Macleay Island is an island located in Moreton Bay,
South East Queensland, Australia. The island
constitutes a town and locality within the City of
Redland Macleay Island is the second largest of
the four Bay Islands, situated 30km from Brisbane
in the Moreton Bay Marine Park at the southern
end of Moreton Bay. It is 6.5km long and 4km wide
at its widest point.
In the 2011 Australian census the population of
Macleay Island was 2,572 when there were 1,284
Females and 1,288 Males living there. The median
age for people living in Macleay Island was 51.
Protected by North Stradbroke Island to the east,
Macleay Island is connected to the mainland by
ferries and barges, which also connect to inter-
island transport for the four Bay Islands.