Mornington QLD 4825
1,193 addresses · 30 streets
Kennedy Electorate › Mount Isa LGA › Mornington · 1563 km from Brisbane
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Living Here
Mornington is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 1,846 people, with a median age of 35. The typical household earns around $1,925 a week, with median rent near $245 a week. Most homes are houses. About 41% of households own their home and 54% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. 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 Mount Isa statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mornington itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 café or restaurant
2 supermarkets
1 pharmacy
1 hospital
1 vet
1 library
1 post office
5 service stations
1 golf club
1 bakery
1 butcher
Getting around. Train station: Mount Isa, 1.5 km north-west · Bus interchange: Mount Isa Coaches, 7.7 km north · Airport: Mount Isa Airport, 7.7 km north.
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: 3.9% 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 | 3.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 8.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5% · Labour-force participation 59.3%
Population by age in Mornington
| 0-4 | 110 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 206 |
| 15-19 | 131 |
| 20-24 | 126 |
| 25-34 | 333 |
| 35-44 | 290 |
| 45-54 | 276 |
| 55-64 | 211 |
| 65-74 | 104 |
| 75-84 | 39 |
| 85+ | 23 |
Dwelling types in Mornington
| House | 347 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 135 |
| Apartment | 109 |
| Other | 135 |
Households by weekly income in Mornington
| <$650 | 133 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 107 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 192 |
| $3,000+ | 167 |
Top ancestries in Mornington
| Australian | 522 |
|---|---|
| English | 409 |
| Ancestry NS | 362 |
| Aboriginal | 284 |
| Other | 210 |
| Irish | 147 |
Housing tenure in Mornington
| Owned | 89 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 148 |
| Rented | 315 |
| Other | 27 |
Cars per household in Mornington
| 0 | 58 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 219 |
| 2 | 202 |
| 3 | 64 |
| 4+ | 41 |
Commute to work in Mornington
| Car | 620 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 6 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 72 |
| Bicycle | 10 |
| Home | 19 |
Top countries of birth in Mornington
| New Zealand | 92 |
|---|---|
| Philippines | 64 |
| India | 34 |
| England | 23 |
| Fiji | 19 |
| South Africa | 11 |
Languages used at home in Mornington
| Malayalam | 24 |
|---|---|
| Filipino | 19 |
| Tagalog | 19 |
| Samoan | 12 |
| Australian Indigenous | 9 |
| Punjabi | 9 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
18,770 bird observations recorded near Mornington — most often seen:
- Black Kite (1,109)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (1,064)
- Crested Pigeon (1,008)
- Magpie-lark (1,007)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (916)
- Yellow-throated Miner (894)
- Red-winged Parrot (834)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (730)
- Rock Dove (729)
- Grey-headed Honeyeater (703)
- Varied Lorikeet (698)
- Willie Wagtail (646)
- Peaceful Dove (625)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Mornington
- Zebra Finch (601)
- Brown Honeyeater (550)
- Spotted Bowerbird (544)
- Australian Raven (533)
- Masked Lapwing (505)
- White-breasted Woodswallow (470)
- Whistling Kite (442)
- Kalkadoon Grasswren (441)
- Grey-crowned Babbler (439)
- Mistletoebird (428)
- Pacific Black Duck (416)
- Australasian Grebe (412)
- House Sparrow (409)
- Little Corella (409)
- Hardhead (407)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (404)
- Fairy Martin (397)
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 Mornington:
- Townview (1 km)
- The Gap (1 km)
- Parkside (1.1 km)
- Mount Isa City (1.1 km)
- Healy (1.4 km)
- Happy Valley (1.6 km)
- Pioneer (1.9 km)
- Menzies (1.9 km)
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Streets
- Alice Street (31)
- Ann Street (54)
- Beverly Lane (13)
- Burke Street (11)
- Camooweal Street (71)
- Clairs Street (14)
- Clarke Street (17)
- Daphne Avenue (19)
- Deighton Street (107)
- Dora Street (4)
- Doreen Street (12)
- Dorothy Street (35)
- Duchess Road (104)
- East Street (45)
- Elizabeth Street (48)
- Enid Street (52)
- Flynn Street (92)
- Frances Street (25)
- Ian Street (7)
- Isa Street (20)
- Isabel Street (28)
- Jane Street (31)
- Joan Street (74)
- Landy Street (19)
- Moore Crescent (30)
- Pamela Street (38)
- Rebecca Street (64)
- Spence Street (60)
- Stanley Street (9)
- Transmission Street (59)
