Mourilyan QLD 4858
334 addresses · 22 streets
Kennedy Electorate › Cassowary Coast LGA › Mourilyan · 1312 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Mourilyan is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 509 people, with a median age of 44. The typical household earns around $1,309 a week, with median rent near $250 a week. Most homes are houses. About 66% of households own their home and 32% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Italian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Johnstone statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mourilyan itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
1 hospital
1 golf club
Getting around. Train station: Innisfail, 7 km north · Railway halt: Innisfail Mini Rail, 7.7 km north · Airport: Innisfail Aerodrome, 4.4 km north-west.
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: 16% 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 | 16.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 21.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5% · Labour-force participation 57.4%
Population by age in Mourilyan
| 0-4 | 30 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 57 |
| 15-19 | 20 |
| 20-24 | 24 |
| 25-34 | 67 |
| 35-44 | 50 |
| 45-54 | 65 |
| 55-64 | 82 |
| 65-74 | 53 |
| 75-84 | 34 |
| 85+ | 20 |
Dwelling types in Mourilyan
| House | 193 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 14 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Mourilyan
| <$650 | 42 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 67 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 55 |
| $3,000+ | 20 |
Top ancestries in Mourilyan
| English | 160 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 149 |
| Italian | 113 |
| Other | 68 |
| Scottish | 50 |
| Aboriginal | 49 |
Housing tenure in Mourilyan
| Owned | 81 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 45 |
| Rented | 62 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Mourilyan
| 0 | 9 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 76 |
| 2 | 82 |
| 3 | 22 |
| 4+ | 7 |
Commute to work in Mourilyan
| Car | 170 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 4 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 15 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 11 |
Top countries of birth in Mourilyan
| New Zealand | 11 |
|---|---|
| Italy | 10 |
| India | 8 |
| England | 7 |
| Germany | 4 |
| South Africa | 4 |
Languages used at home in Mourilyan
| Punjabi | 15 |
|---|---|
| Spanish | 6 |
| Italian | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
6,112 bird observations recorded near Mourilyan — most often seen:
- Masked Lapwing (507)
- White-breasted Woodswallow (401)
- Southern Cassowary (382)
- Common Myna (376)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (321)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (275)
- Metallic Starling (250)
- Magpie-lark (241)
- Australian White Ibis (234)
- Willie Wagtail (224)
- Peaceful Dove (203)
- Straw-necked Ibis (199)
- Bush Stone-curlew (197)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Mourilyan
- Australasian Figbird (193)
- Welcome Swallow (185)
- Forest Kingfisher (180)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (179)
- House Sparrow (165)
- Spangled Drongo (150)
- Olive-backed Sunbird (144)
- Hornbill Helmeted Friarbird (121)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (119)
- Eastern Peaceful Dove (115)
- Southern Magpie-lark (115)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (109)
- Cape York Yellow Honeyeater (108)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (108)
- Chestnut-breasted Munia (106)
- Laughing Kookaburra (104)
- Great Egret (101)
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 Mourilyan:
- Comoon Loop (2.5 km)
- Stockton (2.6 km)
- Martyville (3.1 km)
- Etty Bay (3.2 km)
- New Harbourline (3.6 km)
- Boogan (3.9 km)
- Wangan (3.9 km)
- Mundoo (3.9 km)
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Streets
- Back Street (1)
- Bombala Street (31)
- Boogan Road (2)
- Bruce Highway (31)
- Canberra Street (3)
- Castor Street (33)
- Cooma Street (4)
- Corsi Road (2)
- Esplanade (2)
- Etty Bay Road (1)
- Flynn Road (11)
- Gowrie Street (29)
- Graham Road (5)
- Harbour Road (1)
- Kate Boylan Road (2)
- Martyville Road (1)
- Mill Reserve (7)
- Mill Street (64)
- Mourilyan Harbour Road (60)
- New Harbourline Road (1)
- Nughes Road (1)
- Peregrine Street (42)
