Mutarnee QLD 4816
136 addresses · 15 streets
Kennedy Electorate › Townsville LGA › Mutarnee · 1168 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Mutarnee is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 120 people, with a median age of 53. The typical household earns around $1,292 a week, with median rent near $380 a week. Most homes are houses. About 86% of households own their home and 14% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Aboriginal. 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 Northern Beaches statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mutarnee itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 service station
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Ingham Airport, 37.3 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: 46.5% 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 | 46.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 73.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 8.8% · Labour-force participation 57.6%
Population by age in Mutarnee
| 0-4 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 14 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 10 |
| 35-44 | 12 |
| 45-54 | 21 |
| 55-64 | 20 |
| 65-74 | 16 |
| 75-84 | 12 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Mutarnee
| House | 37 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Mutarnee
| <$650 | 9 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 16 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 6 |
| $3,000+ | 4 |
Top ancestries in Mutarnee
| English | 51 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 25 |
| Aboriginal | 18 |
| Ancestry NS | 15 |
| German | 13 |
| Scottish | 11 |
Housing tenure in Mutarnee
| Owned | 19 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 11 |
| Rented | 5 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Mutarnee
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 21 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Mutarnee
| Car | 20 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 10 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 15 |
Top countries of birth in Mutarnee
| Germany | 7 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 6 |
| Italy | 4 |
Languages used at home in Mutarnee
| German | 9 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
4,067 bird observations recorded near Mutarnee — most often seen:
- Bar-shouldered Dove (272)
- White-browed Robin (266)
- Australian Brush-turkey (249)
- Peaceful Dove (207)
- Australasian Figbird (198)
- Varied Triller (186)
- White-throated Honeyeater (186)
- Forest Kingfisher (171)
- Yellow-spotted Honeyeater (159)
- Northern Fantail (151)
- Brown-backed Honeyeater (147)
- Dusky Honeyeater (141)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (137)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Mutarnee
- Grey Fantail (132)
- Spectacled Monarch (124)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (121)
- Yellow Honeyeater (120)
- Australian Swiftlet (117)
- Mistletoebird (114)
- Leaden Flycatcher (102)
- Spangled Drongo (87)
- Silvereye (83)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (80)
- Lovely Fairy-wren (78)
- Noisy Pitta (77)
- White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike (77)
- Bush Stone-curlew (74)
- Large-billed Gerygone (72)
- White-breasted Woodswallow (71)
- Rufous Whistler (68)
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 Mutarnee:
- Crystal Creek (3.6 km)
- Coolbie (6.6 km)
- Rollingstone (11.9 km)
- Balgal Beach (14.2 km)
- Bambaroo (15.8 km)
- Yuruga (20 km)
- Paluma (21.8 km)
- Toomulla (21.9 km)
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Streets
- Barrett Road (23)
- Bruce Highway (20)
- Caleo Road (4)
- Daly Road (2)
- Esplanade (2)
- Jesson Road (1)
- Lound Road (7)
- Mt Spec Ewan Road (1)
- Mutarnee School Road (9)
- Ollimott Road (11)
- Ponderosa Road (14)
- Prideaux Road (1)
- Spiegelhauer Road (11)
- Trotter Road (10)
- Volk Road (20)
