Murrigal QLD 4854
39 addresses · 10 streets
Kennedy Electorate › Cassowary Coast LGA › Murrigal · 1277 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Murrigal is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 106 people, with a median age of 39. The typical household earns around $1,718 a week, with median rent near $260 a week. Most homes are houses. About 63% of households own their home and 10% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Italian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Tully statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Murrigal itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
Getting around. Airport: Innisfail Aerodrome, 55.8 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: 12% 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 | 12.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 29.2% |
Demographics
Population by age in Murrigal
| 0-4 | 10 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 17 |
| 15-19 | 4 |
| 20-24 | 12 |
| 25-34 | 6 |
| 35-44 | 11 |
| 45-54 | 13 |
| 55-64 | 11 |
| 65-74 | 7 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Murrigal
| House | 36 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Murrigal
| <$650 | 5 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 5 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 15 |
| $3,000+ | 4 |
Top ancestries in Murrigal
| Australian | 39 |
|---|---|
| English | 25 |
| Italian | 18 |
| Ancestry NS | 17 |
| Scottish | 11 |
| German | 9 |
Housing tenure in Murrigal
| Owned | 14 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 5 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 8 |
Cars per household in Murrigal
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 11 |
| 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 9 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Murrigal
| Car | 28 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 6 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
418 bird observations recorded near Murrigal — most often seen:
- Black Kite (22)
- Black-necked Stork (22)
- White-breasted Woodswallow (22)
- Willie Wagtail (20)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (18)
- Forest Kingfisher (17)
- Magpie Goose (17)
- Brahminy Kite (16)
- Masked Lapwing (16)
- Australian White Ibis (14)
- Chestnut-breasted Munia (14)
- Magpie-lark (14)
- Blue-winged Kookaburra (13)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Murrigal
- Great Egret (13)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (13)
- Spangled Drongo (13)
- Grey Whistler (12)
- Intermediate Egret (12)
- Peaceful Dove (12)
- Yellow Oriole (12)
- Australasian Figbird (11)
- Crimson Finch (11)
- Graceful Honeyeater (11)
- Metallic Starling (11)
- Pheasant Coucal (11)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (11)
- Royal Spoonbill (11)
- Golden-headed Cisticola (10)
- Laughing Kookaburra (10)
- Macleay's Honeyeater (9)
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 Murrigal:
- Euramo (5.8 km)
- Murray Upper (8.4 km)
- Bilyana (8.5 km)
- Rockingham (9 km)
- Silky Oak (10.2 km)
- Warrami (10.5 km)
- Jarra Creek (11.5 km)
- Tully (13.1 km)
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Streets
- Bellenden Road (7)
- Bruce Highway (2)
- Hamlin Road (1)
- Houston Road (2)
- King Road (5)
- Mackinnon Road (3)
- Russel Henry Road (2)
- Russell Henry Road (2)
- Sparvall Road (5)
- Upper Murray Road (10)
