Meikleville Hill QLD 4703
337 addresses · 11 streets
Capricornia Electorate › Livingstone LGA › Meikleville Hill · 536 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Meikleville Hill is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 450 people, with a median age of 52. The typical household earns around $1,589 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 71% of households own their home and 26% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Yeppoon statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Meikleville Hill itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 supermarkets
1 Catholic church
1 pharmacy
2 optometrists
1 hospital
3 gyms & sports centres
2 golf clubs
2 hardware stores
Getting around. Airport: Great Keppel Airport, 21 km 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: 41.3% 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 | 41.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 71.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5.9% · Labour-force participation 56.8%
Population by age in Meikleville Hill
| 0-4 | 10 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 50 |
| 15-19 | 19 |
| 20-24 | 26 |
| 25-34 | 47 |
| 35-44 | 47 |
| 45-54 | 44 |
| 55-64 | 97 |
| 65-74 | 77 |
| 75-84 | 32 |
| 85+ | 9 |
Dwelling types in Meikleville Hill
| House | 123 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 28 |
| Apartment | 33 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Meikleville Hill
| <$650 | 35 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 44 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 46 |
| $3,000+ | 45 |
Top ancestries in Meikleville Hill
| English | 193 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 167 |
| Irish | 65 |
| Scottish | 60 |
| Other | 42 |
| German | 34 |
Housing tenure in Meikleville Hill
| Owned | 82 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 48 |
| Rented | 48 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Meikleville Hill
| 0 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 56 |
| 2 | 90 |
| 3 | 24 |
| 4+ | 7 |
Commute to work in Meikleville Hill
| Car | 144 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 3 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 9 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 25 |
Top countries of birth in Meikleville Hill
| England | 20 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 8 |
| South Africa | 8 |
| Philippines | 5 |
| Vietnam | 5 |
| Scotland | 4 |
Languages used at home in Meikleville Hill
| Vietnamese | 5 |
|---|---|
| Filipino | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
9,213 bird observations recorded near Meikleville Hill — most often seen:
- Rainbow Lorikeet (564)
- Laughing Kookaburra (443)
- Torresian Crow (437)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (430)
- Australasian Figbird (416)
- Australian Magpie (403)
- Magpie-lark (386)
- Brown Honeyeater (380)
- Little Friarbird (368)
- Pied Butcherbird (351)
- Peaceful Dove (314)
- Welcome Swallow (286)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (281)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Meikleville Hill
- White-throated Honeyeater (276)
- Crested Pigeon (274)
- Spangled Drongo (265)
- Willie Wagtail (265)
- Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (259)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (258)
- Dusky Honeyeater (256)
- Black Kite (254)
- Noisy Friarbird (247)
- Noisy Miner (246)
- Masked Lapwing (235)
- Striated Pardalote (230)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (225)
- Australian White Ibis (223)
- Straw-necked Ibis (219)
- Galah (211)
- Leaden Flycatcher (211)
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 Meikleville Hill:
- Barlows Hill (0.8 km)
- Pacific Heights (1.7 km)
- Yeppoon (2 km)
- Inverness (2.4 km)
- Cooee Bay (3.4 km)
- Taranganba (4.1 km)
- Barmaryee (4.7 km)
- Bangalee (4.7 km)
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Streets
- Clearview Lane (6)
- Cokas Avenue (17)
- Farnborough Road (49)
- Found Street (18)
- Greer Street (28)
- Keppel Street (34)
- Kerr Street (83)
- Meikleville Street (66)
- Pacific View Court (7)
- Palm Court (16)
- Sea Breeze Court (13)
