Mount Mulligan Postcode

Queensland

Very Remote Bottom 20% SEIFA

4871

Postcode for Mount Mulligan, QLD
Phone area code: 07 · 1447 km from Brisbane · Pop. 4

Population

Median Age

$N/A

Household Income/wk

$N/A

Median Rent/wk

2/10

SEIFA Advantage

1513.9

Area (km²)

Income, rent and SEIFA figures are from the ABS 2021 Census and are reported in 2021 dollars, not adjusted for subsequent inflation.

Where Mount Mulligan ranks: household income sits in the bottom 10% of QLD suburbs; SEIFA decile 2 places it in the bottom 20% of Australia for socio-economic advantage.

How Mount Mulligan Compares

Mount Mulligan vs the QLD average and the national average (2021 Census, population-weighted).

Metric	Mount Mulligan	QLD avg	AU avg
Median age	22	44.0	45.0
SEIFA decile	2/10 -QLD	4.0/10	6.0/10

Green pill = at least 10% above the QLD average; red = at least 10% below; grey = within 10%. For unemployment, colour polarity is inverted: lower is better.

Mount Mulligan is a very remote community in Queensland, with postcode 4871. It lies roughly 1447 km from Brisbane, classified by the ABS as very remote Australia. The area is administered by Mareeba.

According to the 2021 Census, Mount Mulligan has a population of 4 with a median age of 22.

On the SEIFA Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage, Mount Mulligan scores in decile 2 out of 10, which is well below the national average.

Mount Mulligan is part of the Outback - North statistical area in Queensland.

Mount Mulligan Details

Postcode	4871
State	Queensland (QLD)
Phone Area Code	07
Population (2021)	4
Median Age	22 years
Median Personal Income (Census 2021)	$900/week
Area	1513.9 km²
Population Density	0/km²
SEIFA IRSAD Decile	2/10 (well below average)
Latitude	-16.8508278
Longitude	144.8770582
Distance from Brisbane	1447 km
Region (SA4)	Queensland - Outback
Area (SA3)	Outback - North
Local Government	Mareeba
Federal Electorate	Kennedy

Age Profile

100.0%

0–14 (0.0%) 15–24 (100.0%) 25–44 (0.0%) 45–64 (0.0%) 65+ (0.0%)

Show counts

0–14 years	0 (0.0%)
15–24 years	4 (100.0%)
25–44 years	0 (0.0%)
45–64 years	0 (0.0%)
65+ years	0 (0.0%)

SEIFA Socio-economic Index

Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage (IRSAD), decile 2 of 10. Higher deciles indicate more advantage.

Suburbs Near Mount Mulligan

Thornborough 32.9 km Glen Russell 36.7 km Dimbulah 41.3 km Nychum 41.8 km Hurricane 44.5 km Mount Carbine 46.0 km Arriga 48.1 km Desailly 48.3 km Mutchilba 50.2 km Southedge 50.7 km Chillagoe 50.8 km Mount Molloy 52.0 km

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More Mount Mulligan Data

Mareeba LGA 51 suburbs, 6 postcodes, 22,866 people Climate & Weather Closest station: Port Douglas (73.9 km) NDIS Providers NDIS data for Mareeba LGA

Page last reviewed June 2026. Data sources: Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census (CC BY 4.0), SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, ACARA school profiles 2025. How this data is sourced.