Mount Morgan, QLD
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Mount Morgan is a historic mining town on the Dee River in Central Queensland, about 38 kilometres south-south-west of Rockhampton. It grew up around one of the richest gold and copper mines in the world, founded in 1882 and named after the Morgan brothers, who held the original leases. Over its long life the Mount Morgan Mine yielded hundreds of tonnes of gold and several hundred thousand tonnes of copper before finally closing in 1990. The fortune one shareholder, William Knox D'Arcy, drew from the mine helped bankroll the oil venture in Persia that eventually became the company known today as BP. The town keeps a wealth of heritage buildings from its boom years. With mining gone, tourism now drives the town, drawing visitors to its museums, heritage sites and mountain bike trails.
Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs
Mount Morgan is more socio-economically advantaged than about 2% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 779, where about 1000 is the national average).
A socio-economic measure from ABS Census data — not a measure of how good a suburb is to live in or visit. How we calculate this.
Is Mount Morgan a good place to live?
There’s no single answer — it depends on what matters to you. So instead of one mystery number, we break it down: a transparent score on each part of life we can back with public data, and an honest “not yet” on the parts we can’t.
Lower on the data we score
A weighted blend of the 2 components we can score for Mount Morgan from public data. It sits alongside — and reconciles with — the socio-economic Suburb Score above; it is a transparent read, not a complete verdict.
Socio-economic advantage
2/100Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs
Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (2/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
78/100More affordable than the national median
Median weekly rent was $200 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 78% of suburbs we can compare. Housing data only, no valuations. · ABS Census 2021
Not yet scored
We’d rather leave these open than publish a number we can’t stand behind. Here’s where each one stands.
- Amenities & accessNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap amenity mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- Green spaceNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap green-space mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- TransportNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap public-transport mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- SchoolsNot scored yet — school performance (ACARA / ICSEA) needs a data-reuse licence cleared before we can publish it.
- SafetyNot scored yet — Australia has no single open crime dataset and safety data carries defamation and legal care, so it is gated pending a go/no-go and will be data-only when added.
- CommunityNot scored yet — we won't reduce community to a number from a proxy. We'd rather leave it open than publish an invented value judgement.
A transparent read on public data, not a verdict — and not a measure of any person or community. See our methodology for how each component is worked out and why some aren’t scored yet.
Mount Morgan at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 2,018
- Median age
- 52
- Median weekly household income
- $779
- SEIFA score
- 779
- Local government area
- Rockhampton
- Coordinates
- -23.6406, 150.3960
Map of Mount Morgan
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Housing & property in Mount Morgan
What it costs to live in Mount Morgan and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $200
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $758
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 69%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 25%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Mount Morgan demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Mount Morgan demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Mount Morgan using the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census; every percentage is a share of a clearly stated Census count, so each one traces back to the source. At a glance, the largest age group is mid-life (45–64) at 31% and 9% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 295 | 15% |
| Youth (15–24) | 183 | 9% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 334 | 16% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 630 | 31% |
| Seniors (65+) | 592 | 29% |
Share of the 2,034 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 409 | 49% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 168 | 20% |
| Rented | 211 | 25% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 811 | 97% |
| Townhouses & semis | 10 | 1% |
| Flats & apartments | 9 | 1% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 835 occupied private dwellings in Mount Morgan.
- Average household size
- 2 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,066
- Median weekly personal income
- $462
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 156 (9%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 32 (2%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 317 (16%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 449 (27%)
- Labour-force participation
- 32.9%
- Unemployment rate
- 15.8%
- Employed full-time
- 246
- Employed part-time
- 171
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (General Community Profile, by Suburb and Locality). © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. How we group bands and derive each share is set out on our methodology page.
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Common questions about Mount Morgan
Is Mount Morgan a good place to live?
There's no single answer, so we score what the public data can back. On socio-economic advantage and housing affordability, Mount Morgan rates 27/100 overall (Lower on the data we score). Public transport, schools and safety aren't scored yet — see our methodology for why.
What is the median rent in Mount Morgan?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Mount Morgan was $200, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $758. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Mount Morgan?
Mount Morgan is a suburb of Queensland, Australia, in the Rockhampton local government area.
What is the population of Mount Morgan?
At the 2021 Census, Mount Morgan had a population of about 2,018.
Is Mount Morgan an advantaged area?
Mount Morgan has an ABS SEIFA score of 779, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 2 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 2% of Australian suburbs.
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