenure in Mabuiag Island
| Owned | 0 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 43 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Mabuiag Island
| 0 | 32 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 11 |
| 2 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Mabuiag Island
| Car | 11 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 3 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 30 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 5 |
Languages used at home in Mabuiag Island
| Australian Indigenous | 200 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
48 bird observations recorded near Mabuiag Island — most often seen:
- Masked Lapwing (4)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (3)
- Silver Gull (3)
- Torresian Imperial-pigeon (3)
- White-breasted Woodswallow (3)
- Australian Pratincole (2)
- Mongolian Lesser Sand Plover (2)
- Pacific Golden Plover (2)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (2)
- Red-necked Stint (2)
- Shining Flycatcher (2)
- Whimbrel (2)
- Australasian Darter (1)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Mabuiag Island
- Australian Pelican (1)
- Beach Stone-curlew (1)
- Brown-backed Honeyeater (1)
- Buff-banded Rail (1)
- Chestnut-breasted Munia (1)
- Curlew Sandpiper (1)
- Eastern Curlew (1)
- Eastern Koel (1)
- Eastern Reef Egret (1)
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow (1)
- Golden-headed Cisticola (1)
- House Sparrow (1)
- Leaden Flycatcher (1)
- Little Curlew (1)
- Olive-backed Sunbird (1)
- Oriental Plover (1)
- Oriental Pratincole (1)
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 Mabuiag Island:
- Badu Island (22.5 km)
- Moa Island (29.5 km)
- Iama Island (63.9 km)
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Streets
- Bani Road (2)
- Esplanade (9)
- Main Street (7)
- Map Road (13)
- New Village Street (12)
- School Street (15)
- Warria Road (16)
