Mingela QLD 4816
48 addresses · 11 streets
Kennedy Electorate › Charters Towers LGA › Mingela · 1066 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Mingela is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 14 people, with a median age of 55. The typical household earns around $4,250 a week. Most homes are houses. About 0% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, German. 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 Dalrymple statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mingela itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Charters Towers Aerodrome, 43.7 km south-west.
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: 26.2% 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 | 26.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 85.5% |
Demographics
Population by age in Mingela
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 4 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 0 |
| 55-64 | 7 |
| 65-74 | 0 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Mingela
| House | 6 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Mingela
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 3 |
Top ancestries in Mingela
| English | 10 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 5 |
| German | 4 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
| Croatian | 0 |
Housing tenure in Mingela
| Owned | 0 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Mingela
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Mingela
| Car | 0 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 9 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,377 bird observations recorded near Mingela — most often seen:
- Pacific Black Duck (84)
- Australasian Darter (78)
- Torresian Crow (62)
- Hardhead (61)
- Comb-crested Jacana (59)
- Little Pied Cormorant (58)
- Black Kite (54)
- Magpie Goose (54)
- Little Black Cormorant (53)
- Intermediate Egret (52)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (50)
- Great Egret (50)
- Magpie-lark (50)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Mingela
- Whistling Kite (50)
- Australasian Grebe (44)
- Australian Bustard (44)
- Plumed Whistling-duck (44)
- Golden-headed Cisticola (40)
- Brolga (38)
- Willie Wagtail (38)
- Australian Magpie (37)
- Nankeen Kestrel (33)
- Straw-necked Ibis (33)
- White-faced Heron (32)
- Fairy Martin (31)
- Pied Butcherbird (31)
- Royal Spoonbill (30)
- Australian Pelican (29)
- Crested Pigeon (29)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (29)
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 Mingela:
- Reid River (27.5 km)
- Dotswood (28.7 km)
- Calcium (30.7 km)
- Woodstock (34.9 km)
- Ravenswood (37.6 km)
- Breddan (39.1 km)
- Granite Vale (39.9 km)
- Barringha (40.6 km)
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Streets
- Box Forest Road (2)
- Burdekin Falls Dam Road (5)
- Burdekin Street (8)
- Dotswood Road (4)
- Fanning Street (1)
- Flinders Highway (13)
- Hervey Street (6)
- Mingela Road (5)
- Murphy Road (1)
- Tomato Springs Road (1)
- Towers Street (2)
