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Mission River QLD 4874

720 addresses · 41 streets

Leichhardt Electorate › Napranum LGA › Mission River · 2010 km from Brisbane

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Living Here

Mission River is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 974 people, with a median age of 30. The typical household earns around $833 a week, with median rent near $121 a week. Most homes are houses. About 0% of households own their home and 100% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Aboriginal, Ancestry NS, English. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

974Population
30Median age
$833Median household income / wk
$121Median rent / wk
3.6Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Cape York statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mission River itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Weipa Airport, 1.2 km north-east.

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Socio-economic Standing

😟More disadvantaged · 1/10
Economic resources1/10
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: 70.3% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Mission River

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

Tree cover measures, Mission River QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202070.3%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202186.8%

Demographics

Unemployment 16.4% · Labour-force participation 22.9%

Population by age in Mission River
Population by age, Mission River QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-473
5-14180
15-1993
20-2474
25-34150
35-44138
45-54119
55-6498
65-7443
75-847
85+0
Dwelling types in Mission River
Dwelling types, Mission River QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House155
Townhouse8
Apartment32
Other0
Households by weekly income in Mission River
Households by weekly income, Mission River QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$65055
$650-1,49929
$1,500-2,99918
$3,000+6
Top ancestries in Mission River
Top ancestries, Mission River QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Aboriginal625
Other413
Ancestry NS230
English42
Australian20
Irish5
Housing tenure in Mission River
Housing tenure, Mission River QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned0
Mortgage0
Rented185
Other0
Cars per household in Mission River
Cars per household, Mission River QLD (ABS Census 2021)
088
158
238
37
4+0
Commute to work in Mission River
Commute to work, Mission River QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car92
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry3
Walked21
Bicycle0
Home4
Top countries of birth in Mission River
Top countries of birth, Mission River QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Fiji11
Languages used at home in Mission River
Languages used at home, Mission River QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Australian Indigenous118

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

1,150 bird observations recorded near Mission River — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Mission River

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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