Mount Kelly QLD 4807
207 addresses · 17 streets
Dawson Electorate › Burdekin LGA › Mount Kelly · 1044 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Mount Kelly is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 291 people, with a median age of 42. The typical household earns around $2,147 a week, with median rent near $315 a week. Most homes are houses. About 86% of households own their home and 9% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, Italian, English. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Burdekin statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mount Kelly itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 hospitals
Getting around. Train station: Home Hill, 9.9 km east · Airport: Ayr Airport, 7.9 km north.
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: 10.7% 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 | 10.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 48.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.7% · Labour-force participation 75.7%
Population by age in Mount Kelly
| 0-4 | 20 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 30 |
| 15-19 | 22 |
| 20-24 | 24 |
| 25-34 | 22 |
| 35-44 | 38 |
| 45-54 | 48 |
| 55-64 | 49 |
| 65-74 | 32 |
| 75-84 | 6 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Mount Kelly
| House | 100 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 4 |
Households by weekly income in Mount Kelly
| <$650 | 8 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 25 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 37 |
| $3,000+ | 22 |
Top ancestries in Mount Kelly
| Australian | 127 |
|---|---|
| Italian | 88 |
| English | 78 |
| Scottish | 31 |
| Ancestry NS | 20 |
| German | 17 |
Housing tenure in Mount Kelly
| Owned | 44 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 41 |
| Rented | 9 |
| Other | 5 |
Cars per household in Mount Kelly
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 21 |
| 2 | 33 |
| 3 | 27 |
| 4+ | 19 |
Commute to work in Mount Kelly
| Car | 118 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 3 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 5 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 30 |
Top countries of birth in Mount Kelly
| Italy | 3 |
|---|
Languages used at home in Mount Kelly
| Italian | 9 |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
395 bird observations recorded near Mount Kelly — most often seen:
- Magpie-lark (27)
- Great Bowerbird (22)
- Masked Lapwing (21)
- Bush Stone-curlew (20)
- Australasian Figbird (19)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (17)
- Australian Magpie (15)
- Brush Cuckoo (15)
- Whistling Kite (15)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (14)
- Crimson Finch (13)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (12)
- Blue-winged Kookaburra (12)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Mount Kelly
- Eastern Koel (12)
- Peaceful Dove (12)
- Pheasant Coucal (12)
- Black Kite (11)
- Comb-crested Jacana (11)
- Crested Pigeon (11)
- Tawny Frogmouth (11)
- Willie Wagtail (11)
- Pied Butcherbird (10)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (10)
- Torresian Crow (10)
- Yellow Honeyeater (10)
- Australian White Ibis (9)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (9)
- Brown-backed Honeyeater (8)
- Red-winged Parrot (8)
- Straw-necked Ibis (8)
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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Streets
- Airville Road (2)
- Ayr - Dalbeg Road (33)
- Barratt Road (10)
- Castorina Drive (22)
- Corica Road (5)
- Dalbeg Road (1)
- Elisa Road (11)
- Etna Road (10)
- Juanita Drive (29)
- Laurelvale Road (3)
- Lena Road (14)
- Lookout Road (3)
- Mount Kelly Drive (47)
- Sexton Road (4)
- Sheepstation Creek Road (4)
- Warana Road (5)
- Waterview Road (4)
