Wights Mountain QLD 4520

Living Here

Wights Mountain is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 767 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $3,091 a week, with median rent near $350 a week. Most homes are houses. About 94% of households own their home and 4% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Samford Valley statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Wights Mountain itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 2 schools

  • Samford Valley Steiner School
  • Samford State School
• 1 café or restaurant

  • Café Lagarto
• 8 parks

  • Hope Rive Park
  • Small Park
  • Royce Fathers Reserve
  • Westbourne Drive Park
  • Davidson Park
  • Undambi Rotary Reserve
  • Uralba Park
  • Mitchell Park
• 1 Catholic church

  • Sacred Heart Catholic Church
• 4 physiotherapists

  • Pilates Lifestyle & Wellbeing
  • Enable Health Clinic
  • The Movement Team
  • Inline Physio
• 1 optometrist

  • Emphasis on Eyecare
• 2 hospitals

  • North West Private Hospital
  • Evolve Therapeutic Services
• 2 vets

  • Samford Valley Veterinary Hospital
  • Samford Emergency Vets
• 2 gyms & sports centres

  • Head Heart Feet Yoga and Professional Development
  • Zen Space
• 1 golf club

  • Samford Valley Golf and Country Club
• 1 dog park

  • Samford Valley Dog Park
• 2 hardware stores

  • Mower Mart Samford
  • Mooey's Hardware & Landscaping
• 1 mechanic

  • Samford Garage
• 1 place to stay

  • Samford Cottage Accommodation

Getting around. Train station: Ferny Grove, 8.8 km east · Airport: Brisbane Airport, 27.3 km east.

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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: 37.7% 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

Unemployment 3.3% · Labour-force participation 66.2%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

77,526 bird observations recorded near Wights Mountain — most often seen:

• Lewin's Honeyeater (3,724)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (3,630)
• Torresian Crow (3,567)
• Laughing Kookaburra (3,230)
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (3,151)
• Noisy Miner (3,131)
• Eastern Whipbird (3,083)
• Pied Butcherbird (2,871)
• Willie Wagtail (2,871)
• Grey Butcherbird (2,775)
• Australian Magpie (2,738)
• Grey Shrike-thrush (2,724)
• Australasian Figbird (2,676)

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 Wights Mountain:

• Jollys Lookout (2.6 km)
• Highvale (2.9 km)
• Samford Valley (3.2 km)
• Camp Mountain (3.3 km)
• Samford Village (4.4 km)
• Enoggera Reservoir (5.7 km)
• Yugar (6 km)
• Mount Nebo (6.4 km)

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