Gowrie Mountain QLD 4350
146 addresses · 6 streets
Groom Electorate › Toowoomba LGA › Gowrie Mountain · 119 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Gowrie Mountain is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 222 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $1,708 a week, with median rent near $308 a week. Most homes are houses. About 90% of households own their home and 10% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Jondaryan statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Gowrie Mountain itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 dog park
1 butcher
1 hardware store
1 electrician
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport, 5.8 km south-west.
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 8.4% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 8.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 27.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.3% · Labour-force participation 64.2%
Population by age in Gowrie Mountain
| 0-4 | 9 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 22 |
| 15-19 | 10 |
| 20-24 | 14 |
| 25-34 | 19 |
| 35-44 | 24 |
| 45-54 | 37 |
| 55-64 | 29 |
| 65-74 | 47 |
| 75-84 | 7 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Gowrie Mountain
| House | 87 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Gowrie Mountain
| <$650 | 9 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 20 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 26 |
| $3,000+ | 11 |
Top ancestries in Gowrie Mountain
| Australian | 88 |
|---|---|
| English | 81 |
| Scottish | 35 |
| German | 27 |
| Irish | 26 |
| Ancestry NS | 13 |
Housing tenure in Gowrie Mountain
| Owned | 38 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 33 |
| Rented | 8 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Gowrie Mountain
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 11 |
| 2 | 28 |
| 3 | 26 |
| 4+ | 13 |
Commute to work in Gowrie Mountain
| Car | 102 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Top countries of birth in Gowrie Mountain
| England | 11 |
|---|---|
| South Africa | 5 |
| Scotland | 4 |
| New Zealand | 3 |
Languages used at home in Gowrie Mountain
| German | 6 |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
3,821 bird observations recorded near Gowrie Mountain — most often seen:
- Common Myna (214)
- Australian Torresian Crow (185)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (185)
- Southern Magpie-lark (180)
- Eastern Galah (177)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (174)
- Eastern Asian Spotted Dove (155)
- Mainland Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (154)
- Eastern Pied Currawong (145)
- Southern Pale-headed Rosella (145)
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (143)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (135)
- House Sparrow (132)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Gowrie Mountain
- Eastern Brown Honeyeater (130)
- Eastern Pied Butcherbird (127)
- Rock Dove (122)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (120)
- Eastern Blue-faced Honeyeater (109)
- Eastern Silvereye (109)
- South-eastern Grey Butcherbird (105)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (99)
- Common Starling (98)
- Nankeen Kestrel (95)
- South-eastern Yellow-rumped Thornbill (93)
- Southern Noisy Friarbird (92)
- Green Figbird (86)
- South-east Eastern Koel (82)
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (79)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (78)
- Black-shouldered Kite (73)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Gowrie Mountain:
- Charlton (3.1 km)
- Kingsthorpe (4.2 km)
- Wellcamp (4.5 km)
- Kings Siding (6.9 km)
- Cutella (6.9 km)
- Gowrie Junction (7 km)
- Torrington (7.2 km)
- Cotswold Hills (7.2 km)
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Streets
- Jannusch Road (36)
- Jannuschs Road (36)
- Linora Drive (34)
- Louttit Court (15)
- Rowland Court (18)
- Warrego Highway (7)
