Mount Surround QLD 4809
109 addresses · 8 streets
Dawson Electorate › Burdekin LGA › Mount Surround · 1072 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Mount Surround is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 130 people, with a median age of 55. The typical household earns around $1,800 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 87% of households own their home and 13% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Italian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Burdekin statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mount Surround itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 place to stay
Getting around. Train station: Giru, 6.4 km north-east · Airport: Ayr Airport, 29.6 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: 18.4% 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 | 18.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 62.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.6% · Labour-force participation 65.5%
Population by age in Mount Surround
| 0-4 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 11 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 7 |
| 25-34 | 5 |
| 35-44 | 8 |
| 45-54 | 22 |
| 55-64 | 26 |
| 65-74 | 21 |
| 75-84 | 13 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Mount Surround
| House | 52 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Mount Surround
| <$650 | 13 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 16 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 23 |
| $3,000+ | 8 |
Top ancestries in Mount Surround
| English | 47 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 46 |
| Italian | 24 |
| Scottish | 22 |
| Irish | 19 |
| German | 9 |
Housing tenure in Mount Surround
| Owned | 36 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 11 |
| Rented | 7 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Mount Surround
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 23 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 15 |
Commute to work in Mount Surround
| Car | 51 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 7 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 13 |
Top countries of birth in Mount Surround
| New Zealand | 9 |
|---|---|
| Italy | 4 |
| Vietnam | 3 |
Languages used at home in Mount Surround
| Vietnamese | 7 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
6,244 bird observations recorded near Mount Surround — most often seen:
- Whistling Kite (345)
- Masked Lapwing (341)
- White-breasted Woodswallow (297)
- Willie Wagtail (274)
- Black Kite (271)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (269)
- Australasian Darter (261)
- Peaceful Dove (254)
- Great Egret (253)
- Chestnut-breasted Munia (245)
- Magpie Goose (234)
- Straw-necked Ibis (224)
- White-gaped Honeyeater (220)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Mount Surround
- Crimson Finch (217)
- Australian White Ibis (214)
- Magpie-lark (211)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (164)
- Eastern Peaceful Dove (163)
- Leaden Flycatcher (163)
- Little Pied Cormorant (159)
- Forest Kingfisher (158)
- White-browed Robin (158)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (154)
- Fairy Martin (151)
- Little Black Cormorant (146)
- White-necked Heron (144)
- Black-faced Woodswallow (141)
- Golden-headed Cisticola (141)
- Red-backed Fairy-wren (140)
- Spangled Drongo (132)
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 Surround:
- Shirbourne (4.1 km)
- Giru (6.4 km)
- Cromarty (7.2 km)
- Horseshoe Lagoon (10.1 km)
- Mount Elliot (11.3 km)
- Majors Creek (12 km)
- Cungulla (16.6 km)
- Alligator Creek (18 km)
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Streets
- Bosel Road (1)
- Bruce Highway (30)
- Link Road (15)
- Mailman Road (3)
- Minehan Lane (1)
- Piralko Road (23)
- Sarri Road (4)
- Woodstock - Giru Road (32)
