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Merryburn QLD 4854

78 addresses · 5 streets

Kennedy Electorate › Cassowary Coast LGA › Merryburn · 1284 km from Brisbane

Living Here

Merryburn is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 189 people, with a median age of 39. The typical household earns around $1,724 a week, with median rent near $285 a week. Most homes are houses. About 93% of households own their home and 7% 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.

189Population
39Median age
$1,724Median household income / wk
$285Median rent / wk
2.8Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Tully, 5 km west · Bus interchange: Banyan Park Transit Centre, 5.6 km west · Airport: Innisfail Aerodrome, 39.9 km north.

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Socio-economic Standing

😟More disadvantaged · 2/10
Economic resources4/10
Education & jobs1/10

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: 34.5% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Merryburn

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

Tree cover measures, Merryburn QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202034.5%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202145.7%

Demographics

Unemployment 2.4% · Labour-force participation 59.3%

Population by age in Merryburn
Population by age, Merryburn QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-49
5-1438
15-1912
20-244
25-3419
35-4427
45-5425
55-6423
65-7419
75-8410
85+5
Dwelling types in Merryburn
Dwelling types, Merryburn QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House65
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Merryburn
Households by weekly income, Merryburn QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$6506
$650-1,49921
$1,500-2,99929
$3,000+7
Top ancestries in Merryburn
Top ancestries, Merryburn QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Australian89
English61
Italian37
Irish19
Ancestry NS18
Vietnamese8
Housing tenure in Merryburn
Housing tenure, Merryburn QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned25
Mortgage32
Rented4
Other0
Cars per household in Merryburn
Cars per household, Merryburn QLD (ABS Census 2021)
07
18
233
313
4+4
Commute to work in Merryburn
Commute to work, Merryburn QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car66
Train0
Bus5
Tram/ferry0
Walked0
Bicycle0
Home3
Top countries of birth in Merryburn
Top countries of birth, Merryburn QLD (ABS Census 2021)
England8
Fiji6
Japan5
Vietnam5
Languages used at home in Merryburn
Languages used at home, Merryburn QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Japanese5
Vietnamese5

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

270 bird observations recorded near Merryburn — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Merryburn

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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