Suburby Get to know your Aussie suburb
List your business

Palmyra QLD 4751

123 addresses · 15 streets

Capricornia Electorate › Mackay LGA › Palmyra · 804 km from Brisbane

Living Here

Palmyra is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 250 people, with a median age of 47. The typical household earns around $2,218 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 82% of households own their home and 14% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

250Population
47Median age
$2,218Median household income / wk
$300Median rent / wk
2.8Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Walkerston - Eton statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Palmyra itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Mackay, 9.4 km east · Airport: Mackay Airport, 11.5 km east.

Run a business in Palmyra? Get listed →

Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 4/10
Economic resources9/10
Education & jobs1/10

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: 17.5% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Palmyra

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Palmyra QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202017.5%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202134.8%

Demographics

Unemployment 1.4% · Labour-force participation 68.8%

Population by age in Palmyra
Population by age, Palmyra QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-412
5-1425
15-1918
20-2421
25-3418
35-4424
45-5441
55-6451
65-7426
75-846
85+4
Dwelling types in Palmyra
Dwelling types, Palmyra QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House74
Townhouse3
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Palmyra
Households by weekly income, Palmyra QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$65012
$650-1,49915
$1,500-2,99938
$3,000+23
Top ancestries in Palmyra
Top ancestries, Palmyra QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Australian106
English103
Irish27
Scottish27
Maltese22
Italian18
Housing tenure in Palmyra
Housing tenure, Palmyra QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned32
Mortgage36
Rented12
Other3
Cars per household in Palmyra
Cars per household, Palmyra QLD (ABS Census 2021)
00
111
228
320
4+23
Commute to work in Palmyra
Commute to work, Palmyra QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car104
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked4
Bicycle0
Home18
Languages used at home in Palmyra
Languages used at home, Palmyra QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Afrikaans4

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

3,543 bird observations recorded near Palmyra — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Palmyra

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 Palmyra:

Embed this suburb

Add this free Palmyra stat card to your own site — just copy the code:

Preview:

Cite this page

Quoting these figures? Copy the credit line:

Keep an eye on Palmyra

One email when this data meaningfully changes — new census figures, prices, rankings. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.

Streets

Image — Bernard Gagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons).