Mount Charlton QLD 4741
95 addresses · 14 streets
Dawson Electorate › Mackay LGA › Mount Charlton · 842 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Mount Charlton is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 151 people, with a median age of 53. The typical household earns around $1,292 a week, with median rent near $180 a week. Most homes are houses. About 86% of households own their home and 8% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. 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 Seaforth - Calen statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mount Charlton 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: 54.3% 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 | 54.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 83.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5.4% · Labour-force participation 53.6%
Population by age in Mount Charlton
| 0-4 | 10 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 4 |
| 15-19 | 10 |
| 20-24 | 6 |
| 25-34 | 14 |
| 35-44 | 16 |
| 45-54 | 30 |
| 55-64 | 33 |
| 65-74 | 26 |
| 75-84 | 11 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Mount Charlton
| House | 45 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Mount Charlton
| <$650 | 6 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 15 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 6 |
| $3,000+ | 3 |
Top ancestries in Mount Charlton
| Australian | 47 |
|---|---|
| English | 43 |
| Ancestry NS | 32 |
| Irish | 23 |
| Scottish | 19 |
| German | 16 |
Housing tenure in Mount Charlton
| Owned | 32 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 10 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Mount Charlton
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 14 |
| 2 | 19 |
| 3 | 13 |
| 4+ | 5 |
Commute to work in Mount Charlton
| Car | 42 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 7 |
Top countries of birth in Mount Charlton
| New Zealand | 9 |
|---|
Languages used at home in Mount Charlton
| German | 5 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
478 bird observations recorded near Mount Charlton — most often seen:
- Lewin's Honeyeater (28)
- Peaceful Dove (24)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (23)
- Australasian Figbird (22)
- Dusky Honeyeater (21)
- Laughing Kookaburra (21)
- Torresian Crow (21)
- Yellow Honeyeater (21)
- Leaden Flycatcher (20)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (20)
- White-browed Robin (19)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (18)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (17)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Mount Charlton
- Forest Kingfisher (16)
- Spangled Drongo (16)
- White-throated Honeyeater (16)
- Red-backed Fairy-wren (15)
- Brown Cuckoo-dove (13)
- Magpie-lark (12)
- Masked Lapwing (12)
- Wompoo Fruit-dove (12)
- Australian Swiftlet (11)
- Pheasant Coucal (11)
- Rufous Whistler (11)
- Black Kite (10)
- Eastern Whipbird (10)
- Pied Butcherbird (10)
- White-eared Monarch (10)
- Azure Kingfisher (9)
- Fairy Gerygone (9)
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 Charlton:
- Calen (11.2 km)
- Mount Ossa (12 km)
- Mount Pelion (12.1 km)
- Owens Creek (12.2 km)
- Dows Creek (12.3 km)
- Pindi Pindi (15.2 km)
- Mount Martin (15.5 km)
- Yalboroo (17.7 km)
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Streets
- Argents Road (2)
- Brodies Road (9)
- Brownseys Road (1)
- Calen Mount Charlton Road (30)
- Camilleris Road (4)
- Clews Road (1)
- Fairchilds Road (2)
- Kirwans Road (3)
- Martins Road (1)
- Mclennans Road (3)
- Mirani-mount Ossa Road (25)
- Rogers Road (3)
- Ruggeris Road (4)
- Toons Road (7)
