Suburb profile

Mission River QLD 4874

Mission River is located in the Outback Queensland region of Queensland, postcode 4874. It has 720 properties across 35 streets, mostly houses. Explore every street in Mission River, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Mission River

Mission River, QLD 4874, sits in Outback Queensland and neighbours Wenlock, Rocky Point, Weipa Airport and Trunding. Its 35 streets hold 720 properties, 596 of them houses and 124 units.

At the 2021 Census the Cape York area, which covers Mission River, 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 and 47 flats; 142 were other dwellings. Tenure split into 576 owned outright, 293 owned with a mortgage and 1,214 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Mission River

  • 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 Mission River

  • Kluthuthu Christian College

    IndependentPrimary and secondary

Streets in Mission River

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.