Myrtlevale QLD 4800
76 addresses · 12 streets
Dawson Electorate › Whitsunday LGA › Myrtlevale · 915 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Myrtlevale is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 205 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $1,906 a week, with median rent near $295 a week. Most homes are houses. About 80% of households own their home and 16% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Proserpine statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Myrtlevale itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
1 golf club
1 place to stay
Getting around. Train station: Proserpine, 8.8 km south · Airport: Whitsunday Coast Airport, 18.4 km south.
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: 24% 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 | 24.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 32.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.8% · Labour-force participation 63.7%
Population by age in Myrtlevale
| 0-4 | 8 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 22 |
| 15-19 | 16 |
| 20-24 | 5 |
| 25-34 | 17 |
| 35-44 | 17 |
| 45-54 | 33 |
| 55-64 | 49 |
| 65-74 | 30 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Myrtlevale
| House | 55 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 14 |
Households by weekly income in Myrtlevale
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 20 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 21 |
| $3,000+ | 18 |
Top ancestries in Myrtlevale
| English | 90 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 74 |
| Scottish | 37 |
| Irish | 28 |
| Italian | 18 |
| Ancestry NS | 10 |
Housing tenure in Myrtlevale
| Owned | 30 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 25 |
| Rented | 11 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Myrtlevale
| 0 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 16 |
| 2 | 24 |
| 3 | 15 |
| 4+ | 10 |
Commute to work in Myrtlevale
| Car | 79 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 5 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 7 |
Top countries of birth in Myrtlevale
| New Zealand | 7 |
|---|---|
| England | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
365 bird observations recorded near Myrtlevale — most often seen:
- Black Kite (25)
- Laughing Kookaburra (17)
- Spangled Drongo (17)
- Pheasant Coucal (14)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (14)
- Australasian Figbird (13)
- Green Figbird (13)
- Mistletoebird (13)
- Whistling Kite (13)
- White-breasted Woodswallow (13)
- Australian Brush-turkey (12)
- Eastern Varied Triller (12)
- Leaden Flycatcher (12)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Myrtlevale
- Lewin's Honeyeater (12)
- Peaceful Dove (12)
- Southern Spangled Drongo (12)
- Varied Triller (12)
- Brown Falcon (11)
- Magpie-lark (11)
- Pacific Black Duck (11)
- Australian Magpie (10)
- Eastern Dusky Honeyeater (10)
- Eastern Peaceful Dove (10)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (10)
- Straw-necked Ibis (10)
- White-bellied Sea-eagle (10)
- Eastern Leaden Flycatcher (9)
- Nankeen Kestrel (9)
- Red-backed Fairy-wren (9)
- White-gaped 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 Myrtlevale:
- Foxdale (4.8 km)
- Strathdickie (4.8 km)
- Gregory River (6.1 km)
- Hamilton Plains (6.9 km)
- Sugarloaf (8.1 km)
- Mount Julian (8.4 km)
- Proserpine (9.1 km)
- Crystal Brook (9.3 km)
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Streets
- Blair Road (3)
- Bonnie Springs Road (2)
- Borellini Road (2)
- Bruce Highway (32)
- Dougherty Road (1)
- Gregory - Cannon Valley Road (3)
- Moranino Road (4)
- Muller Road (7)
- Ossie Drive (1)
- Parkinson Road (5)
- Sawmill Drive (15)
- Up River Road (1)
