Mothar Mountain QLD 4570
270 addresses · 19 streets
Wide Bay Electorate › Gympie LGA › Mothar Mountain · 141 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Mothar Mountain is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 563 people, with a median age of 47. The typical household earns around $1,437 a week, with median rent near $315 a week. Most homes are houses. About 85% of households own their home and 15% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Gympie Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mothar Mountain itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
1 service station
1 gym
1 golf club
3 hardware stores
1 place to stay
Getting around. Train station: Gympie North, 9.7 km north-west · Railway halt: Monkland, 5.8 km north-west · Airport: Gympie Airport, 7.3 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: 60.3% 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 | 60.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 72.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 6.2% · Labour-force participation 55.2%
Population by age in Mothar Mountain
| 0-4 | 28 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 68 |
| 15-19 | 28 |
| 20-24 | 24 |
| 25-34 | 69 |
| 35-44 | 39 |
| 45-54 | 84 |
| 55-64 | 104 |
| 65-74 | 69 |
| 75-84 | 42 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Mothar Mountain
| House | 194 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Mothar Mountain
| <$650 | 36 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 61 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 71 |
| $3,000+ | 22 |
Top ancestries in Mothar Mountain
| English | 287 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 217 |
| Irish | 64 |
| Scottish | 64 |
| German | 55 |
| Ancestry NS | 35 |
Housing tenure in Mothar Mountain
| Owned | 100 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 68 |
| Rented | 29 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Mothar Mountain
| 0 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 47 |
| 2 | 73 |
| 3 | 48 |
| 4+ | 21 |
Commute to work in Mothar Mountain
| Car | 159 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 39 |
Top countries of birth in Mothar Mountain
| England | 29 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 16 |
| South Africa | 10 |
| Fiji | 4 |
| Scotland | 3 |
Languages used at home in Mothar Mountain
| French | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,863 bird observations recorded near Mothar Mountain — most often seen:
- Torresian Crow (115)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (104)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (98)
- Noisy Miner (95)
- Magpie-lark (83)
- Australian Magpie (78)
- Willie Wagtail (76)
- Australian White Ibis (74)
- Pacific Black Duck (65)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (64)
- Pied Butcherbird (63)
- Welcome Swallow (60)
- Brown Honeyeater (59)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Mothar Mountain
- Grey Butcherbird (59)
- Laughing Kookaburra (58)
- Rufous Whistler (55)
- Striated Pardalote (53)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (52)
- Eastern Whipbird (49)
- Grey Fantail (49)
- White-throated Honeyeater (48)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (47)
- Australian Wood Duck (46)
- Little Pied Cormorant (46)
- Australasian Figbird (45)
- Pied Currawong (45)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (45)
- Dusky Moorhen (44)
- Pale-headed Rosella (44)
- Peaceful Dove (44)
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 Mothar Mountain:
- Woondum (2.7 km)
- East Deep Creek (3.6 km)
- Cedar Pocket (4.3 km)
- Glanmire (4.4 km)
- Monkland (5.8 km)
- Tandur (6.2 km)
- The Dawn (6.4 km)
- Greens Creek (6.7 km)
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Streets
- Cullinane Road (13)
- Delray Road (18)
- Denham Court (5)
- Edith Road (6)
- Feros Road (1)
- Hall Road (2)
- Hartwig Road (14)
- Hill Road (13)
- Kiambram Court (2)
- Lynch Road (1)
- Noosa Road (61)
- O'keeffe Road (38)
- Penny Road (3)
- Pope Road (13)
- Shadbolt Road (44)
- Simms Road (2)
- Sunray Road (8)
- Wacal Road (18)
- Woondum Road (8)
