Mungar QLD 4650
161 addresses · 24 streets
Wide Bay Electorate › Fraser Coast LGA › Mungar · 212 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Mungar is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 328 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $1,513 a week, with median rent near $250 a week. Most homes are houses. About 89% of households own their home and 9% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. 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 Maryborough Region - South statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mungar itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
Getting around. Train station: Maryborough West, 11.4 km north-east · Airport: Maryborough Airport, 15.4 km north-east.
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: 39.1% 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 | 39.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 58.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.5% · Labour-force participation 55.6%
Population by age in Mungar
| 0-4 | 9 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 41 |
| 15-19 | 28 |
| 20-24 | 15 |
| 25-34 | 23 |
| 35-44 | 37 |
| 45-54 | 39 |
| 55-64 | 72 |
| 65-74 | 52 |
| 75-84 | 11 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Mungar
| House | 111 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Mungar
| <$650 | 18 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 31 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 36 |
| $3,000+ | 13 |
Top ancestries in Mungar
| Australian | 170 |
|---|---|
| English | 128 |
| Scottish | 39 |
| Irish | 32 |
| Ancestry NS | 26 |
| Aboriginal | 14 |
Housing tenure in Mungar
| Owned | 53 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 50 |
| Rented | 10 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Mungar
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 20 |
| 2 | 51 |
| 3 | 23 |
| 4+ | 15 |
Commute to work in Mungar
| Car | 108 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 12 |
Top countries of birth in Mungar
| England | 6 |
|---|
Languages used at home in Mungar
| German | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
310 bird observations recorded near Mungar — most often seen:
- Variegated Fairy-wren (51)
- Australian Magpie (16)
- Pacific Black Duck (15)
- Noisy Miner (14)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (12)
- Pale-headed Rosella (11)
- Straw-necked Ibis (11)
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (10)
- Laughing Kookaburra (10)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (10)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (9)
- Rufous Whistler (9)
- Australian Wood Duck (8)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Mungar
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (8)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (8)
- Galah (8)
- Pied Butcherbird (8)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (8)
- Striated Pardalote (8)
- Australian White Ibis (7)
- Cattle Egret (7)
- Crested Pigeon (7)
- Dollarbird (7)
- Grey Butcherbird (7)
- Peaceful Dove (7)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (7)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (7)
- Southern Magpie-lark (7)
- White-throated Honeyeater (7)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (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 Mungar:
- Pilerwa (2.7 km)
- Grahams Creek (3.1 km)
- Ferney (3.2 km)
- Antigua (3.5 km)
- Glenorchy (5.2 km)
- Yerra (5.8 km)
- Tinana South (6.8 km)
- Pioneers Rest (7.2 km)
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Streets
- Antigua Road (8)
- Barrage Road E (2)
- Boundary Road (14)
- Bryant Street (2)
- Clifton Street (5)
- Denison Lane (1)
- Gayndah Street (7)
- Glenbar Road (1)
- Harrison Road (2)
- Hucknall Road (1)
- Irrawarra Road (2)
- Jones Road (2)
- Jones Road E (12)
- Junction Street (4)
- Kaurie Street (3)
- Kirk Street (1)
- Mungar Road (40)
- Mungar Terrace (11)
- Murphy Street (1)
- Pilerwa Road (19)
- Pine Hills Road (2)
- Pioneer Road (10)
- Staiers Road (7)
- Yerra Road (4)
