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Mapoon QLD 4874

Mapoon is located in the Outback Queensland region of Queensland, postcode 4874. It has 388 properties across 23 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Mapoon, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Mapoon

Mapoon, QLD 4874, sits in Outback Queensland and neighbours Wenlock, Injinoo, Jardine River and Gulf Of Carpentaria. Its 23 streets hold 388 properties, 375 of them houses and 13 units.

Census figures are for the Cape York area, not Mapoon alone. At the 2021 Census it had 7,803 residents, a median age of 35 and an average household of 2.7 people. Median household income was $1,063 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,286 a month and the median rent $130 a week. Of 2,337 dwellings, 1,988 were separate houses, 122 semi-detached, 47 flats and 142 other; 576 were owned outright, 293 owned with a mortgage and 1,214 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Mapoon

  • 7,803Peoplelive in the area
  • 35Median ageyears
  • $1,063Median household incomea week
  • $130Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses1,988
  • Townhouses and semis122
  • Flats and apartments47
  • Other142

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,286a month
  • Household size2.7people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 576Owned with a mortgage 293Rented 1,214Other 254

Schools in Mapoon

  • Western Cape College - Mapoon

    GovernmentPrimary

Streets in Mapoon

  1. Chakarra Street2 properties
  2. Clermont Street61 properties
  3. Cullen Point Road60 properties
  4. Cumbina Street1 property
  5. Hudson Street6 properties
  6. John Street1 property
  7. Kuppus Close4 properties
  8. Main Street8 properties
  9. Mamoose Street9 properties
  10. N'Druili Street54 properties
  11. Ndruili Street27 properties
  12. Noigia Street2 properties
  13. Paanja Street12 properties
  14. Parry Road9 properties
  15. Parry Street9 properties
  16. Pittngallametta Street3 properties
  17. Red Beach Road23 properties
  18. Rindthii Close11 properties
  19. Thguugnu Street1 property
  20. Tradesman Alley4 properties
  21. Weipa Mapoon Road45 properties
  22. Weipa Road10 properties
  23. Wheeler Street26 properties

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.

School details © Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), from the Australian Schools List, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International and modified. ACARA does not endorse Listd.

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