Umagico QLD 4876
147 addresses · 12 streets
Leichhardt Electorate › Northern Peninsula Area LGA › Umagico · 2155 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Umagico is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 394 people, with a median age of 20. The typical household earns around $939 a week, with median rent near $125 a week. Most homes are houses. About 3% of households own their home and 93% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Aboriginal, Ancestry NS, Australian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Northern Peninsula statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Umagico itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
2 places to stay
Getting around. Airport: Northern Peninsula Airport, 12.5 km south-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: 54.5% 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 | 54.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 92.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 31.9% · Labour-force participation 49.6%
Population by age in Umagico
| 0-4 | 52 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 110 |
| 15-19 | 32 |
| 20-24 | 34 |
| 25-34 | 58 |
| 35-44 | 40 |
| 45-54 | 34 |
| 55-64 | 26 |
| 65-74 | 6 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Umagico
| House | 73 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 16 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 6 |
Households by weekly income in Umagico
| <$650 | 25 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 26 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 12 |
| $3,000+ | 6 |
Top ancestries in Umagico
| Other | 337 |
|---|---|
| Aboriginal | 292 |
| Ancestry NS | 30 |
| Australian | 27 |
| English | 16 |
| Chinese | 6 |
Housing tenure in Umagico
| Owned | 3 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 84 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Umagico
| 0 | 31 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 30 |
| 2 | 15 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Umagico
| Car | 46 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 4 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 14 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Languages used at home in Umagico
| Australian Indigenous | 304 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
5,879 bird observations recorded near Umagico — most often seen:
- Palm Cockatoo (358)
- Masked Lapwing (355)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (347)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (320)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (304)
- Graceful Honeyeater (285)
- Yellow Oriole (282)
- Yellow-spotted Honeyeater (258)
- Black Kite (235)
- Australasian Figbird (210)
- Australasian Grebe (204)
- Spangled Drongo (171)
- Black Butcherbird (169)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Umagico
- White-throated Honeyeater (163)
- Whistling Kite (158)
- Dusky Honeyeater (156)
- Australian Brush-turkey (154)
- Mistletoebird (153)
- Torresian Imperial-pigeon (148)
- Helmeted Friarbird (143)
- Metallic Starling (136)
- Australian White Ibis (134)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (133)
- Magnificent Riflebird (133)
- Blue-winged Kookaburra (132)
- Hornbill Helmeted Friarbird (132)
- Grey Teal (129)
- Varied Triller (127)
- White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike (127)
- Straw-necked Ibis (123)
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 Umagico:
- Bamaga (4.3 km)
- New Mapoon (4.7 km)
- Seisia (4.7 km)
- Injinoo (6.5 km)
- Prince Of Wales (26.7 km)
- Horn (34.9 km)
- Thursday Island (37.6 km)
- Keriri Island (40.6 km)
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Streets
- Alau Close (9)
- Charlie Street (19)
- Mara Street (24)
- Massey Street (1)
- Mooka Avenue (5)
- Mooka Street (6)
- Namok Road (11)
- Pascoe Street (21)
- Wassey Street (2)
- Wilson Street (5)
- Woosup Street (21)
- Young Street (23)
