Mckinlay QLD 4823
50 addresses · 6 streets
Kennedy Electorate › McKinlay LGA › Mckinlay · 1373 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Mckinlay is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 162 people, with a median age of 37. The typical household earns around $2,166 a week, with median rent near $285 a week. Most homes are houses. About 68% of households own their home and 18% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include Ancestry NS, Australian, English. 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 Northern Highlands statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mckinlay itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 park
1 medical clinic
1 library
1 service station
1 gym
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: 1.9% 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 | 1.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 8.8% |
Demographics
Population by age in Mckinlay
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 4 |
| 15-19 | 4 |
| 20-24 | 17 |
| 25-34 | 44 |
| 35-44 | 35 |
| 45-54 | 23 |
| 55-64 | 22 |
| 65-74 | 5 |
| 75-84 | 8 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Mckinlay
| House | 17 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Mckinlay
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 8 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 3 |
| $3,000+ | 5 |
Top ancestries in Mckinlay
| Ancestry NS | 70 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 41 |
| English | 40 |
| Irish | 15 |
| Scottish | 14 |
| Aboriginal | 4 |
Housing tenure in Mckinlay
| Owned | 12 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 3 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Mckinlay
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 4+ | 13 |
Commute to work in Mckinlay
| Car | 13 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 11 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 9 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 25 |
Top countries of birth in Mckinlay
| New Zealand | 5 |
|---|---|
| Samoa | 5 |
| South Africa | 4 |
Languages used at home in Mckinlay
| Samoan | 5 |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
800 bird observations recorded near Mckinlay — most often seen:
- Black Kite (60)
- Galah (60)
- Apostlebird (50)
- Magpie-lark (46)
- Brolga (43)
- Crested Pigeon (42)
- Willie Wagtail (42)
- Fairy Martin (37)
- Cockatiel (34)
- Australian Magpie (26)
- Budgerigar (26)
- Black-faced Woodswallow (25)
- Nankeen Kestrel (24)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Mckinlay
- Yellow-throated Miner (24)
- Diamond Dove (23)
- Australian Raven (22)
- House Sparrow (22)
- Zebra Finch (21)
- Australian Bustard (19)
- White-breasted Woodswallow (18)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (17)
- Whistling Kite (16)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (15)
- Rufous Songlark (15)
- White-winged Triller (15)
- Brown Songlark (14)
- Spotted Harrier (13)
- Spotted Bowerbird (11)
- Australian Pratincole (10)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (10)
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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Streets
- Bell Street (8)
- Kirby Street (1)
- Landsborough Highway (2)
- Middleton Street (25)
- Poole Street (1)
- Wylde Street (13)
