Suburb profile
Marathon QLD 4821
Marathon is located in the Outback Queensland region of Queensland, postcode 4821. It has 37 properties across 16 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Marathon, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Marathon
Marathon, QLD 4821, sits in Outback Queensland and neighbours Dutton River, Hughenden, Stamford and Richmond. Its 16 streets hold 37 properties, all of them houses.
Census figures are for the Northern Highlands area, which covers the whole suburb. At the 2021 Census the area had 3,095 residents, a median age of 38 and an average household of 2.4 people. Median household income was $1,502 a week, the median mortgage repayment $715 a month and the median rent $150 a week. Of 1,026 dwellings, 814 were separate houses, 86 semi-detached, 3 flats and 10 other; 408 were owned outright, 206 owned with a mortgage and 283 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Marathon
- 3,095Peoplelive in the area
- 38Median ageyears
- $1,502Median household incomea week
- $150Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses814
- Townhouses and semis86
- Flats and apartments3
- Other10
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$715a month
- Household size2.4people on average
How homes are held
Streets in Marathon
- Barabon Road4 properties
- Bareeba Road1 property
- Como Road1 property
- Coolibah Road1 property
- Dalkeith Road1 property
- Dutton Downs Road1 property
- Flinders Highway7 properties
- Illalong Road3 properties
- Montel Road2 properties
- Montele Road2 properties
- Mugwee Road1 property
- Old Richmond Road4 properties
- Overflow Road1 property
- Stamford Marathon Road4 properties
- Thornhill Road2 properties
- Torquay Road2 properties
Neighbouring suburbs
Addresses and streets incorporate or were developed using G-NAF © Geoscape Australia, licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under the Open Geo-coded National Address File (G-NAF) End User Licence Agreement.
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.
Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.