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Masig Island QLD 4875

133 addresses · 11 streets

Leichhardt Electorate › Torres Strait Island LGA › Masig Island · 2213 km from Brisbane

Living Here

Masig Island is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 283 people, with a median age of 28. The typical household earns around $949 a week, with median rent near $150 a week. Most homes are houses. About 6% of households own their home and 87% rent. Most workers walk to work. Common community backgrounds include Aboriginal, Ancestry NS, English. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

283Population
28Median age
$949Median household income / wk
$150Median rent / wk
3.3Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Torres Strait Islands statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Masig Island itself.

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Socio-economic Standing

😟More disadvantaged · 1/10
Economic resources1/10
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: 37.6% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Masig Island

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

Tree cover measures, Masig Island QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202037.6%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202164.7%

Demographics

Unemployment 11.9% · Labour-force participation 32.6%

Population by age in Masig Island
Population by age, Masig Island QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-441
5-1461
15-1912
20-2413
25-3458
35-4428
45-5424
55-6427
65-7413
75-843
85+0
Dwelling types in Masig Island
Dwelling types, Masig Island QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House74
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Masig Island
Households by weekly income, Masig Island QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$65022
$650-1,49935
$1,500-2,99914
$3,000+3
Top ancestries in Masig Island
Top ancestries, Masig Island QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Other257
Aboriginal69
Ancestry NS15
English8
Filipino7
Scottish6
Housing tenure in Masig Island
Housing tenure, Masig Island QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned4
Mortgage0
Rented59
Other5
Cars per household in Masig Island
Cars per household, Masig Island QLD (ABS Census 2021)
037
122
28
30
4+0
Commute to work in Masig Island
Commute to work, Masig Island QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car18
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked32
Bicycle0
Home0
Top countries of birth in Masig Island
Top countries of birth, Masig Island QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Papua New Guinea8
Languages used at home in Masig Island
Languages used at home, Masig Island QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Australian Indigenous235

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

180 bird observations recorded near Masig Island — most often seen:

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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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