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Mount Surprise QLD 4871

43 addresses · 8 streets

Kennedy Electorate › Etheridge LGA › Mount Surprise · 1371 km from Brisbane

Living Here

Mount Surprise is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 138 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $875 a week, with median rent near $150 a week. Most homes are houses. About 81% of households own their home and 11% rent. Most workers walk to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

138Population
48Median age
$875Median household income / wk
$150Median rent / wk
2.1Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Croydon - Etheridge statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mount Surprise itself.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 3/10
Economic resources2/10
Education & jobs4/10

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: 19.3% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Mount Surprise

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

Tree cover measures, Mount Surprise QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202019.3%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202167.3%

Demographics

Population by age in Mount Surprise
Population by age, Mount Surprise QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-414
5-1411
15-190
20-244
25-3413
35-4415
45-547
55-6427
65-7426
75-846
85+0
Dwelling types in Mount Surprise
Dwelling types, Mount Surprise QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House30
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other22
Households by weekly income in Mount Surprise
Households by weekly income, Mount Surprise QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$65011
$650-1,49923
$1,500-2,9994
$3,000+0
Top ancestries in Mount Surprise
Top ancestries, Mount Surprise QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Australian53
English53
Irish21
Ancestry NS19
Aboriginal16
Scottish11
Housing tenure in Mount Surprise
Housing tenure, Mount Surprise QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned32
Mortgage6
Rented5
Other4
Cars per household in Mount Surprise
Cars per household, Mount Surprise QLD (ABS Census 2021)
03
125
29
33
4+8
Commute to work in Mount Surprise
Commute to work, Mount Surprise QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car8
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked20
Bicycle0
Home17
Top countries of birth in Mount Surprise
Top countries of birth, Mount Surprise QLD (ABS Census 2021)
England4
United States4
New Zealand3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

149 bird observations recorded near Mount Surprise — most often seen:

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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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