Middlebrook QLD 4886
62 addresses · 7 streets
Kennedy Electorate › Tablelands LGA › Middlebrook · 1337 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Middlebrook is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 62 people, with a median age of 58. The typical household earns around $949 a week, with median rent near $205 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Malanda - Yungaburra statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Middlebrook itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: Innisfail Aerodrome, 40 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: 63.6% 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 | 63.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 79.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.6% · Labour-force participation 52.8%
Population by age in Middlebrook
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 9 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 7 |
| 45-54 | 9 |
| 55-64 | 17 |
| 65-74 | 12 |
| 75-84 | 8 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Middlebrook
| House | 25 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Middlebrook
| <$650 | 8 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 10 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 5 |
Top ancestries in Middlebrook
| Australian | 31 |
|---|---|
| English | 25 |
| Irish | 6 |
| German | 5 |
| Scottish | 5 |
| Sth African | 4 |
Housing tenure in Middlebrook
| Owned | 14 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 3 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Middlebrook
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 14 |
| 2 | 11 |
| 3 | 5 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Middlebrook
| Car | 11 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 5 |
Top countries of birth in Middlebrook
| England | 5 |
|---|---|
| Germany | 5 |
| New Zealand | 3 |
Languages used at home in Middlebrook
| Afrikaans | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
660 bird observations recorded near Middlebrook — most often seen:
- Victoria's Riflebird (39)
- Australian Brush-turkey (35)
- Pied Currawong (33)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (31)
- Eastern Whipbird (30)
- Grey Fantail (27)
- Brown Cuckoo-dove (26)
- North-eastern Grey Fantail (24)
- Red-browed Finch (24)
- Spectacled Monarch (24)
- Brown Gerygone (23)
- Southern Pale-yellow Robin (23)
- Mistletoebird (22)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Middlebrook
- Silvereye (22)
- Wet Tropics Eastern Whipbird (22)
- Central Queensland Coast Lewin's Honeyeater (21)
- Laughing Kookaburra (20)
- Topknot Pigeon (20)
- Tooth-billed Bowerbird (19)
- Wet Tropics Brown Cuckoo-dove (19)
- Australian Swiftlet (18)
- Bridled Honeyeater (18)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (18)
- Orange-footed Scrubfowl (17)
- Willie Wagtail (15)
- Black-eared Catbird (14)
- Bower's Shrike-thrush (14)
- Brown-capped Emerald-dove (14)
- Eastern Golden Whistler (14)
- Little Treecreeper (14)
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 Middlebrook:
- Beatrice (4.3 km)
- Maalan (6.2 km)
- Mungalli (6.2 km)
- Millaa Millaa (6.5 km)
- Ellinjaa (6.7 km)
- Palmerston (8 km)
- Moregatta (9.8 km)
- Minbun (11.9 km)
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Streets
- Barter Road (5)
- Beatrice Way (6)
- Jonsson Road (1)
- Middlebrook Road (39)
- Old Palmerston Highway (6)
- Palmerston Highway (1)
- Perry Road (4)
