Suburby Get to know your Aussie suburb
List your business

The Gap QLD 4825

608 addresses · 22 streets

Kennedy Electorate › Mount Isa LGA › The Gap · 1563 km from Brisbane

📦 Thinking of moving here? Read the The Gap moving guide

Living Here

The Gap is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 817 people, with a median age of 33. The typical household earns around $1,987 a week, with median rent near $255 a week. Most homes are houses. About 38% of households own their home and 56% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Aboriginal. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

817Population
33Median age
$1,987Median household income / wk
$255Median rent / wk
2.2Avg 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: The Gap itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Mount Isa, 1.5 km west · Bus interchange: Mount Isa Coaches, 6.8 km north · Airport: Mount Isa Airport, 6.8 km north.

Run a business in The Gap? Get listed →

Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 4/10
Economic resources1/10
Education & jobs4/10

Greenery

🌳 Tree canopy: 70.6% satellite estimate · 2021

Demographics

Unemployment 5.5% · Labour-force participation 66.5%

Population by age in The Gap
Population by age, The Gap QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-458
5-1471
15-1948
20-2482
25-34173
35-44121
45-5496
55-6498
65-7452
75-8423
85+0
Dwelling types in The Gap
Dwelling types, The Gap QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House176
Townhouse119
Apartment27
Other0
Households by weekly income in The Gap
Households by weekly income, The Gap QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$65042
$650-1,49974
$1,500-2,999125
$3,000+72
Top ancestries in The Gap
Top ancestries, The Gap QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Australian247
English209
Aboriginal130
Other106
Ancestry NS101
Irish83
Housing tenure in The Gap
Housing tenure, The Gap QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned42
Mortgage81
Rented179
Other18
Cars per household in The Gap
Cars per household, The Gap QLD (ABS Census 2021)
027
1137
292
334
4+20
Commute to work in The Gap
Commute to work, The Gap QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car317
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked37
Bicycle4
Home4
Top countries of birth in The Gap
Top countries of birth, The Gap QLD (ABS Census 2021)
New Zealand50
Philippines49
England12
South Africa11
Pakistan9
India8
Languages used at home in The Gap
Languages used at home, The Gap QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Tagalog24
Australian Indigenous17
Filipino16
Urdu14
Mandarin5
Thai4

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

21,264 bird observations recorded near The Gap — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near The Gap

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to The Gap:

Embed this suburb

Add this free The Gap stat card to your own site — just copy the code:

Preview:

Cite this page

Quoting these figures? Copy the credit line:

Keep an eye on The Gap

One email when this data meaningfully changes — new census figures, prices, rankings. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.

Streets

Image — Figaro at en.wikipedia · Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons).