Miriam Vale QLD 4677
355 addresses · 34 streets
Flynn Electorate › Gladstone LGA › Miriam Vale · 379 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Miriam Vale is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 493 people, with a median age of 52. The typical household earns around $1,114 a week, with median rent near $195 a week. Most homes are houses. About 76% of households own their home and 20% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Agnes Water - Miriam Vale statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Miriam Vale itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 park
1 library
1 post office
1 service station
1 gym
1 golf club
1 bakery
1 mechanic
3 places to stay
Getting around. Train station: Miriam Vale, 650 m 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: 46.3% 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 | 46.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 60.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 9.6% · Labour-force participation 52.4%
Population by age in Miriam Vale
| 0-4 | 15 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 59 |
| 15-19 | 24 |
| 20-24 | 18 |
| 25-34 | 35 |
| 35-44 | 48 |
| 45-54 | 71 |
| 55-64 | 94 |
| 65-74 | 66 |
| 75-84 | 57 |
| 85+ | 10 |
Dwelling types in Miriam Vale
| House | 186 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 9 |
| Other | 5 |
Households by weekly income in Miriam Vale
| <$650 | 47 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 55 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 54 |
| $3,000+ | 17 |
Top ancestries in Miriam Vale
| Australian | 239 |
|---|---|
| English | 228 |
| Scottish | 62 |
| Ancestry NS | 42 |
| German | 39 |
| Irish | 34 |
Housing tenure in Miriam Vale
| Owned | 80 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 68 |
| Rented | 38 |
| Other | 8 |
Cars per household in Miriam Vale
| 0 | 8 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 66 |
| 2 | 69 |
| 3 | 33 |
| 4+ | 13 |
Commute to work in Miriam Vale
| Car | 120 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 20 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 16 |
Top countries of birth in Miriam Vale
| New Zealand | 16 |
|---|---|
| England | 10 |
| Philippines | 7 |
| Germany | 3 |
| Scotland | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
691 bird observations recorded near Miriam Vale — most often seen:
- Rainbow Lorikeet (45)
- Australian Magpie (40)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (39)
- Torresian Crow (38)
- Australasian Figbird (35)
- Brown Honeyeater (35)
- Laughing Kookaburra (34)
- Magpie-lark (33)
- Willie Wagtail (31)
- Welcome Swallow (24)
- Little Friarbird (22)
- Noisy Friarbird (21)
- Peaceful Dove (21)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Miriam Vale
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (21)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (20)
- Crested Pigeon (20)
- Galah (20)
- Striated Pardalote (20)
- Whistling Kite (19)
- Masked Lapwing (18)
- Grey-crowned Babbler (15)
- White-throated Honeyeater (15)
- Australian Wood Duck (14)
- Dusky Moorhen (14)
- Red-backed Fairy-wren (14)
- Red-winged Parrot (14)
- Pied Butcherbird (13)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (13)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (12)
- Grey Fantail (11)
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 Miriam Vale:
- Colosseum (9.1 km)
- Bororen (10.8 km)
- Mount Tom (12.4 km)
- Captain Creek (20.7 km)
- Foreshores (23.9 km)
- Boyne Valley (26.5 km)
- Taunton (27.7 km)
- Rodds Bay (27.9 km)
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Streets
- Anderson Lane (5)
- Anderson Street (1)
- Bates Street (6)
- Bindaree Road (5)
- Blackman Gap Road (5)
- Blomfield Street (29)
- Bowls Club Road (1)
- Brennan Street (20)
- Bruce Highway (13)
- Cameron Road (1)
- Cawthrays Road (4)
- Chapman Street (14)
- Claude Wharton Drive (6)
- Dahls Road (2)
- Deacon Street (1)
- Dovedale Road (5)
- Fingerboard Road (7)
- Hakea Court (6)
- Hancock Close (11)
- Henderson Street (9)
- Jinks Street (5)
- Julia Street (5)
- Kellow Street (2)
- Larson Street (13)
- Macdonald Street (5)
- Menzies Street (18)
- Messmate Drive (57)
- Noveltie Street (6)
- Roe Street (65)
- South Street (1)
- Station Street (1)
- Stringybark Court (4)
- Thornes Road (7)
- Wattle Court (15)
