Mount Tom QLD 4677
44 addresses · 11 streets
Flynn Electorate › Gladstone LGA › Mount Tom · 371 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Mount Tom is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 44 people, with a median age of 56. The typical household earns around $725 a week, with median rent near $250 a week. Most homes are houses. About 76% of households own their home and 24% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Agnes Water - Miriam Vale statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mount Tom itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 71.7% 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 | 71.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 82.1% |
Demographics
Population by age in Mount Tom
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 4 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 11 |
| 55-64 | 8 |
| 65-74 | 12 |
| 75-84 | 4 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Mount Tom
| House | 18 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Mount Tom
| <$650 | 8 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 4 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Mount Tom
| Australian | 15 |
|---|---|
| English | 15 |
| Ancestry NS | 11 |
| German | 10 |
| Irish | 4 |
| Scottish | 4 |
Housing tenure in Mount Tom
| Owned | 8 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 8 |
| Rented | 5 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Mount Tom
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 11 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Mount Tom
| Car | 4 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
38 bird observations recorded near Mount Tom — most often seen:
- Great Egret (4)
- Australian Wood Duck (2)
- Brown Falcon (2)
- Forest Kingfisher (2)
- Red-browed Finch (2)
- Torresian Crow (2)
- Australasian Darter (1)
- Australasian Figbird (1)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (1)
- Azure Kingfisher (1)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (1)
- Black-shouldered Kite (1)
- Brolga (1)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Mount Tom
- Comb-crested Jacana (1)
- Crested Pigeon (1)
- Dollarbird (1)
- Double-barred Finch (1)
- Dusky Moorhen (1)
- Grey-crowned Babbler (1)
- Helmeted Guineafowl (1)
- Laughing Kookaburra (1)
- Little Friarbird (1)
- Magpie-lark (1)
- Masked Lapwing (1)
- Pacific Baza (1)
- Plumed Whistling-duck (1)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (1)
- Red-backed Fairy-wren (1)
- Red-chested Button-quail (1)
- Royal Spoonbill (1)
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 Tom:
- Captain Creek (12 km)
- Colosseum (12.4 km)
- Miriam Vale (12.4 km)
- Taunton (15.6 km)
- Lowmead (21.3 km)
- Oyster Creek (21.8 km)
- Bororen (21.8 km)
- Round Hill (22 km)
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Streets
- Bindaree Road (10)
- Fingerboard Road (16)
- Gwynne Range Road (2)
- Hallorans Road (2)
- Jeffery Road (3)
- Jefferys Road (1)
- Lowmead Road (2)
- Sadock Road (1)
- Shanvale Access (5)
- Tableland Road (1)
- Thornes Road (1)
