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What it costs to live in Mareeba, QLD
Mareeba council area, Queensland. About 24,205 people lived here in 2025. Here's what rent, power, fuel, the pokies and crime look like, and how each one sits against the rest of Queensland.
Rent
$475
A week. That's the median rent on new leases in the June quarter 2026.
Pokies losses
The regulator reports this area with its neighbours, or kept some months private, so there's no figure for Mareeba on its own.
See what we knowElectricity
$2,031
A year on the regulated price in the Ergon Energy network area, for 4,748 kWh. That's the price the state's regulator sets for the standing offer. A typical plan here costs $2,031.
See electricity pricesUnleaded petrol
188c
A litre, on average, at 12 stations here over the year to August 2026. That's 1c less than the QLD average.
See when fuel is cheapestCrime police recorded
Offences against the person, 2025–26
Police recorded 797 of these in Mareeba. That's 3,293 for every 100,000 people, or 2.2 times the QLD average. Five years before, in 2020–21, it was 1,312, so it has gone up 151%.
See each year
| Year | Recorded | Per 100,000 | QLD per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 797 | 3,293 | 1,512 |
| 2024–25 | 815 | 3,367 | 1,562 |
| 2023–24 | 805 | 3,363 | 1,550 |
| 2022–23 | 754 | 3,188 | 1,467 |
| 2021–22 | 731 | 3,133 | 1,273 |
| 2020–21 | 304 | 1,312 | 883 |
| 2019–20 | 296 | 1,286 | 738 |
| 2018–19 | 338 | 1,490 | 739 |
| 2017–18 | 292 | 1,298 | 737 |
| 2016–17 | 288 | 1,296 | 706 |
Offences against property, 2025–26
Police recorded 1,578 of these in Mareeba. That's 6,519 for every 100,000 people, or 1.3 times the QLD average. Five years before, in 2020–21, it was 4,519, so it has gone up 44%.
See each year
| Year | Recorded | Per 100,000 | QLD per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 1,578 | 6,519 | 4,928 |
| 2024–25 | 1,565 | 6,466 | 4,868 |
| 2023–24 | 1,374 | 5,739 | 5,204 |
| 2022–23 | 1,332 | 5,631 | 5,290 |
| 2021–22 | 1,375 | 5,893 | 4,610 |
| 2020–21 | 1,047 | 4,519 | 4,154 |
| 2019–20 | 1,018 | 4,424 | 5,118 |
| 2018–19 | 888 | 3,915 | 5,075 |
| 2017–18 | 898 | 3,991 | 4,887 |
| 2016–17 | 857 | 3,856 | 4,694 |
This is crime that police recorded in the area over a year, July to June. Lots of crime is never reported, and a rise can mean police are looking harder, not just that more crime happened. Each state counts crime its own way, so only compare a council with its own state.
Suburbs in Mareeba
Who lives in each one, their homes and how they get around.
- Almaden
- Amber
- Arbouin
- Arriga
- Barwidgi
- Bellevue
- Biboohra
- Bolwarra
- Bulleringa
- Chewko
- Chillagoe
- Crystalbrook
- Desailly
- Dimbulah
- Forty Mile
- Fossilbrook
- Gamboola
- Glen Russell
- Groganville
- Highbury
- Hurricane
- Irvinebank
- Julatten
- Koah
- Kuranda
- Lyndside
- Mareeba
- Mona Mona
- Mount Carbine
- Mount Molloy
- Mount Mulgrave
- Mount Mulligan
- Munderra
- Mutchilba
- Nychum
- Paddys Green
- Petford
- Ravensworth
- Red River
- Rookwood
- Southedge
- Speewah
- Springfield (Mareeba - Qld)
- Staaten
- Thornborough
- Watsonville
- Wrotham
Look further
- Rents across Australia: what tenants really pay by suburb and postcode.
- Pokies losses by council: where the most is lost, in four states.
- Fuel prices: the price cycle and the cheapest day to fill up.
- Compare Mareeba with another area, side by side.
- Look up another area.
Sources: recorded crime, © State of Queensland (Queensland Police Service), Reported offences by LGA, CC BY 4.0; Australian Bureau of Statistics, CC BY 4.0. Population: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Regional population, CC BY 4.0. Pokies losses: the state's gambling regulator (see the pokies page for its credit). Rent: state rental bond data (see the rent pages). Electricity: Regional Queensland notified prices 2026–27: Queensland Competition Authority; retailers' plans under the Consumer Data Right. Fuel: Queensland Government, Fuel Price Reporting, CC BY 4.0.