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Mount Coolum QLD 4573

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Fairfax Electorate › Sunshine Coast LGA › Mount Coolum · 101 km from Brisbane

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Living Here

Mount Coolum is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 4,545 people, with a median age of 44. The typical household earns around $1,690 a week, with median rent near $450 a week. Most homes are houses. About 69% of households own their home and 30% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

4,545Population
44Median age
$1,690Median household income / wk
$450Median rent / wk
2.4Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Coolum Beach statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mount Coolum itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Sunshine Coast Airport, 3.7 km south.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙂Above average · 7/10
Economic resources5/10
Education & jobs8/10

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: 48.8% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Mount Coolum

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Mount Coolum QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202048.8%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202163.2%

Demographics

Unemployment 4% · Labour-force participation 62.7%

Population by age in Mount Coolum
Population by age, Mount Coolum QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-4238
5-14525
15-19253
20-24186
25-34474
35-44649
45-54748
55-64644
65-74488
75-84249
85+86
Dwelling types in Mount Coolum
Dwelling types, Mount Coolum QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House1,112
Townhouse503
Apartment162
Other0
Households by weekly income in Mount Coolum
Households by weekly income, Mount Coolum QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$650268
$650-1,499471
$1,500-2,999587
$3,000+318
Top ancestries in Mount Coolum
Top ancestries, Mount Coolum QLD (ABS Census 2021)
English2,108
Australian1,680
Irish654
Scottish598
Other349
German318
Housing tenure in Mount Coolum
Housing tenure, Mount Coolum QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned524
Mortgage701
Rented527
Other19
Cars per household in Mount Coolum
Cars per household, Mount Coolum QLD (ABS Census 2021)
032
1678
2772
3203
4+80
Commute to work in Mount Coolum
Commute to work, Mount Coolum QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car1,473
Train0
Bus19
Tram/ferry0
Walked20
Bicycle9
Home415
Top countries of birth in Mount Coolum
Top countries of birth, Mount Coolum QLD (ABS Census 2021)
England264
New Zealand148
South Africa60
Canada39
Germany30
Scotland30
Languages used at home in Mount Coolum
Languages used at home, Mount Coolum QLD (ABS Census 2021)
German36
Spanish19
Japanese17
Italian15
French13
Afrikaans11

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

23,163 bird observations recorded near Mount Coolum — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Mount Coolum

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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