Suburb profile

Bamaga QLD 4876

Bamaga is located in the Outback Queensland region of Queensland, postcode 4876. It has 561 properties across 21 streets, mostly houses. Explore every street in Bamaga, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Bamaga

Bamaga, QLD 4876, sits in Outback Queensland and neighbours New Mapoon, Somerset and Umagico. Its 21 streets hold 561 properties, 405 of them houses and 156 units.

Census figures are for the Northern Peninsula area, which covers the suburb. It had 2,781 residents, a median age of 23 and an average household of 3.5 people. Median household income was $1,331 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month and the median rent $120 a week. Of 678 dwellings, 530 were separate houses, 78 semi-detached, 18 flats and 37 other. Tenure was 18 owned outright, 3 owned with a mortgage and 614 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Bamaga

  • 2,781Peoplelive in the area
  • 23Median ageyears
  • $1,331Median household incomea week
  • $120Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses530
  • Townhouses and semis78
  • Flats and apartments18
  • Other37

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,300a month
  • Household size3.5people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 18Owned with a mortgage 3Rented 614Other 43

Schools in Bamaga

  • Northern Peninsula Area College - Bamaga Junior Campus

    GovernmentPrimary

  • Northern Peninsula Area State College

    GovernmentPrimary and secondary

Streets in Bamaga

Neighbouring suburbs

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Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

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Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.