IRSAD
Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage
Score 906
Measures relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 2 of 10
Within QueenslandDecile 2 of 10
For state-level context, explore the Queensland economy.
Housing
Mareeba
Queensland · Census 2021
Median house price not tracked for this suburb
Mareeba is a dense inner suburb of Mareeba.
Household income
$1,282/wk33rd pctile
of 3,112 QLD suburbs
Amenity score
56/10086th pctile
of 1,584 rated QLD suburbs
Median house price
No open median house price for Mareeba.
Queensland sells its property sales records through licensed brokers rather than publishing them openly, so there is no official suburb median we can show. ABS median established-house price, Greater Brisbane: $1.1M; Rest of Qld: $815k.
How it compares
Household income / wk33rd percentile
<$575ABS Census 2021$3,778+
Percentiles rank this suburb against Queensland suburbs that carry the metric — never across states, and never against suburbs where it is missing. Price references are ABS median established-house transfer prices for the Mar 2026 quarter (CC BY 4.0); the suburb figure is a Valuer-General median over a different window, so read the gap as indicative. Income references are the Census 2021 median of the middle suburb in Queensland and nationally, not a household-weighted median.
People & housing
Population
11,825
Median age
41 yrs
Income / person / wk
$689
Household income / wk
$1,282
▼ 16% vs QLD
Median rent / wk
$285
Mortgage / month
$1,495
Who lives here
- Couples with children
- 25%
- −5 pts vs QLD
- Living alone
- 27%
- +2 pts vs QLD
- Unemployment
- 6%
- level with QLD
- In the labour force
- 55%
- −7 pts vs QLD
- Bachelor degree or higher
- 11%
- −10 pts vs QLD
- Earning $1–$499 a week
- 28%
- +4 pts vs QLD
- Earning $2,000+ a week
- 6%
- −5 pts vs QLD
Households for the family mix, residents aged 15+ for work, education and income; unemployment is a share of the labour force. QLD figures weight each suburb by its dwellings or residents. ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0). Withheld for very small populations — under 100 residents, or under 50 dwellings, households or workers for the shares that count those.
Housing stock
4,281 occupied private dwellings
- Separate house 89%
- Flat or apartment 7%
- Semi, terrace & other 4%
QLD: 74% separate houses · 13% flats & apartments
- Owned outright 37%
- Mortgaged 26%
- Rented 30%
- Other & not stated 6%
QLD: 29% owned outright · 34% mortgaged · 33% rented
ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0). Withheld for very small populations — under 100 residents, or under 50 dwellings, households or workers for the shares that count those.
Socio-economic profile
IRSD
Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage
Score 922
Measures relative socio-economic disadvantage only; a higher score means less disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 2 of 10
Within QueenslandDecile 2 of 10
IER
Economic Resources
Score 939
Measures access to economic resources, including income, housing costs and assets.
Within AustraliaDecile 2 of 10
Within QueenslandDecile 2 of 10
IEO
Education and Occupation
Score 894
Measures relative education and occupation characteristics.
Within AustraliaDecile 2 of 10
Within QueenslandDecile 3 of 10
Scores are standardised across Australia to a mean of 1,000 and a standard deviation of 100. Deciles run from 1 (most disadvantaged) to 10 (least disadvantaged).
Source: ABS SEIFA 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
Terrain & hazard exposure
Median elevation
467 m
range 379–1276 m
Land below 5 m
0%
0% below 2 m
Shares are the proportion of the suburb's land area. Land where Landsat saw water in at least 1% of clear passes since 1987, excluding permanent water and filtered by DEA's confidence layer. Satellites miss flood peaks, so this is a floor, not a risk estimate; dense high-rise cores can still register tower shadow as water. Designated for development control; a designation, not a prediction of fire behaviour. Includes the potential-impact buffer around bushfire prone vegetation. Mapping vintages differ by region (South East Queensland 2017, elsewhere 2014). Elevation is orthometric height from a 30 m model; no hydrology or drainage is modelled. No open statutory flood layer is published for Queensland yet.
Planning & zoning
Listed heritage places
3
State-listed only (Qld Heritage Register)
Zones are grouped into ten families so states compare; the council's own scheme is the authority for any one lot. Listed-place counts follow each state's own list, so they do not compare across states. Queensland has no statewide zoning map — each council publishes its own. Source: Queensland Heritage Register.
Local amenities
Schools
2
Supermarkets
2
Pubs & bars
0
Parks
14
Libraries
2
GP clinics
6
Pharmacies
3
Hospitals
1
Nearest supermarket
8.9 km
Nearest train
9.4 km
Nearest hospital
9.5 km
Distance to coast
32 km
Grocery mix: 1 Coles · 1 IGA. Amenity counts via © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) & Geoscience Australia HealthDirect (CC BY 4.0). Distance to coast derived from ABS state boundaries (CC BY 4.0).
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 33%
- Top language at home
- Italian · 2%
- No religion
- 33%
- Born overseas
- 19%
- English only at home
- 85%
Schools by sector
- Government / Catholic / Indep.
- 2 / 2 / 1
- Primary / Secondary
- 3 / 2
- Nearest secondary
- 8.4 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Mareeba
- Population
- 24,205 (2025) · +1.1% in a year
- Area / density
- 53,491 km² · 0/km²
- Council medians (2021)
- age 43 · $1,269/wk household income · $275/wk rent
- Council-wide house median (2023-24)
- $520k
- Federal grants
- $9.07M in 2025-26 · $375/resident
Council boundaries and the suburb split: ABS ASGS LGA 2024, allocated by 2021 mesh block and weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS Estimated Resident Population 2025. Medians: ABS Census 2021. House median: ABS Data by Region, established-house transfers across the whole council, financial year 2023-24. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. ABS and Dept of Infrastructure data CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Kennedy
- Federal MP
- Bob Katter (KAP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Coalition 59% 2PP
- State electorate
- Cook
- State MP
- David Kempton (LNP)
Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.
Sources: ABS ASGS boundaries (CC BY 4.0); ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0); ACARA School Locations (CC BY 4.0); © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); Australian Electoral Commission (CC BY 4.0); Geoscience Australia 1 Second DEM-S (CC BY 4.0); DEA Water Observations Statistics, Geoscience Australia (CC BY 4.0); Bushfire Prone Area — Queensland series, Queensland Fire Department (CC BY 4.0); Queensland Heritage Register boundaries, Queensland Government (CC BY 4.0); Wikipedia state-member tables (CC BY-SA 4.0). Not financial advice.