Mysterton QLD 4812
504 addresses · 22 streets
Herbert Electorate › Townsville LGA › Mysterton · 1110 km from Brisbane
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Living Here
Mysterton is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 793 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $2,020 a week, with median rent near $298 a week. Most homes are houses. About 73% of households own their home and 25% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Hyde Park - Pimlico statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mysterton itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
1 pharmacy
3 doctors & medical clinics
2 dentists
2 physiotherapists
3 optometrists
2 bakeries
4 hardware stores
2 electricians
Getting around. Train station: Townsville, 2.4 km north-east · Ferry wharf: Magnetic Island Ferries - Townsville Terminal, 4.9 km north-east · Airport: RAAF Base Townsville, 3.7 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: 18.6% 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 | 18.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 23.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.4% · Labour-force participation 68.7%
Population by age in Mysterton
| 0-4 | 35 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 101 |
| 15-19 | 54 |
| 20-24 | 43 |
| 25-34 | 91 |
| 35-44 | 85 |
| 45-54 | 110 |
| 55-64 | 124 |
| 65-74 | 99 |
| 75-84 | 38 |
| 85+ | 15 |
Dwelling types in Mysterton
| House | 259 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 29 |
| Apartment | 20 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Mysterton
| <$650 | 29 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 79 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 72 |
| $3,000+ | 89 |
Top ancestries in Mysterton
| English | 305 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 278 |
| Irish | 137 |
| Scottish | 136 |
| Other | 68 |
| Italian | 56 |
Housing tenure in Mysterton
| Owned | 103 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 125 |
| Rented | 79 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Mysterton
| 0 | 9 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 96 |
| 2 | 127 |
| 3 | 52 |
| 4+ | 22 |
Commute to work in Mysterton
| Car | 319 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 3 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 5 |
| Bicycle | 6 |
| Home | 43 |
Top countries of birth in Mysterton
| England | 20 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 11 |
| Indonesia | 6 |
| Scotland | 6 |
| United States | 6 |
| Germany | 3 |
Languages used at home in Mysterton
| Arabic | 9 |
|---|---|
| German | 7 |
| Greek | 6 |
| Italian | 4 |
| Tagalog | 3 |
| Spanish | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
86,408 bird observations recorded near Mysterton — most often seen:
- Australian White Ibis (5,723)
- Masked Lapwing (4,558)
- Peaceful Dove (4,185)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (4,181)
- Magpie-lark (4,006)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (3,626)
- Common Myna (3,522)
- Great Bowerbird (3,512)
- White-gaped Honeyeater (3,504)
- Brown Honeyeater (3,245)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (3,135)
- White-breasted Woodswallow (3,065)
- Welcome Swallow (2,988)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Mysterton
- Australasian Figbird (2,788)
- Pacific Black Duck (2,566)
- Bush Stone-curlew (2,465)
- Rock Dove (2,342)
- Australasian Darter (2,280)
- Spangled Drongo (2,266)
- Magpie Goose (2,184)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (2,171)
- Little Black Cormorant (2,161)
- Australian Magpie (2,110)
- Nutmeg Munia (2,109)
- Great Egret (2,021)
- Little Pied Cormorant (1,996)
- Yellow Honeyeater (1,956)
- Intermediate Egret (1,923)
- Helmeted Friarbird (1,915)
- Torresian Imperial-pigeon (1,905)
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 Mysterton:
- Pimlico (0.7 km)
- Hermit Park (0.9 km)
- Hyde Park (1.1 km)
- Mundingburra (1.3 km)
- Rosslea (1.4 km)
- Currajong (2 km)
- Gulliver (2.1 km)
- Oonoonba (2.5 km)
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Streets
- Ballard Street (15)
- Balls Lane (12)
- Barringha Court (5)
- Batt Street (1)
- Brentnall Street (24)
- Buck Street (13)
- Burton Street (38)
- Chapman Street (36)
- Charters Towers Road (80)
- Enright Street (13)
- Hammond Street (27)
- Kings Road (37)
- Lawson Street (12)
- Lomax Street (7)
- Mawai Street (9)
- Mcquade Court (18)
- Mears Street (48)
- Mindham Street (25)
- Purves Street (25)
- Ross River Road (13)
- Suttor Street (8)
- Townsend Street (38)
