Mossman Gorge QLD 4873
148 addresses · 17 streets
Leichhardt Electorate › Douglas LGA › Mossman Gorge · 1455 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Mossman Gorge is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 248 people, with a median age of 47. The typical household earns around $991 a week, with median rent near $180 a week. Most homes are houses. About 45% of households own their home and 55% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Aboriginal, English, Australian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2011 → 2021
Getting Around & Local Services
5 cafés & restaurants
1 supermarket
1 park
2 pharmacies
1 medical clinic
1 dentist
1 hospital
1 vet
1 library
1 post office
4 service stations
1 golf club
1 bakery
1 hardware store
3 hairdressers
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: 37.8% 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 | 37.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 55.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.5% · Labour-force participation 38.5%
Population by age in Mossman Gorge
| 0-4 | 14 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 28 |
| 15-19 | 12 |
| 20-24 | 17 |
| 25-34 | 25 |
| 35-44 | 25 |
| 45-54 | 27 |
| 55-64 | 51 |
| 65-74 | 29 |
| 75-84 | 14 |
| 85+ | 10 |
Dwelling types in Mossman Gorge
| House | 61 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 14 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Mossman Gorge
| <$650 | 16 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 23 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 12 |
| $3,000+ | 14 |
Top ancestries in Mossman Gorge
| Aboriginal | 108 |
|---|---|
| English | 72 |
| Australian | 49 |
| Other | 25 |
| Scottish | 22 |
| Ancestry NS | 14 |
Housing tenure in Mossman Gorge
| Owned | 17 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 17 |
| Rented | 41 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Mossman Gorge
| 0 | 15 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 30 |
| 2 | 17 |
| 3 | 9 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Mossman Gorge
| Car | 41 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 3 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 10 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 11 |
Top countries of birth in Mossman Gorge
| England | 14 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 12 |
| Germany | 3 |
Languages used at home in Mossman Gorge
| Australian Indigenous | 28 |
|---|---|
| Italian | 8 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
10,597 bird observations recorded near Mossman Gorge — most often seen:
- Australian Brush-turkey (720)
- Spectacled Monarch (582)
- Metallic Starling (514)
- White-breasted Woodswallow (493)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (481)
- Masked Lapwing (481)
- Australasian Figbird (480)
- Southern Pale-yellow Robin (471)
- Yellow-spotted Honeyeater (395)
- Laughing Kookaburra (392)
- Orange-footed Scrubfowl (387)
- Australian Swiftlet (343)
- Magpie-lark (337)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Mossman Gorge
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (330)
- Common Myna (328)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (295)
- Peaceful Dove (285)
- Black Butcherbird (282)
- Bush Stone-curlew (277)
- Spangled Drongo (273)
- Willie Wagtail (271)
- Yellow Oriole (264)
- Wompoo Fruit-dove (258)
- Forest Kingfisher (250)
- Welcome Swallow (250)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (247)
- Victoria's Riflebird (232)
- Torresian Imperial-pigeon (231)
- Helmeted Friarbird (225)
- Grey Fantail (223)
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 Mossman Gorge:
- Mossman (2.1 km)
- Finlayvale (2.1 km)
- Shannonvale (4.3 km)
- Bonnie Doon (5.3 km)
- Cooya Beach (6 km)
- Cassowary (6.8 km)
- Newell (7.5 km)
- Miallo (7.5 km)
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Streets
- Coral Sea Drive (35)
- Gorge View Crescent (6)
- Jankaji Close (4)
- Jankaji Street (4)
- Johnston Road (3)
- Kankarr Street (10)
- Lund Street (24)
- Manjal Close (3)
- Manjal Dimbi Road (4)
- Manjal Street (3)
- Mansal Street (3)
- Mossman Gorge Road (31)
- Mujanija Close (4)
- Mujanija Street (4)
- Tara Hills Road (2)
- Walkarr Close (4)
- Walker Close (4)
