Mutchilba QLD 4872
275 addresses · 43 streets
Kennedy Electorate › Mareeba LGA › Mutchilba · 1397 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Mutchilba is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 627 people, with a median age of 38. The typical household earns around $1,612 a week, with median rent near $250 a week. Most homes are houses. About 68% of households own their home and 23% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Tablelands statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mutchilba itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
Getting around. Airport: Mareeba Airport, 20.8 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: 27.6% 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 | 27.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 55.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.2% · Labour-force participation 62.4%
Population by age in Mutchilba
| 0-4 | 49 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 70 |
| 15-19 | 42 |
| 20-24 | 26 |
| 25-34 | 87 |
| 35-44 | 87 |
| 45-54 | 113 |
| 55-64 | 74 |
| 65-74 | 48 |
| 75-84 | 14 |
| 85+ | 8 |
Dwelling types in Mutchilba
| House | 193 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 4 |
Households by weekly income in Mutchilba
| <$650 | 19 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 50 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 55 |
| $3,000+ | 35 |
Top ancestries in Mutchilba
| Australian | 207 |
|---|---|
| English | 174 |
| Ancestry NS | 80 |
| Italian | 70 |
| Scottish | 55 |
| Other | 43 |
Housing tenure in Mutchilba
| Owned | 65 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 65 |
| Rented | 44 |
| Other | 18 |
Cars per household in Mutchilba
| 0 | 8 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 46 |
| 2 | 70 |
| 3 | 40 |
| 4+ | 33 |
Commute to work in Mutchilba
| Car | 169 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 25 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 66 |
Top countries of birth in Mutchilba
| South Africa | 37 |
|---|---|
| England | 12 |
| Germany | 7 |
| Italy | 6 |
| Malaysia | 6 |
| New Zealand | 5 |
Languages used at home in Mutchilba
| Afrikaans | 40 |
|---|---|
| Italian | 12 |
| Mandarin | 9 |
| German | 6 |
| Croatian | 5 |
| French | 5 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
240 bird observations recorded near Mutchilba — most often seen:
- Yellow Honeyeater (12)
- Peaceful Dove (11)
- Banded Honeyeater (10)
- Brown Honeyeater (10)
- Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (10)
- Australian Magpie (9)
- Black Kite (9)
- Blue-winged Kookaburra (9)
- Spangled Drongo (9)
- Straw-necked Ibis (9)
- Striated Pardalote (9)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (9)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (8)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Mutchilba
- Crested Pigeon (8)
- Grey Fantail (8)
- Pale-headed Rosella (8)
- Pied Currawong (8)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (8)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (8)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (8)
- Masked Lapwing (7)
- Noisy Friarbird (7)
- Pheasant Coucal (7)
- Australian Bustard (6)
- Rufous Whistler (6)
- Whistling Kite (6)
- White-throated Honeyeater (6)
- Black-necked Stork (5)
- Little Bronze-cuckoo (5)
- Magpie-lark (5)
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 Mutchilba:
- Arriga (13.1 km)
- Dimbulah (16.6 km)
- Chewko (16.7 km)
- Walkamin (18.8 km)
- Glen Russell (20.8 km)
- Paddys Green (21.4 km)
- Watsonville (23.5 km)
- Tolga (23.7 km)
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Streets
- Algoma Road (11)
- Barbetti Road (4)
- Borzi Road (3)
- Campbell Road (10)
- Cascade Close (6)
- Catherine Road (2)
- Chettle Road (1)
- Chisari Road (4)
- Collins Weir Road (7)
- Craig Road (2)
- Cuzzubbo Road (1)
- Dawson Road (4)
- Demis Road (2)
- East Dawson Road (1)
- Fumar Road (7)
- Green Road (1)
- Horse Creek Road (2)
- Leadingham Creek Road (1)
- Lemonside Road (5)
- Lemonside Road E (1)
- Lemontree Drive (5)
- Mareeba - Dimbulah Road (32)
- Marsterson Street (12)
- Masterson Road (5)
- Masterson Street (15)
- Mcleod Road (8)
- Metzger Road (4)
- Middle Creek Road (4)
- Musumeci Street (2)
- Mutchilba Road (14)
- Oaky Valley Avenue (15)
- Peace Road (5)
- Piemonte Road (10)
- Pin Road (10)
- Price Creek Road (2)
- Robinson Road (3)
- Selby Road (4)
- Springmount Road (26)
- Stankovich Road (3)
- Tabacum Road (1)
- Tait Street (12)
- Walsh Road (4)
- West Dawson Road (4)
