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Postcode 4740

Postcode 4740 covers Alexandra, Alligator Creek, Andergrove, Bakers Creek, Balberra, Balnagowan, Beaconsfield, Belmunda, Blacks Beach, Cape Hillsborough, Chelona, Coral Sea, Cremorne, Dolphin Heads, Dumbleton, Dunnrock, East Mackay, Eimeo, Erakala, Foulden, Glenella, Grasstree Beach, Habana, Haliday Bay, Hay Point, Homebush, Keswick Island, Mackay, Mackay Harbour, Mcewens Beach, Mount Jukes, Mount Pleasant, Munbura, Nindaroo, North Mackay, Ooralea, Paget, Racecourse, Richmond, Rosella, Rural View, Sandiford, Slade Point, South Mackay, Te Kowai, The Leap and West Mackay in QLD.

At a glance

Addresses
52,208
Suburbs
47
Council
Mackay
Federal seat
Dawson
Remoteness
Inner Regional Australia
Modified Monash
MM 2

Latitude -21.119860, longitude 149.166424 (QLD postcode centroid); coordinates are GDA2020 decimal degrees, averaged from located addresses.

Postcode 4740, QLD

Geography by address share

Shares count G-NAF addresses, including addresses with unknown allocations. They describe addresses, not population or land area.

Local government area

  • Mackay51,939 (99.5%)
  • Whitsunday143 (0.3%)
  • Townsville119 (0.2%)
  • Gladstone3 (0%)
  • Bundaberg2 (0%)
  • Burdekin1 (0%)
  • Migratory - Offshore - Shipping (Qld)1 (0%)

Federal electorate

  • Dawson45,955 (88%)
  • Capricornia6,183 (11.8%)
  • Herbert64 (0.1%)
  • Flynn3 (0%)
  • Hinkler2 (0%)
  • Migratory - Offshore - Shipping (Qld)1 (0%)

State electorate

  • Mackay34,350 (65.8%)
  • Whitsunday10,866 (20.8%)
  • Mirani6,859 (13.1%)
  • Townsville64 (0.1%)
  • Burdekin63 (0.1%)
  • Burnett5 (0%)
  • Migratory - Offshore - Shipping (Qld)1 (0%)

Statistical Area Level 3

  • Mackay51,939 (99.5%)
  • Bowen Basin - North143 (0.3%)
  • Townsville119 (0.2%)
  • Gladstone3 (0%)
  • Bundaberg2 (0%)
  • Charters Towers - Ayr - Ingham1 (0%)
  • Migratory - Offshore - Shipping (Qld)1 (0%)

Statistical Area Level 4

  • Mackay - Isaac - Whitsunday52,082 (99.8%)
  • Townsville120 (0.2%)
  • Central Queensland3 (0%)
  • Wide Bay2 (0%)
  • Migratory - Offshore - Shipping (Qld)1 (0%)

Remoteness and Modified Monash

  • Inner Regional Australia47,543 (91.1%)
  • Outer Regional Australia4,327 (8.3%)
  • Very Remote Australia198 (0.4%)
  • Remote Australia139 (0.3%)
  • Migratory - Offshore - Shipping (Qld)1 (0%)
  • MM 2: Regional centre49,032 (93.9%)
  • MM 5: Small rural town2,837 (5.4%)
  • MM 7: Very remote community198 (0.4%)
  • MM 6: Remote community139 (0.3%)
  • MM 4: Medium rural town1 (0%)
  • Modified Monash unknown1 (0%)

Allocations follow the boundary editions in the loaded data release. A postcode or suburb can cross an electorate or council boundary. Query a full address for its allocation.

Get this from the API

Replace YOUR_KEY with a free API key.

curl 'https://yepthere.au/v1/postcodes/4740' \
  -H 'X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY'
curl 'https://yepthere.au/v1/addresses?postcode=4740' \
  -H 'X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY'

See the API reference for response fields, query limits and pagination.