Mount Chalmers QLD 4702
132 addresses · 14 streets
Capricornia Electorate › Livingstone LGA › Mount Chalmers · 522 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Mount Chalmers is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 226 people, with a median age of 47. The typical household earns around $1,268 a week, with median rent near $355 a week. Most homes are houses. About 90% of households own their home and 4% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Rockhampton Region - East statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mount Chalmers itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
Socio-economic Standing
Greenery
🌳 Tree canopy: 88.1% satellite estimate · 2021
Demographics
Unemployment 8.2% · Labour-force participation 53.3%
Population by age in Mount Chalmers
| 0-4 | 20 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 21 |
| 15-19 | 9 |
| 20-24 | 7 |
| 25-34 | 35 |
| 35-44 | 19 |
| 45-54 | 27 |
| 55-64 | 34 |
| 65-74 | 45 |
| 75-84 | 12 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Mount Chalmers
| House | 82 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Mount Chalmers
| <$650 | 19 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 22 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 25 |
| $3,000+ | 4 |
Top ancestries in Mount Chalmers
| Australian | 111 |
|---|---|
| English | 85 |
| Irish | 23 |
| Scottish | 23 |
| Ancestry NS | 22 |
| German | 15 |
Housing tenure in Mount Chalmers
| Owned | 42 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 29 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 5 |
Cars per household in Mount Chalmers
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 18 |
| 2 | 37 |
| 3 | 10 |
| 4+ | 5 |
Commute to work in Mount Chalmers
| Car | 63 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 11 |
Top countries of birth in Mount Chalmers
| England | 7 |
|---|---|
| Vietnam | 5 |
| Thailand | 4 |
| New Zealand | 3 |
Languages used at home in Mount Chalmers
| Thai | 4 |
|---|---|
| Vietnamese | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
209 bird observations recorded near Mount Chalmers — most often seen:
- Peaceful Dove (11)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (11)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (9)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (9)
- Australian Magpie (8)
- Brown Honeyeater (8)
- Laughing Kookaburra (8)
- Mistletoebird (8)
- Pied Butcherbird (8)
- Torresian Crow (8)
- White-throated Honeyeater (8)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (7)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (7)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Mount Chalmers
- Eastern Pied Butcherbird (7)
- Grey Fantail (7)
- Pale-headed Rosella (7)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (7)
- Black-headed Pardalote (6)
- Double-barred Finch (6)
- Eastern Brown Honeyeater (6)
- Eastern Peaceful Dove (6)
- Pied Currawong (6)
- Striated Pardalote (6)
- Australasian Figbird (5)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (5)
- Crested Pigeon (5)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (5)
- Leaden Flycatcher (5)
- Noisy Friarbird (5)
- Red-backed Fairy-wren (5)
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Mount Chalmers:
- Tungamull (5.5 km)
- Cawarral (5.6 km)
- Ironpot (6.3 km)
- Limestone Creek (7.9 km)
- Mount Archer (8.4 km)
- Coowonga (8.5 km)
- Coorooman (9.2 km)
- Nankin (9.7 km)
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Streets
- Bells Road (9)
- Botos Road (19)
- Goffages Road (7)
- Harold Road (9)
- Kayes Road (3)
- Mount Chalmers Road (18)
- Murphys Road (4)
- New Zealand Gully Road (10)
- Scented Gum Road (1)
- School Street (14)
- Sleipner Road (13)
- Spowart Road (5)
- Venture Road (8)
- Wood Street (12)
