Struck Oil QLD 4714
143 addresses · 11 streets
Flynn Electorate › Rockhampton LGA › Struck Oil · 501 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Struck Oil is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 151 people, with a median age of 51. The typical household earns around $1,303 a week, with median rent near $350 a week. Most homes are houses. About 86% of households own their home and 14% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. 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 Mount Morgan statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Struck Oil itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
1 golf club
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Rockhampton Airport, 26.8 km north.
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: 75.5% 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 | 75.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 96.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 17.2% · Labour-force participation 50.4%
Population by age in Struck Oil
| 0-4 | 11 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 20 |
| 15-19 | 7 |
| 20-24 | 9 |
| 25-34 | 9 |
| 35-44 | 19 |
| 45-54 | 21 |
| 55-64 | 31 |
| 65-74 | 28 |
| 75-84 | 11 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Struck Oil
| House | 57 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Struck Oil
| <$650 | 5 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 20 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 13 |
| $3,000+ | 9 |
Top ancestries in Struck Oil
| Australian | 81 |
|---|---|
| English | 64 |
| Scottish | 21 |
| Aboriginal | 11 |
| Welsh | 11 |
| Irish | 10 |
Housing tenure in Struck Oil
| Owned | 25 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 23 |
| Rented | 8 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Struck Oil
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 17 |
| 2 | 21 |
| 3 | 15 |
| 4+ | 7 |
Commute to work in Struck Oil
| Car | 47 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Top countries of birth in Struck Oil
| New Zealand | 4 |
|---|---|
| England | 3 |
| Scotland | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
742 bird observations recorded near Struck Oil — most often seen:
- Laughing Kookaburra (41)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (38)
- Australian Brush-turkey (37)
- Pied Currawong (36)
- Torresian Crow (35)
- Grey Fantail (34)
- Pacific Black Duck (33)
- Little Black Cormorant (30)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (28)
- Australian Wood Duck (27)
- Noisy Miner (25)
- Striated Pardalote (25)
- Peaceful Dove (24)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Struck Oil
- Australasian Figbird (23)
- Australian Magpie (22)
- Masked Lapwing (22)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (22)
- Australasian Darter (21)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (21)
- Eastern Pied Currawong (21)
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (20)
- Willie Wagtail (20)
- Wonga Pigeon (20)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (18)
- Rufous Whistler (18)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (18)
- Little Pied Cormorant (17)
- Leaden Flycatcher (16)
- Magpie-lark (15)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (15)
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 Struck Oil:
- Limestone (2.1 km)
- Johnsons Hill (2.9 km)
- Leydens Hill (3.5 km)
- Moongan (4.8 km)
- Baree (5.6 km)
- Walterhall (6.2 km)
- Mount Morgan (6.3 km)
- The Mine (7.5 km)
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Streets
- Archer Road (42)
- Belgamba Road (1)
- Burnett Highway (6)
- Harte Lane (6)
- Limestone Road (13)
- Macdonalds Lane (7)
- Maid Of The Mountain Road (5)
- Mckenzie Lane (3)
- Mountain Hideaway Road (4)
- Mountain Maid Creek Road (1)
- Struck Oil Road (55)
