The Mine QLD 4714

Living Here

The Mine is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 23 people, with a median age of 57. The typical household earns around $900 a week, with median rent near $240 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Aboriginal. 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: The Mine itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 2 schools

  • Mount Morgan State High School
  • Mount Morgan Central State School
• 1 café or restaurant

  • Top of The Mount
• 1 supermarket

  • IGA Mount Morgan
• 7 parks

  • Boyd Park
  • Anzac Memorial Park
  • Newman Park
  • Mount Morgan Railyway Museum
  • Mount Morgan Showgrounds
  • Cricket pitch
  • Mount Morgan MTB Trail Head
• 1 hospital

  • Mount Morgan Multipurpose Health Service
• 1 library

  • Mount Morgan Library
• 1 post office

  • Mount Morgan Post Office
• 1 gym

  • Mount Morgan Swimming Pool
• 1 golf club

  • Mount Morgan Golf Course
• 1 bakery

  • Mount Morgan Hot Bread Shop
• 1 hardware store

  • Mount Morgan Hardware and Garden Centre
• 4 places to stay

  • Mount Morgan gold mine
  • Grand Hotel
  • Leichhardt Hotel
  • Ferns Miners Rest Motel

Getting around. Airport: Rockhampton Airport, 31.1 km north.

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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: 43.3% 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.

Demographics

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

722 bird observations recorded near The Mine — most often seen:

• Torresian Crow (42)
• Blue-faced Honeyeater (39)
• Double-barred Finch (33)
• Willie Wagtail (33)
• Laughing Kookaburra (32)
• Pacific Black Duck (32)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (32)
• Australian Magpie (31)
• Noisy Miner (30)
• Pied Currawong (30)
• Masked Lapwing (27)
• Little Black Cormorant (25)
• Australian Wood Duck (24)

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 The Mine:

• Mount Morgan (1.3 km)
• Walterhall (1.9 km)
• Horse Creek (2.3 km)
• Baree (3 km)
• Hamilton Creek (3.6 km)
• Moongan (4.7 km)
• Johnsons Hill (4.8 km)
• Leydens Hill (5 km)

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