Speewah
QLD 4881 · Mareeba
850 (2021) → 879 est. (2025)
Based on transport, liveability & education. Safety is scored separately below.
Speewah is a suburb in Mareeba, QLD 4881, about 1401km from Brisbane CBD. Recent property sales in Speewah are too limited to report a reliable median price. The suburb has no schools recorded, a transport score of 0/100, and is about 14km inland. Speewah has an overall score of 22/100, based on transport, liveability and education, plus a separate residential safety score of 22/100.
Demographics
Age distribution
Housing tenure
- Owned
- Mortgage
- Rented
Commute to work
- Car
- Public transport
- Walk/cycle
- Work from home
Top countries of birth: England (9.29%), New Zealand (3.29%), Germany (2.59%), Netherlands (2%), USA (1.41%)
Top languages: German (2.59%), French (0.94%), Japan (0.71%), Spanish (0.59%), Thai (0.59%)
Source: ABS Census 2021
Residential Safety
Small population (under 3,000) — crime rates may be volatile due to low sample size.
QLDdoesn't publish crime data at the suburb level. The rates shown are the Mareeba local-government-area average applied to this suburb, so other suburbs in the same LGA share the same figures.
Recorded residential incidents (latest year), with rate per 100,000 residents:
Residential incidents over time
Sum of the five residential categories above — not all recorded crime.
Area crime context
An independent score — crime data quality varies by state, so safety is shown separately and is not part of the overall score.
Source: Queensland Police Service (LGA-level) · Updated 2025
Schools
Average ICSEA of schools within 10km 1024 (above the national average of 1000).
No schools inside the suburb boundary — the schools below are in adjoining suburbs (counted within 10km for the education score).
Nearby (within 10km)
- Peace Lutheran CollegeCombined · Independent · 7kmICSEA 1060
- Redlynch State CollegeCombined · Government · 7.7kmICSEA 1008
- St Andrew's Catholic College Redlynch ValleyCombined · Catholic · 8kmICSEA 1067
- Caravonica State SchoolPrimary · Government · 8.5kmICSEA 1009
- Freshwater Christian CollegeCombined · Independent · 8.8kmICSEA 1042
- Freshwater State SchoolPrimary · Government · 9.5kmICSEA 1060
- Kuranda District State CollegeCombined · Government · 9.7kmICSEA 875
- Cairns Hinterland Steiner SchoolCombined · Independent · 9.8kmICSEA 1069
Source: ACARA 2023
Transport
Source: TfNSW GTFS
Liveability
Amenities within 2–3km
Counted within a short distance of the suburb centre (so nearby facilities count), with the in-boundary count shown beneath.
Source: Bureau of Meteorology · OpenStreetMap
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Frequently asked questions about Speewah
Is Speewah safe?
Speewah has a residential safety score of 22/100, based on residential crime (break-ins, theft from dwellings, vehicle theft, domestic assault and robbery) per resident relative to the NSW median. Its total recorded incident rate is 10,645 per 100,000 across all categories.
How far is Speewah from Brisbane CBD?
Speewah is about 1400.6 km from Brisbane CBD.
What schools are in Speewah?
Speewah has 0 schools. Schools are listed factually, not ranked.
What is public transport like in Speewah?
Speewah has a transport score of 0/100.