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Mareeba QLD 4880

6,840 addresses · 333 streets

Kennedy Electorate › Mareeba LGA › Mareeba · 1401 km from Brisbane

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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.

11,825Population
41Median age
$1,282Median household income / wk
$285Median rent / wk
2.5Avg household

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

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

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Socio-economic Standing

😟More disadvantaged · 2/10
Economic resources2/10
Education & jobs2/10

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

Where the trees are in Mareeba

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

Tree cover measures, Mareeba QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202044.5%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202143.8%

Demographics

Unemployment 5.8% · Labour-force participation 54.6%

Population by age in Mareeba
Population by age, Mareeba QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-4643
5-141,530
15-19658
20-24602
25-341,581
35-441,255
45-541,481
55-641,450
65-741,340
75-84954
85+340
Dwelling types in Mareeba
Dwelling types, Mareeba QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House3,795
Townhouse40
Apartment311
Other103
Households by weekly income in Mareeba
Households by weekly income, Mareeba QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$650876
$650-1,4991,321
$1,500-2,9991,127
$3,000+528
Top ancestries in Mareeba
Top ancestries, Mareeba QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Australian3,774
English3,565
Italian1,639
Other1,356
Aboriginal1,354
Ancestry NS1,180
Housing tenure in Mareeba
Housing tenure, Mareeba QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned1,605
Mortgage1,125
Rented1,293
Other99
Cars per household in Mareeba
Cars per household, Mareeba QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0289
11,440
21,499
3572
4+334
Commute to work in Mareeba
Commute to work, Mareeba QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car3,534
Train0
Bus102
Tram/ferry0
Walked196
Bicycle41
Home350
Top countries of birth in Mareeba
Top countries of birth, Mareeba QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Italy371
England209
New Zealand194
Papua New Guinea87
Taiwan79
Germany78
Languages used at home in Mareeba
Languages used at home, Mareeba QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Italian522
Mandarin119
German62
Punjabi55
Spanish44
Australian Indigenous39

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

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

Show all 30 birds recorded near Mareeba

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

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