South Wellesley Islands Postcode

Queensland

Very Remote
4871
Postcode for South Wellesley Islands, QLD
Phone area code: 07 · 1815 km from Brisbane
Where South Wellesley Islands ranks: household income sits in the bottom 10% of QLD suburbs.

South Wellesley Islands is a very remote community in Queensland, with postcode 4871. It lies roughly 1815 km from Brisbane, classified by the ABS as very remote Australia. The area is administered by Mornington.

South Wellesley Islands is part of the Outback - North statistical area in Queensland.

South Wellesley Islands Details

Postcode4871
StateQueensland (QLD)
Phone Area Code07
Area150.8 km²
Latitude-17.0487246
Longitude139.4165746
Distance from Brisbane1815 km
Region (SA4)Queensland - Outback
Area (SA3)Outback - North
Local GovernmentMornington
Federal ElectorateKennedy

Suburbs Near South Wellesley Islands

West Wellesley Islands 36.4 km Wellesley Islands 36.4 km Mornington Island 59.1 km Burketown 78.2 km Gangalidda 82.1 km Augustus Downs 82.1 km Nicholson 95.1 km Doomadgee 117.3 km Carpentaria 130.1 km Karumba 162.7 km Gregory 179.0 km Gregory Downs 179.0 km

Same Postcode (4871)

Abingdon Downs Almaden Aloomba Amber Aurukun Basilisk Bellenden Ker Blackbull Bolwarra Bombeeta Boogan Bramston Beach Bulleringa Camp Creek Chillagoe Claraville Coen Conjuboy Coralie Cowley Cowley Beach Cowley Creek Croydon Crystalbrook Currajah Deeral Desailly East Creek East Trinity Edward River Einasleigh Esmeralda Fishery Falls Fitzroy Island Forsayth Fossilbrook Four Mile Beach Georgetown Germantown Gilbert River Glen Boughton Green Island Gununa Helenvale Hurricane Julatten Karron Kidston Koah Kowanyama Kurrimine Beach Lakeland Lakeland Downs Laura Lockhart Lower Cowley Lyndhurst Macalister Range Mamu Mena Creek Miriwinni Mirriwinni Moresby Mornington Island Mount Carbine Mount Molloy Mount Mulligan Mount Surprise Northhead Nychum Petford Pormpuraaw Portland Roads Rookwood Sandy Pocket Southedge Spurgeon Stockton Strathmore Talaroo Thornborough Utchee Creek Wangan Warrubullen Waugh Pocket Wellesley Islands West Wellesley Islands Woopen Creek Yarrabah

More South Wellesley Islands Data

Mornington LGA 3 suburbs, 2 postcodes, 1,022 people Climate & Weather Closest station: Mount Isa (409.4 km)

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