Millaa Millaa, QLD
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Millaa Millaa is a small town on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland, about 60 kilometres west of Innisfail and 98 kilometres south-west of Cairns. Its name is said to come from a Yidinji word for a local fruiting plant. The district opened to closer settlement early in the twentieth century — the school dates from 1918 and the post office from 1919 — and dairying, supported by a butter factory from 1930, became the mainstay of the high-rainfall plateau. Millaa Millaa is best known today for its waterfalls: the much-photographed Millaa Millaa Falls and the nearby Zillie and Ellinjaa Falls form a popular 17-kilometre waterfall circuit. A lookout near the town gives wide views over the surrounding ranges.
Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs
Millaa Millaa is more socio-economically advantaged than about 12% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 899, where about 1000 is the national average).
A socio-economic measure from ABS Census data — not a measure of how good a suburb is to live in or visit. How we calculate this.
Is Millaa Millaa a good place to live?
There’s no single answer — it depends on what matters to you. So instead of one mystery number, we break it down: a transparent score on each part of life we can back with public data, and an honest “not yet” on the parts we can’t.
Lower on the data we score
A weighted blend of the 2 components we can score for Millaa Millaa from public data. It sits alongside — and reconciles with — the socio-economic Suburb Score above; it is a transparent read, not a complete verdict.
Socio-economic advantage
12/100Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs
Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (12/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
68/100More affordable than the national median
Median weekly rent was $227 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 68% of suburbs we can compare. Housing data only, no valuations. · ABS Census 2021
Not yet scored
We’d rather leave these open than publish a number we can’t stand behind. Here’s where each one stands.
- Amenities & accessNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap amenity mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- Green spaceNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap green-space mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- TransportNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap public-transport mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- SchoolsNot scored yet — school performance (ACARA / ICSEA) needs a data-reuse licence cleared before we can publish it.
- SafetyNot scored yet — Australia has no single open crime dataset and safety data carries defamation and legal care, so it is gated pending a go/no-go and will be data-only when added.
- CommunityNot scored yet — we won't reduce community to a number from a proxy. We'd rather leave it open than publish an invented value judgement.
A transparent read on public data, not a verdict — and not a measure of any person or community. See our methodology for how each component is worked out and why some aren’t scored yet.
Millaa Millaa at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 523
- Median age
- 49
- Median weekly household income
- $1,005
- SEIFA score
- 899
- Local government area
- Tablelands
- Coordinates
- -17.4941, 145.6304
Map of Millaa Millaa
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Housing & property in Millaa Millaa
What it costs to live in Millaa Millaa and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $227
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $867
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 69%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 26%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Millaa Millaa demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Millaa Millaa demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Millaa Millaa using the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census; every percentage is a share of a clearly stated Census count, so each one traces back to the source. At a glance, the largest age group is mid-life (45–64) at 33% and 16% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 82 | 16% |
| Youth (15–24) | 46 | 9% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 100 | 19% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 170 | 33% |
| Seniors (65+) | 124 | 24% |
Share of the 522 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 95 | 46% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 48 | 23% |
| Rented | 54 | 26% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 198 | 96% |
| Townhouses & semis | 6 | 3% |
| Flats & apartments | 0 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 207 occupied private dwellings in Millaa Millaa.
- Average household size
- 2.2 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,260
- Median weekly personal income
- $533
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 72 (16%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 26 (6%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 32 (6%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 153 (36%)
- Labour-force participation
- 51.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 7.1%
- Employed full-time
- 114
- Employed part-time
- 85
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (General Community Profile, by Suburb and Locality). © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. How we group bands and derive each share is set out on our methodology page.
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Common questions about Millaa Millaa
Is Millaa Millaa a good place to live?
There's no single answer, so we score what the public data can back. On socio-economic advantage and housing affordability, Millaa Millaa rates 31/100 overall (Lower on the data we score). Public transport, schools and safety aren't scored yet — see our methodology for why.
What is the median rent in Millaa Millaa?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Millaa Millaa was $227, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $867. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Millaa Millaa?
Millaa Millaa is a suburb of Queensland, Australia, in the Tablelands local government area.
What is the population of Millaa Millaa?
At the 2021 Census, Millaa Millaa had a population of about 523.
Is Millaa Millaa an advantaged area?
Millaa Millaa has an ABS SEIFA score of 899, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 12 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 12% of Australian suburbs.
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