Mount Barney QLD 4287
13 addresses · 2 streets
Wright Electorate › Scenic Rim LGA › Mount Barney · 91 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Mount Barney is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 46 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $900 a week, with median rent near $175 a week. Most homes are houses. About 50% of households own their home and 29% rent. Most workers work from home. 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 Beaudesert statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mount Barney itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
2 places to stay
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: 65.5% 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 | 65.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 84.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 11.8% · Labour-force participation 48.6%
Population by age in Mount Barney
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 7 |
| 15-19 | 4 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 5 |
| 45-54 | 13 |
| 55-64 | 12 |
| 65-74 | 3 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Mount Barney
| House | 16 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Mount Barney
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 10 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 4 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Mount Barney
| English | 19 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 14 |
| Irish | 8 |
| Ancestry NS | 8 |
| Scottish | 5 |
| German | 4 |
Housing tenure in Mount Barney
| Owned | 4 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 3 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Mount Barney
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Mount Barney
| Car | 8 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 9 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
4,542 bird observations recorded near Mount Barney — most often seen:
- Noisy Miner (247)
- Australian Magpie (231)
- Laughing Kookaburra (231)
- Torresian Crow (214)
- Pied Currawong (195)
- Willie Wagtail (192)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (190)
- Noisy Friarbird (183)
- Red-backed Fairy-wren (180)
- Pale-headed Rosella (164)
- Welcome Swallow (158)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (157)
- Pied Butcherbird (144)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Mount Barney
- White-throated Honeyeater (141)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (140)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (138)
- Striated Pardalote (136)
- Golden-headed Cisticola (135)
- Brown Honeyeater (130)
- Rufous Whistler (125)
- Pheasant Coucal (120)
- Grey Fantail (119)
- Grey Butcherbird (116)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (114)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (111)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (109)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (109)
- Brown Quail (107)
- Eastern Whipbird (103)
- Pacific Black Duck (103)
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 Mount Barney:
- Barney View (2.9 km)
- Palen Creek (6.7 km)
- Mount Lindesay (8.4 km)
- Maroon (9.6 km)
- Rathdowney (10.9 km)
- Tamrookum Creek (13.7 km)
- Running Creek (15.4 km)
- Burnett Creek (15.5 km)
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Streets
- Seidenspinner Road (6)
- Upper Logan Road (7)
