Mount Tarampa QLD 4311
246 addresses · 18 streets
Blair Electorate › Somerset LGA › Mount Tarampa · 53 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Mount Tarampa is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 501 people, with a median age of 42. The typical household earns around $1,424 a week, with median rent near $340 a week. Most homes are houses. About 83% of households own their home and 15% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Lowood statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mount Tarampa itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 golf club
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Toowoomba City Aerodrome, 57 km west.
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: 2.7% 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 | 2.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 8.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 8.9% · Labour-force participation 52.3%
Population by age in Mount Tarampa
| 0-4 | 19 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 72 |
| 15-19 | 45 |
| 20-24 | 28 |
| 25-34 | 49 |
| 35-44 | 52 |
| 45-54 | 86 |
| 55-64 | 69 |
| 65-74 | 54 |
| 75-84 | 27 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Mount Tarampa
| House | 159 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Mount Tarampa
| <$650 | 15 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 50 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 39 |
| $3,000+ | 15 |
Top ancestries in Mount Tarampa
| Australian | 204 |
|---|---|
| English | 204 |
| German | 55 |
| Scottish | 51 |
| Ancestry NS | 51 |
| Aboriginal | 48 |
Housing tenure in Mount Tarampa
| Owned | 56 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 74 |
| Rented | 24 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Mount Tarampa
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 19 |
| 2 | 68 |
| 3 | 33 |
| 4+ | 33 |
Commute to work in Mount Tarampa
| Car | 131 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 9 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 20 |
Top countries of birth in Mount Tarampa
| England | 12 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 7 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 |
| Vietnam | 4 |
| Germany | 3 |
Languages used at home in Mount Tarampa
| Tamil | 8 |
|---|---|
| Vietnamese | 8 |
| German | 3 |
| Spanish | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
14,662 bird observations recorded near Mount Tarampa — most often seen:
- Magpie-lark (995)
- Torresian Crow (835)
- Australian Wood Duck (815)
- Straw-necked Ibis (809)
- Australian Magpie (793)
- Nankeen Kestrel (721)
- Pacific Black Duck (672)
- Whistling Kite (653)
- Galah (580)
- Willie Wagtail (578)
- Pied Butcherbird (540)
- Masked Lapwing (538)
- Banded Lapwing (511)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Mount Tarampa
- Common Myna (507)
- Crested Pigeon (463)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (459)
- Grey Teal (421)
- Pale-headed Rosella (371)
- White-faced Heron (339)
- Australian Pelican (333)
- Cockatiel (322)
- Australasian Grebe (315)
- Welcome Swallow (310)
- Noisy Miner (293)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (261)
- Little Black Cormorant (259)
- Black Swan (252)
- Little Corella (243)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (241)
- Australasian Darter (233)
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 Tarampa:
- Lynford (3.8 km)
- Lockrose (4.9 km)
- Clarendon (5.1 km)
- Atkinsons Dam (5.6 km)
- Rifle Range (5.7 km)
- Brightview (5.9 km)
- Kentville (6.9 km)
- Tarampa (7.5 km)
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Streets
- Banool Road (1)
- Blind Gully Road (3)
- Boyces Road (5)
- Coominya Connection Road (12)
- Daisy Road (22)
- Forest Hill - Fernvale Road (47)
- Irwin Road (24)
- Kavanagh Road (3)
- Mccarthy Road (14)
- Mount Tarampa Road (48)
- Mullers Road (6)
- Pakleppa Lane (4)
- Pakleppa Lane W (1)
- Profkes Road (15)
- Spenglers Lane (1)
- Utz Lane (2)
- Watsons Road (22)
- Wendts Road (16)
