Mount Coolon QLD 4804
42 addresses · 12 streets
Capricornia Electorate › Whitsunday LGA › Mount Coolon · 893 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Mount Coolon is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 172 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $2,250 a week. Most homes are houses. About 81% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers work from home. 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 Collinsville statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mount Coolon itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 place 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: 17.9% 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 | 17.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 49.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.7% · Labour-force participation 46%
Population by age in Mount Coolon
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 11 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 6 |
| 25-34 | 35 |
| 35-44 | 29 |
| 45-54 | 48 |
| 55-64 | 24 |
| 65-74 | 4 |
| 75-84 | 4 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Mount Coolon
| House | 9 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Mount Coolon
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 4 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 4 |
Top ancestries in Mount Coolon
| Ancestry NS | 78 |
|---|---|
| English | 42 |
| Australian | 28 |
| Irish | 18 |
| Scottish | 15 |
| Other | 8 |
Housing tenure in Mount Coolon
| Owned | 9 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 4 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Mount Coolon
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 9 |
Commute to work in Mount Coolon
| Car | 19 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 7 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 8 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 25 |
Top countries of birth in Mount Coolon
| New Zealand | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
24 bird observations recorded near Mount Coolon — most often seen:
- Australasian Darter (2)
- Australian Peregrine Falcon (1)
- Australian Raven (1)
- Brolga (1)
- Brown Honeyeater (1)
- Channel-billed Cuckoo (1)
- Eastern Koel (1)
- Eastern Tawny Frogmouth (1)
- Galah (1)
- Great Egret (1)
- Little Black Cormorant (1)
- Little Friarbird (1)
- Magpie-lark (1)
Show all 23 birds recorded near Mount Coolon
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 Coolon:
- Pasha (56 km)
- Eaglefield (56.2 km)
- Suttor (56.7 km)
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Streets
- Barclay Street (4)
- Bowen Developmental Road (6)
- Glen Avon Road (1)
- Gordon Street (11)
- Hawkins Street (1)
- Illamatha Road (1)
- Mill Street (1)
- Rutherford Road (8)
- Scartwater Road (2)
- Stratford Road (2)
- Suttor Developmental Road (4)
- Yacamunda Road (1)
