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Mount Garnet QLD 4872

358 addresses · 34 streets

Kennedy Electorate › Tablelands LGA › Mount Garnet · 1358 km from Brisbane

Living Here

Mount Garnet is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 532 people, with a median age of 50. The typical household earns around $921 a week, with median rent near $185 a week. Most homes are houses. About 58% of households own their home and 33% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

532Population
50Median age
$921Median household income / wk
$185Median rent / wk
2.4Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

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Socio-economic Standing

😟More disadvantaged · 1/10
Economic resources1/10
Education & jobs1/10

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: 51.3% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Mount Garnet

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

Tree cover measures, Mount Garnet QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202051.3%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202187.0%

Demographics

Unemployment 9.8% · Labour-force participation 35%

Population by age in Mount Garnet
Population by age, Mount Garnet QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-423
5-1469
15-1913
20-2417
25-3463
35-4440
45-5480
55-64102
65-7471
75-8444
85+10
Dwelling types in Mount Garnet
Dwelling types, Mount Garnet QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House149
Townhouse0
Apartment7
Other7
Households by weekly income in Mount Garnet
Households by weekly income, Mount Garnet QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$65048
$650-1,49948
$1,500-2,99922
$3,000+11
Top ancestries in Mount Garnet
Top ancestries, Mount Garnet QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Australian167
English162
Ancestry NS108
Aboriginal98
Irish58
Scottish49
Housing tenure in Mount Garnet
Housing tenure, Mount Garnet QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned62
Mortgage29
Rented52
Other13
Cars per household in Mount Garnet
Cars per household, Mount Garnet QLD (ABS Census 2021)
010
153
251
316
4+19
Commute to work in Mount Garnet
Commute to work, Mount Garnet QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car70
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked14
Bicycle0
Home33
Top countries of birth in Mount Garnet
Top countries of birth, Mount Garnet QLD (ABS Census 2021)
New Zealand6
England3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

4,026 bird observations recorded near Mount Garnet — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Mount Garnet

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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Image — GondwanaGirl 00:20, 6 January 2009 (UTC) · Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons).