Rockmount QLD 4344
51 addresses · 7 streets
Wright Electorate › Lockyer Valley LGA › Rockmount · 101 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Rockmount is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 82 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $1,625 a week, with median rent near $400 a week. Most homes are houses. About 77% of households own their home and 23% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Lockyer Valley - West statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Rockmount itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
Getting around. Airport: Toowoomba City Aerodrome, 19 km north-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: 61.4% 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 | 61.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 81.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 7% · Labour-force participation 60.6%
Population by age in Rockmount
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 9 |
| 15-19 | 9 |
| 20-24 | 5 |
| 25-34 | 3 |
| 35-44 | 12 |
| 45-54 | 16 |
| 55-64 | 8 |
| 65-74 | 12 |
| 75-84 | 6 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Rockmount
| House | 30 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Rockmount
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 6 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 11 |
| $3,000+ | 3 |
Top ancestries in Rockmount
| English | 37 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 33 |
| Scottish | 21 |
| Irish | 15 |
| German | 8 |
| Chinese | 4 |
Housing tenure in Rockmount
| Owned | 14 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 13 |
| Rented | 8 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Rockmount
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 10 |
| 3 | 5 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Rockmount
| Car | 25 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 7 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
3,033 bird observations recorded near Rockmount — most often seen:
- Lewin's Honeyeater (171)
- Torresian Crow (160)
- Eastern Whipbird (147)
- Pied Currawong (146)
- Mistletoebird (123)
- Silvereye (122)
- Australian Magpie (115)
- Wonga Pigeon (115)
- Double-barred Finch (110)
- Noisy Friarbird (110)
- Noisy Miner (107)
- Laughing Kookaburra (101)
- Southern Lewin's Honeyeater (98)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Rockmount
- Willie Wagtail (97)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (96)
- Grey Fantail (95)
- South-east Eastern Whipbird (93)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (92)
- Striated Pardalote (84)
- Olive-backed Oriole (80)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (79)
- Eastern Silvereye (79)
- Grey Butcherbird (79)
- Australasian Figbird (78)
- Australian Torresian Crow (78)
- Eastern Pied Currawong (77)
- Red-browed Finch (77)
- Rufous Whistler (75)
- White-browed Scrubwren (75)
- Brown Thornbill (74)
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 Rockmount:
- Stockyard (4.3 km)
- Ramsay (6.3 km)
- Upper Flagstone (6.9 km)
- Egypt (7.2 km)
- Preston (7.8 km)
- Silver Ridge (8.6 km)
- Fordsdale (8.8 km)
- Flagstone Creek (8.9 km)
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Streets
- Hell Hole Creek Road (3)
- Mount Neale Road (1)
- Priors Road (8)
- Rockmount Road (15)
- Sawpit Gully Road (12)
- Tuckeroo Lane (1)
- Walkers Road (11)
