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Mount Peter QLD 4869

689 addresses · 42 streets

Kennedy Electorate › Cairns LGA › Mount Peter · 1380 km from Brisbane

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Living Here

Mount Peter is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 689 people, with a median age of 30. The typical household earns around $2,096 a week, with median rent near $450 a week. Most homes are houses. About 84% of households own their home and 16% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

689Population
30Median age
$2,096Median household income / wk
$450Median rent / wk
2.9Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Gordonvale - Trinity statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mount Peter itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Gordonvale, 7.4 km south-east · Bus interchange: Mount Sheridan Plaza Bus Stop, 6.2 km north · Airport: Cairns Airport, 18.7 km north.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙂Above average · 7/10
Economic resources8/10
Education & jobs6/10

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: 40.9% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Mount Peter

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

Tree cover measures, Mount Peter QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202040.9%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202155.4%

Demographics

Unemployment 2.8% · Labour-force participation 77.4%

Population by age in Mount Peter
Population by age, Mount Peter QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-468
5-14115
15-1933
20-2448
25-34154
35-44120
45-5444
55-6462
65-7424
75-8414
85+0
Dwelling types in Mount Peter
Dwelling types, Mount Peter QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House225
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Mount Peter
Households by weekly income, Mount Peter QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$6505
$650-1,49962
$1,500-2,999103
$3,000+50
Top ancestries in Mount Peter
Top ancestries, Mount Peter QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Australian252
English194
Other124
Irish62
Filipino57
Italian44
Housing tenure in Mount Peter
Housing tenure, Mount Peter QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned45
Mortgage148
Rented37
Other0
Cars per household in Mount Peter
Cars per household, Mount Peter QLD (ABS Census 2021)
00
163
2115
336
4+13
Commute to work in Mount Peter
Commute to work, Mount Peter QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car245
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked5
Bicycle0
Home57
Top countries of birth in Mount Peter
Top countries of birth, Mount Peter QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Philippines43
England15
India15
New Zealand13
Thailand12
Papua New Guinea9
Languages used at home in Mount Peter
Languages used at home, Mount Peter QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Tagalog29
Punjabi13
Japanese9
Samoan8
Cantonese5
Malayalam5

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

28,063 bird observations recorded near Mount Peter — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Mount Peter

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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