Mount Samson QLD 4520
261 addresses · 22 streets
Dickson Electorate › Moreton Bay LGA › Mount Samson · 26 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Mount Samson is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 625 people, with a median age of 47. The typical household earns around $2,750 a week, with median rent near $435 a week. Most homes are houses. About 93% of households own their home and 7% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Dayboro statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mount Samson itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 park
1 Catholic church
1 hospital
1 childcare centre
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: Brisbane Airport, 28.6 km east.
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: 40% 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 | 40.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 63.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.1% · Labour-force participation 65.2%
Population by age in Mount Samson
| 0-4 | 19 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 91 |
| 15-19 | 47 |
| 20-24 | 31 |
| 25-34 | 24 |
| 35-44 | 73 |
| 45-54 | 109 |
| 55-64 | 118 |
| 65-74 | 74 |
| 75-84 | 26 |
| 85+ | 7 |
Dwelling types in Mount Samson
| House | 182 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Mount Samson
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 30 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 55 |
| $3,000+ | 78 |
Top ancestries in Mount Samson
| English | 286 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 220 |
| Irish | 95 |
| Scottish | 81 |
| German | 50 |
| Ancestry NS | 34 |
Housing tenure in Mount Samson
| Owned | 77 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 90 |
| Rented | 12 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Mount Samson
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 22 |
| 2 | 75 |
| 3 | 42 |
| 4+ | 41 |
Commute to work in Mount Samson
| Car | 188 |
|---|---|
| Train | 3 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 6 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 77 |
Top countries of birth in Mount Samson
| England | 47 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 22 |
| Germany | 7 |
| France | 3 |
| Malaysia | 3 |
| South Africa | 3 |
Languages used at home in Mount Samson
| German | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
97,522 bird observations recorded near Mount Samson — most often seen:
- Lewin's Honeyeater (4,134)
- Whistling Kite (3,777)
- Australian Pelican (3,768)
- Little Pied Cormorant (3,741)
- Willie Wagtail (3,676)
- Rufous Whistler (3,653)
- Eastern Whipbird (3,649)
- Little Black Cormorant (3,640)
- Grey Fantail (3,508)
- Pacific Black Duck (3,449)
- Torresian Crow (3,330)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (3,289)
- Silvereye (3,286)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Mount Samson
- Tawny Grassbird (3,232)
- Australasian Darter (3,175)
- Great Crested Grebe (3,131)
- Black Swan (3,111)
- Brown Honeyeater (3,105)
- Red-backed Fairy-wren (3,102)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (3,065)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (2,988)
- Red-browed Finch (2,985)
- Laughing Kookaburra (2,967)
- Australasian Figbird (2,885)
- Australasian Grebe (2,850)
- Eurasian Coot (2,827)
- Golden-headed Cisticola (2,827)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (2,799)
- White-throated Gerygone (2,792)
- Pied Butcherbird (2,781)
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 Samson:
- Closeburn (2.9 km)
- Samsonvale (3.6 km)
- Cedar Creek (4 km)
- Yugar (5.4 km)
- Clear Mountain (5.7 km)
- Kobble Creek (6.3 km)
- Samford Valley (7.3 km)
- Draper (7.8 km)
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Streets
- Andrew Road (16)
- Basin Road (1)
- Blake Court (5)
- Carr Court (8)
- Country Lane (13)
- Foggs Road (42)
- Grayson Court (2)
- Greenmount Court (5)
- Hills Road (7)
- Kundes Road (31)
- Lyell Court (7)
- Mount Samson Road (10)
- Nixon Road (5)
- Old Mount Samson Road (27)
- Range View Drive (8)
- Rosemont Court (10)
- Rosewarne Lane (3)
- Sajla Court (6)
- Salisbury Road (3)
- Tom Schmidt Court (22)
- Vera Joyce Court (9)
- Winn Road (21)
