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Rural View QLD 4740

2,973 addresses · 125 streets

Dawson Electorate › Mackay LGA › Rural View · 813 km from Brisbane

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Living Here

Rural View is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 5,657 people, with a median age of 31. The typical household earns around $2,471 a week, with median rent near $420 a week. Most homes are houses. About 72% of households own their home and 28% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

5,657Population
31Median age
$2,471Median household income / wk
$420Median rent / wk
3.0Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Eimeo - Rural View statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Rural View itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Mackay Airport, 12.2 km south.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙂Above average · 7/10
Economic resources9/10
Education & jobs5/10

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: 8.9% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Rural View

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

Tree cover measures, Rural View QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20208.9%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202122.5%

Demographics

Unemployment 2.8% · Labour-force participation 74.3%

Population by age in Rural View
Population by age, Rural View QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-4461
5-14983
15-19408
20-24366
25-34910
35-44945
45-54733
55-64502
65-74258
75-8486
85+17
Dwelling types in Rural View
Dwelling types, Rural View QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House1,711
Townhouse64
Apartment4
Other0
Households by weekly income in Rural View
Households by weekly income, Rural View QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$65099
$650-1,499259
$1,500-2,999581
$3,000+570
Top ancestries in Rural View
Top ancestries, Rural View QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Australian2,249
English2,149
Scottish587
Other584
Irish497
Ancestry NS467
Housing tenure in Rural View
Housing tenure, Rural View QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned334
Mortgage934
Rented492
Other10
Cars per household in Rural View
Cars per household, Rural View QLD (ABS Census 2021)
024
1448
2850
3298
4+151
Commute to work in Rural View
Commute to work, Rural View QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car2,365
Train0
Bus49
Tram/ferry0
Walked27
Bicycle10
Home129
Top countries of birth in Rural View
Top countries of birth, Rural View QLD (ABS Census 2021)
New Zealand167
South Africa138
England106
Philippines59
Zimbabwe36
India33
Languages used at home in Rural View
Languages used at home, Rural View QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Afrikaans75
Punjabi25
Filipino25
Australian Indigenous22
Mandarin18
Spanish16

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

4,989 bird observations recorded near Rural View — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Rural View

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.