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Mount Forbes QLD 4340

139 addresses · 25 streets

Blair Electorate › Ipswich LGA › Mount Forbes · 50 km from Brisbane

Living Here

Mount Forbes is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 262 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $1,771 a week, with median rent near $380 a week. Most homes are houses. About 89% of households own their home and 11% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

262Population
43Median age
$1,771Median household income / wk
$380Median rent / wk
2.8Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 4/10
Economic resources8/10
Education & jobs3/10

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: 24.2% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Mount Forbes

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

Tree cover measures, Mount Forbes QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202024.2%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202136.8%

Demographics

Unemployment 3.7% · Labour-force participation 63%

Population by age in Mount Forbes
Population by age, Mount Forbes QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-414
5-1435
15-1917
20-2411
25-3420
35-4441
45-5453
55-6429
65-7434
75-8412
85+4
Dwelling types in Mount Forbes
Dwelling types, Mount Forbes QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House88
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Mount Forbes
Households by weekly income, Mount Forbes QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$6503
$650-1,49924
$1,500-2,99934
$3,000+15
Top ancestries in Mount Forbes
Top ancestries, Mount Forbes QLD (ABS Census 2021)
English133
Australian99
German34
Irish23
Ancestry NS21
Scottish15
Housing tenure in Mount Forbes
Housing tenure, Mount Forbes QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned40
Mortgage37
Rented10
Other0
Cars per household in Mount Forbes
Cars per household, Mount Forbes QLD (ABS Census 2021)
00
122
226
314
4+28
Commute to work in Mount Forbes
Commute to work, Mount Forbes QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car97
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked0
Bicycle0
Home23
Top countries of birth in Mount Forbes
Top countries of birth, Mount Forbes QLD (ABS Census 2021)
England5
New Zealand5

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

1,066 bird observations recorded near Mount Forbes — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Mount Forbes

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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Satellite view — Digital Earth Australia (Geoscience Australia) · CC BY 4.0.