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Queensland · SA2 306051170

What's going on in Mareeba

Population 11,825 · open in Google Maps ↗ · compare with another suburb

Top rank

#40 of 530 in Queensland

for % Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander (12.7%)

Rank 2

#62 of 530 in Queensland

for % of adults with no post-school qualification (59.4%)

Rank 3

#127 of 530 in Queensland

for % single-parent families (18.8%)

The three dimensions where Mareeba picks up its best ranks, state or national whichever is sharper.

Snapshot

Five fixed dimensions covered for every SA2. Rank shown is whichever of state or national gives the lower number — i.e. the most "top X" framing.

Median household income (weekly)
$1,282 / week
#427 of 530 in Queensland

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Median age
41 years
#182 of 530 in Queensland

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

% of households renting
30.2%
#268 of 530 in Queensland

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Unemployment rate
5.8%
#177 of 530 in Queensland

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Average persons per bedroom
0.80
#180 of 530 in Queensland

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Walk the ranking

Mareeba's sharpest rank is for % Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. These are the places sitting either side of it nationally — each one carries its own neighbours, so the walk keeps going.

↑ #125 · one rank above Kuranda Queensland ↓ #127 · one rank below Narrandera New South Wales

Next door

Boundary: ABS ASGS Edition 3 (2021) SA2. Each source row links to a plain-language summary on About and to the data provider's portal — never a direct download.