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Mount Ossa QLD 4741

192 addresses · 25 streets

Dawson Electorate › Mackay LGA › Mount Ossa · 839 km from Brisbane

Living Here

Mount Ossa is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 250 people, with a median age of 42. The typical household earns around $1,770 a week, with median rent near $228 a week. Most homes are houses. About 72% of households own their home and 13% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

250Population
42Median age
$1,770Median household income / wk
$228Median rent / wk
2.8Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Seaforth - Calen statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mount Ossa itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Mackay Airport, 42.2 km south-east.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 4/10
Economic resources7/10
Education & jobs2/10

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: 44.1% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Mount Ossa

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

Tree cover measures, Mount Ossa QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202044.1%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202156.8%

Demographics

Unemployment 2.6% · Labour-force participation 57.4%

Population by age in Mount Ossa
Population by age, Mount Ossa QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-415
5-1432
15-1915
20-2412
25-3431
35-4427
45-5432
55-6433
65-7438
75-8415
85+0
Dwelling types in Mount Ossa
Dwelling types, Mount Ossa QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House68
Townhouse3
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Mount Ossa
Households by weekly income, Mount Ossa QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$6508
$650-1,49916
$1,500-2,99916
$3,000+15
Top ancestries in Mount Ossa
Top ancestries, Mount Ossa QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Australian102
English83
Ancestry NS45
Scottish31
Irish24
Maltese20
Housing tenure in Mount Ossa
Housing tenure, Mount Ossa QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned23
Mortgage26
Rented9
Other10
Cars per household in Mount Ossa
Cars per household, Mount Ossa QLD (ABS Census 2021)
00
113
226
315
4+15
Commute to work in Mount Ossa
Commute to work, Mount Ossa QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car59
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked7
Bicycle0
Home19
Top countries of birth in Mount Ossa
Top countries of birth, Mount Ossa QLD (ABS Census 2021)
England5
New Zealand3
Zimbabwe3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

1,915 bird observations recorded near Mount Ossa — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Mount Ossa

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.