Mount Murchison QLD 4715
70 addresses · 9 streets
Flynn Electorate › Banana LGA › Mount Murchison · 425 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Mount Murchison is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 128 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $2,208 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 61% of households own their home and 30% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Banana statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mount Murchison itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: Thangool Airport, 16.4 km south.
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: 10.6% 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 | 10.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 33.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5.2% · Labour-force participation 58%
Population by age in Mount Murchison
| 0-4 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 24 |
| 15-19 | 8 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 14 |
| 35-44 | 9 |
| 45-54 | 21 |
| 55-64 | 10 |
| 65-74 | 10 |
| 75-84 | 15 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Mount Murchison
| House | 30 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 6 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Mount Murchison
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 4 |
| $3,000+ | 4 |
Top ancestries in Mount Murchison
| Australian | 55 |
|---|---|
| English | 44 |
| German | 26 |
| Ancestry NS | 23 |
| Italian | 10 |
| Irish | 8 |
Housing tenure in Mount Murchison
| Owned | 11 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 9 |
| Rented | 10 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Mount Murchison
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 10 |
| 4+ | 9 |
Commute to work in Mount Murchison
| Car | 40 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 3 |
Top countries of birth in Mount Murchison
| New Zealand | 5 |
|---|---|
| England | 3 |
Languages used at home in Mount Murchison
| Italian | 5 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
344 bird observations recorded near Mount Murchison — most often seen:
- Torresian Crow (26)
- Magpie-lark (23)
- Willie Wagtail (21)
- Crested Pigeon (18)
- Red-winged Parrot (17)
- Australian Magpie (14)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (14)
- Nankeen Kestrel (14)
- Pacific Black Duck (14)
- Pied Butcherbird (13)
- Red-backed Fairy-wren (11)
- Apostlebird (10)
- Black Kite (10)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Mount Murchison
- Pheasant Coucal (10)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (10)
- Brown Honeyeater (9)
- Common Myna (9)
- Double-barred Finch (9)
- Little Friarbird (9)
- Peaceful Dove (9)
- Whistling Kite (9)
- Brown Falcon (8)
- Grey Fantail (8)
- Laughing Kookaburra (8)
- Australian Wood Duck (7)
- Little Black Cormorant (7)
- Little Corella (7)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (7)
- Straw-necked Ibis (7)
- Australian Reed Warbler (6)
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 Mount Murchison:
- Dakenba (6.2 km)
- Valentine Plains (6.5 km)
- Biloela (7.5 km)
- Callide (10.8 km)
- Prospect (15.2 km)
- Dumgree (16.7 km)
- Thangool (17.4 km)
- Orange Creek (19.6 km)
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Streets
- Biloela - Callide Road (22)
- Cocups Road (3)
- Dawson Highway (10)
- Forestry Road (2)
- Freemans Road W (7)
- Linkes Road (5)
- Muirs Road (14)
- Pelican Point Road (1)
- Shorts Road (6)
