Millmerran, QLD
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Millmerran is a rural town on the Darling Downs of southern Queensland, about 82 kilometres south-west of Toowoomba and roughly 214 kilometres west-south-west of Brisbane. The name is believed to come from Aboriginal words rendered as 'meel', meaning eye, and 'merran', to look out, and the town lies near a lookout said to have been used by the local Jarowair people before European settlement. Squatters took up the Yandilla run from 1841; a store followed in 1881, a post office in the 1880s, and the railway reached the town in 1911. Today it is a farming and grazing centre with several heritage churches, and is widely known for its biennial Australian Camp Oven Festival.
Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs
Millmerran is more socio-economically advantaged than about 8% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 878, 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.
Millmerran at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 1,545
- Median age
- 45
- Median weekly household income
- $1,181
- SEIFA score
- 878
- Coordinates
- -27.8766, 151.2549
Millmerran demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Millmerran 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 seniors (65+) at 26%, 31% of homes are rented, and 16% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 275 | 18% |
| Youth (15–24) | 144 | 9% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 351 | 23% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 377 | 24% |
| Seniors (65+) | 395 | 26% |
Share of the 1,542 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 218 | 39% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 141 | 25% |
| Rented | 174 | 31% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 526 | 92% |
| Townhouses & semis | 25 | 4% |
| Flats & apartments | 3 | 1% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 571 occupied private dwellings in Millmerran.
- Median weekly rent
- $240
- Median monthly mortgage
- $1,083
- Average household size
- 2.3 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,521
- Median weekly personal income
- $623
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 216 (16%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 163 (11%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 74 (5%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 420 (35%)
- Labour-force participation
- 53.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.1%
- Employed full-time
- 412
- Employed part-time
- 193
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.
Common questions about Millmerran
Where is Millmerran?
Millmerran is a suburb of Queensland, Australia.
What is the population of Millmerran?
At the 2021 Census, Millmerran had a population of about 1,545.
Is Millmerran an advantaged area?
Millmerran has an ABS SEIFA score of 878, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 8 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 8% of Australian suburbs.
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