Mount Murchison (postcode 4715) is a quiet locality in Queensland within the Banana local government area. The area has roughly 128 residents and a settled mid-life population, with a median age of 43. Households earn a median income of $115K per year, with an average household size of 2.8 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.7% year-on-year at the LGA level. QLD employment has moved +1.5% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. QLD also had 35 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 16 underway, and 30 in planning as at 2025-09-01, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are professionals, technicians & trades, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward mining and retail trade. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, German.
The median weekly rent is $300 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,165.
Mount Murchison is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 921, which is below the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Banana LGA is moderate at 5,088 incidents per 100,000 population.
On the investment side, Population growth of +0.7% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.