Mount Maria QLD 4674
166 addresses · 8 streets
Flynn Electorate › Gladstone LGA › Mount Maria · 348 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Mount Maria is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 225 people, with a median age of 53. The typical household earns around $879 a week, with median rent near $263 a week. Most homes are houses. About 91% of households own their home and 9% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Agnes Water - Miriam Vale statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mount Maria 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: 49.1% 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 | 49.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 78.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 27.1% · Labour-force participation 42.7%
Population by age in Mount Maria
| 0-4 | 10 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 15 |
| 15-19 | 15 |
| 20-24 | 14 |
| 25-34 | 8 |
| 35-44 | 23 |
| 45-54 | 35 |
| 55-64 | 44 |
| 65-74 | 41 |
| 75-84 | 16 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Mount Maria
| House | 87 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 3 |
Households by weekly income in Mount Maria
| <$650 | 23 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 38 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 14 |
| $3,000+ | 4 |
Top ancestries in Mount Maria
| Australian | 96 |
|---|---|
| English | 85 |
| Scottish | 35 |
| Ancestry NS | 29 |
| Irish | 27 |
| Aboriginal | 16 |
Housing tenure in Mount Maria
| Owned | 50 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 33 |
| Rented | 8 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Mount Maria
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 21 |
| 2 | 34 |
| 3 | 15 |
| 4+ | 15 |
Commute to work in Mount Maria
| Car | 36 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 8 |
Top countries of birth in Mount Maria
| New Zealand | 6 |
|---|---|
| England | 5 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
198 bird observations recorded near Mount Maria — most often seen:
- Grey Fantail (12)
- White-throated Honeyeater (11)
- Brown Honeyeater (10)
- Laughing Kookaburra (10)
- Noisy Friarbird (9)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (8)
- Rufous Whistler (8)
- Striated Pardalote (8)
- Torresian Crow (8)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (7)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (7)
- Mistletoebird (7)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (7)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Mount Maria
- Red-backed Fairy-wren (7)
- Willie Wagtail (7)
- Peaceful Dove (6)
- Welcome Swallow (6)
- Australian Magpie (5)
- Double-barred Finch (5)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (5)
- Pied Butcherbird (5)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (5)
- Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (5)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (5)
- White-throated Treecreeper (5)
- Australasian Figbird (4)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (4)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (4)
- Pale-headed Rosella (4)
- Red-browed Finch (4)
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 Maria:
- Euleilah (5.3 km)
- Berajondo (9.4 km)
- Lowmead (9.4 km)
- Oyster Creek (9.9 km)
- Taunton (10.6 km)
- Baffle Creek (12.3 km)
- Rosedale (13.4 km)
- Deepwater (17 km)
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Streets
- Brauer Road (13)
- Cross Road (2)
- Gorge Road (1)
- Hills Road (25)
- Mitchell Road (29)
- Seeds Road (1)
- Tableland Road (93)
- Walkers Crossing Road (2)
