Maxwelton is an outback rural town and locality in the Shire of Richmond in central north Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the localit…Maxwelton is an outback rural town and locality in the Shire of Richmond in central north Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the locality of Maxwelton had a population of 32 people. The locality is bounded to the north by the Flinders River. The town of Maxwelton is located in the north of the locality.