Mareeba QLD 4880

Living Here

Mareeba is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 11,825 people, with a median age of 41. The typical household earns around $1,282 a week, with median rent near $285 a week. Most homes are houses. About 66% of households own their home and 31% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Italian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

• 2 schools

  • Saint Thomas School
  • Mareeba State School
• 5 cafés & restaurants

  • European Deli
  • Emilio's place
  • Mareeba Kebab
  • Coffee Works
  • Pizza Hut
• 2 supermarkets

  • Coles
  • IGA
• 13 parks

  • Alex Lawson Park
  • Lions Park
  • Arnold Park
  • Ant Hill Park
  • Centenary Park
  • Brady Park
  • Allan Jensen Park
  • Jack Bethel Park
  • Bicentenial Lakes Park
  • Firth Park

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• 1 dentist

  • My Mareeba Dentist
• 1 hospital

  • Mareeba Hospital
• 2 libraries

  • Mareeba Library
  • Mareeba Library
• 1 post office

  • Mareeba Post Office
• 2 service stations

  • Coles Express
  • Marano's Fuel
• 1 golf club

  • Mareeba Golf Club
• 1 hardware store

  • Sunshine Mitre 10
• 2 mechanics

  • O'Brien
  • Tyre power

Getting around. Airport: Mareeba Airport, 7.6 km south.

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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: 44.5% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 5.8% · Labour-force participation 54.6%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

41,237 bird observations recorded near Mareeba — most often seen:

• Double-barred Finch (2,165)
• Magpie-lark (2,118)
• Peaceful Dove (2,022)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (1,897)
• Common Myna (1,896)
• Eastern Peaceful Dove (1,760)
• Australasian Figbird (1,647)
• Bar-shouldered Dove (1,647)
• Yellow Honeyeater (1,591)
• Willie Wagtail (1,576)
• Rainbow Bee-eater (1,571)
• Eastern Brown Honeyeater (1,516)
• Blue-faced Honeyeater (1,493)

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 Mareeba:

• Chewko (9.4 km)
• Paddys Green (9.7 km)
• Biboohra (13.1 km)
• Arriga (13.2 km)
• Walkamin (14.8 km)
• Koah (19 km)
• Speewah (23.2 km)
• Tinaroo (23.3 km)

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