Mount Macarthur QLD 4723
11 addresses · 3 streets
Flynn Electorate › Central Highlands (Qld) LGA › Mount Macarthur · 703 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Mount Macarthur is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 31 people, with a median age of 31. The typical household earns around $1,374 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Central Highlands - West statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mount Macarthur itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 13% 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 | 13.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 28.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5.9% · Labour-force participation 73.9%
Population by age in Mount Macarthur
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 3 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 5 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 0 |
| 55-64 | 11 |
| 65-74 | 0 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Mount Macarthur
| House | 8 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Mount Macarthur
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 4 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Mount Macarthur
| Australian | 19 |
|---|---|
| English | 14 |
| Scottish | 8 |
| Maltese | 5 |
| Irish | 4 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
Housing tenure in Mount Macarthur
| Owned | 4 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 4 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Mount Macarthur
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Mount Macarthur
| Car | 8 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 6 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
30 bird observations recorded near Mount Macarthur — most often seen:
- Apostlebird (1)
- Australian Bustard (1)
- Australian Magpie (1)
- Australian Owlet-nightjar (1)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (1)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (1)
- Brown Treecreeper (1)
- Common Bronzewing (1)
- Crested Pigeon (1)
- Emu (1)
- Galah (1)
- Grey Butcherbird (1)
- Grey-crowned Babbler (1)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Mount Macarthur
- Laughing Kookaburra (1)
- Magpie-lark (1)
- Nankeen Kestrel (1)
- Pale-headed Rosella (1)
- Peaceful Dove (1)
- Pheasant Coucal (1)
- Pied Butcherbird (1)
- Pied Currawong (1)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (1)
- Red-backed Fairy-wren (1)
- Red-winged Parrot (1)
- Rufous Whistler (1)
- Singing Honeyeater (1)
- Southern Boobook (1)
- Southern Squatter Pigeon (1)
- Striated Pardalote (1)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (1)
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 Macarthur:
- Cotherstone (12.2 km)
- Lowestoff (14.5 km)
- Belcong (19.6 km)
- Tieri (20.8 km)
- Khosh Bulduk (23.7 km)
- Capella (27.7 km)
- Retro (28.1 km)
- Bundoora (28.5 km)
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Streets
- Cotherstone Road (1)
- Feez Creek Road (1)
- Lowestoff Road (9)
