Mirriwinni QLD 4871
438 addresses · 27 streets
Kennedy Electorate › Cairns LGA › Mirriwinni · 1337 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Mirriwinni is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 492 people, with a median age of 50. The typical household earns around $1,241 a week, with median rent near $245 a week. Most homes are houses. About 79% of households own their home and 16% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Italian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Babinda statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mirriwinni itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
1 library
1 service station
1 golf club
Getting around. Train station: Babinda, 5.4 km north · Airport: Innisfail (Mundoo) Aerodrome, 21.3 km south-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: 20.9% 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 | 20.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 36.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.9% · Labour-force participation 56%
Population by age in Mirriwinni
| 0-4 | 29 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 57 |
| 15-19 | 37 |
| 20-24 | 11 |
| 25-34 | 34 |
| 35-44 | 50 |
| 45-54 | 68 |
| 55-64 | 75 |
| 65-74 | 74 |
| 75-84 | 40 |
| 85+ | 12 |
Dwelling types in Mirriwinni
| House | 175 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Mirriwinni
| <$650 | 25 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 57 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 44 |
| $3,000+ | 22 |
Top ancestries in Mirriwinni
| Australian | 172 |
|---|---|
| English | 145 |
| Italian | 73 |
| Ancestry NS | 69 |
| Irish | 55 |
| Scottish | 41 |
Housing tenure in Mirriwinni
| Owned | 82 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 58 |
| Rented | 28 |
| Other | 9 |
Cars per household in Mirriwinni
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 51 |
| 2 | 73 |
| 3 | 26 |
| 4+ | 15 |
Commute to work in Mirriwinni
| Car | 139 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 15 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 31 |
Top countries of birth in Mirriwinni
| Italy | 12 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 7 |
| England | 6 |
Languages used at home in Mirriwinni
| Italian | 7 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,195 bird observations recorded near Mirriwinni — most often seen:
- Common Myna (78)
- Masked Lapwing (78)
- White-breasted Woodswallow (78)
- Southern Magpie-lark (54)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (54)
- Welcome Swallow (53)
- Yellow Figbird (53)
- Metallic Starling (46)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (45)
- Hornbill Helmeted Friarbird (42)
- Australasian Figbird (40)
- North-eastern Black Butcherbird (40)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (39)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Mirriwinni
- Willie Wagtail (39)
- Black Kite (38)
- Magpie-lark (38)
- Wet Tropics Green Oriole (37)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (33)
- Chestnut-breasted Munia (30)
- Eastern Peaceful Dove (30)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (28)
- Eastern Asian Spotted Dove (26)
- North-eastern Spangled Drongo (26)
- Australian White Ibis (25)
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (25)
- Olive-backed Sunbird (25)
- Black-necked Stork (24)
- Cape York Yellow Honeyeater (24)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (24)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (23)
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 Mirriwinni:
- Babinda (5.5 km)
- Bartle Frere (6.3 km)
- Waugh Pocket (7.2 km)
- Eubenangee (7.9 km)
- Ngatjan (8.1 km)
- Wooroonooran (8.3 km)
- Wooroonooran (8.4 km)
- Wooroonooran (8.4 km)
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Streets
- Booth Road (5)
- Bramston Beach Road (24)
- Bruce Highway (56)
- Bruce Hwy Pawngilly (9)
- Bruce Hwy Waughs Pkt (5)
- Bucklands Road (50)
- Bulma Access (7)
- Cope Road (9)
- Di Maggio Access (1)
- Friedli Access (5)
- Ghidella Road (28)
- Goldsworthy Road (12)
- Greer Road (33)
- Hanley Road (10)
- Healy Road (21)
- Hoskin Road (2)
- Hoskins Road (2)
- Howard Kennedy Drive (13)
- Jackson Street (4)
- Kruckow Street (27)
- Lloyd Road (9)
- Musumeci Road (14)
- Sciacca Access (3)
- Stager Road (33)
- Ti-tree Road (8)
- Upham Road (8)
- Whitman Street (40)
