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Pioneer QLD 4825

1,110 addresses · 44 streets

Kennedy Electorate › Mount Isa LGA › Pioneer · 1563 km from Brisbane

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Living Here

Pioneer is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 2,346 people, with a median age of 27. The typical household earns around $1,664 a week, with median rent near $210 a week. Most homes are houses. About 40% of households own their home and 58% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Aboriginal, Australian, English. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

2,346Population
27Median age
$1,664Median household income / wk
$210Median rent / wk
2.9Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Mount Isa statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Pioneer itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Mount Isa, 2.4 km west · Bus interchange: Mount Isa Coaches, 6.3 km north · Airport: Mount Isa Airport, 6.3 km north.

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Socio-economic Standing

😟More disadvantaged · 1/10
Economic resources1/10
Education & jobs1/10

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: 3.6% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Pioneer

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

Tree cover measures, Pioneer QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20203.6%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202116.3%

Demographics

Unemployment 9.7% · Labour-force participation 55.7%

Population by age in Pioneer
Population by age, Pioneer QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-4247
5-14442
15-19213
20-24168
25-34375
35-44295
45-54247
55-64215
65-7495
75-8439
85+12
Dwelling types in Pioneer
Dwelling types, Pioneer QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House561
Townhouse115
Apartment14
Other19
Households by weekly income in Pioneer
Households by weekly income, Pioneer QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$650106
$650-1,499166
$1,500-2,999221
$3,000+123
Top ancestries in Pioneer
Top ancestries, Pioneer QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Aboriginal977
Australian643
English505
Ancestry NS243
Other223
Irish126
Housing tenure in Pioneer
Housing tenure, Pioneer QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned100
Mortgage176
Rented407
Other13
Cars per household in Pioneer
Cars per household, Pioneer QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0109
1266
2233
352
4+32
Commute to work in Pioneer
Commute to work, Pioneer QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car651
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked31
Bicycle6
Home13
Top countries of birth in Pioneer
Top countries of birth, Pioneer QLD (ABS Census 2021)
New Zealand72
Philippines49
Zimbabwe18
Papua New Guinea16
India12
Sri Lanka11
Languages used at home in Pioneer
Languages used at home, Pioneer QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Australian Indigenous29
Tagalog24
Sinhalese13
Filipino10
Thai10
Punjabi7

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

21,317 bird observations recorded near Pioneer — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Pioneer

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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Satellite view — Digital Earth Australia (Geoscience Australia) · CC BY 4.0.