Gunpowder QLD 4825
7 addresses · 5 streets
Kennedy Electorate › Mount Isa LGA › Gunpowder · 1642 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Gunpowder is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 104 people, with a median age of 34. The typical household earns around $417 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Ancestry NS, English, Australian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Mount Isa Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Gunpowder itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 8.6% 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 | 8.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 33.5% |
Demographics
Population by age in Gunpowder
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 4 |
| 15-19 | 12 |
| 20-24 | 21 |
| 25-34 | 21 |
| 35-44 | 10 |
| 45-54 | 15 |
| 55-64 | 19 |
| 65-74 | 5 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Gunpowder
| House | 3 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Gunpowder
| <$650 | 5 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Gunpowder
| Ancestry NS | 57 |
|---|---|
| English | 20 |
| Australian | 13 |
| Irish | 12 |
| Scottish | 12 |
| Aboriginal | 5 |
Housing tenure in Gunpowder
| Owned | 0 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 3 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Commute to work in Gunpowder
| Car | 14 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 8 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 9 |
Top countries of birth in Gunpowder
| New Zealand | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
6 bird observations recorded near Gunpowder — most often seen:
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
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Streets
- Barkly Highway (1)
- Gunpowder Road (2)
- Hume Street (1)
- Mount Oxide Road (2)
- Thorntonia Yelvertoft Road (1)