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Mount Elliot vs Mount Surround

Suburb / Locality comparison ≈ 11 km apart · Mount Elliot profile · Mount Surround profile

Mount Elliot Mount Surround

Mount Surround and Mount Elliot (Qld) are both rural Queensland areas, but they differ in their landscape and population. Mount Surround has 130 people and one school within 3 km, while Mount Elliot (Qld) is largely non-residential with no recorded population. The terrain varies sharply between them, with the slope in Mount Elliot (Qld) being far higher at 41.9% compared to just 4.0% in Mount Surround.

Both areas are completely car-dependent, with no homes within a 15-minute walk of parks, groceries, health services, or schools. This shared lack of local amenities defines daily life in both places, regardless of their different populations. While Mount Surround has a larger number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, both areas remain very isolated from public transport options.

Where they differ most

Demographics & Identity

Population in Mount Elliotin Mount Surround +130 larger in Mount Surround gap steady
0 0th pct 130 45th pct
  • First area, 2011: 0
  • First area, 2016: 8
  • First area, 2021: 0
  • Second area, 2016: 145
  • Second area, 2021: 130
— 55 yrs 86th pct
  • First area, 2016: 54 yrs
  • Second area, 2016: 49 yrs
  • Second area, 2021: 55 yrs
— 6.2% 78th pct
  • Second area, 2016: 2.1%
  • Second area, 2021: 6.2%
— 28.5% 83rd pct
  • Second area, 2016: 16.6%
  • Second area, 2021: 28.5%
— 11.5% 21st pct
  • Second area, 2016: 7.6%
  • Second area, 2021: 11.5%
— 9.6% 30th pct
  • Second area, 2016: 8.3%
  • Second area, 2021: 9.6%

Ancestry & Birthplace

— 16.2% 68th pct
  • Second area, 2016: 12.4%
  • Second area, 2021: 16.2%

Language

— 3.8% 53rd pct
  • Second area, 2016: 2.8%
  • Second area, 2021: 3.8%
— 0.0% 0th pct
  • Second area, 2016: 0.0%
  • Second area, 2021: 0.0%

Religion

— 24.6% 14th pct
  • Second area, 2016: 14.5%
  • Second area, 2021: 24.6%

Education & Qualifications

— 33.9% 21st pct
  • Second area, 2016: 41.2%
  • Second area, 2021: 33.9%
— 7.8% 21st pct
  • Second area, 2016: 10.3%
  • Second area, 2021: 7.8%
Schools ≤3 km in Mount Elliotin Mount Surround +1 more in Mount Surround
0 0th pct 1 43rd pct
— 60 18th pct
— 925 16th pct

Income

— $825 62nd pct
  • Second area, 2016: $640
  • Second area, 2021: $825
— $1,800 65th pct
  • Second area, 2016: $1,333
  • Second area, 2021: $1,800
— $1,875 49th pct
  • Second area, 2016: $1,541
  • Second area, 2021: $1,875
— 9.6% 58th pct
  • Second area, 2016: 0.0%
  • Second area, 2021: 9.6%
— 15.4% 48th pct
  • Second area, 2016: 10.7%
  • Second area, 2021: 15.4%

Health & Disability

— 28.5% 48th pct
— 5.4% 27th pct
— 8.5% 84th pct
  • Second area, 2016: 4.1%
  • Second area, 2021: 8.5%

Community Participation

— 29.6% 86th pct
  • Second area, 2016: 41.3%
  • Second area, 2021: 29.6%
— 13.9% 62nd pct
  • Second area, 2016: 6.3%
  • Second area, 2021: 13.9%
— 14.8% 13th pct
  • Second area, 2016: 16.7%
  • Second area, 2021: 14.8%
— 7.9% 91st pct
— 27.8% 70th pct
  • Second area, 2016: 35.7%
  • Second area, 2021: 27.8%

First Nations

First Nations people in Mount Elliotin Mount Surround +8 larger in Mount Surround
0 0th pct 8 57th pct
— 49 yrs 86th pct
— $525 36th pct
— $3,624 92nd pct

Family & Households

— 2.4 43rd pct
  • Second area, 2016: 2.2
  • Second area, 2021: 2.4
— 9.6% 42nd pct
  • Second area, 2016: 2.7%
  • Second area, 2021: 9.6%
— 23.1% 48th pct
  • Second area, 2016: 28.6%
  • Second area, 2021: 23.1%

Housing & Dwellings

— $200 25th pct
  • Second area, 2016: $88
  • Second area, 2021: $200
— $1,733 57th pct
  • Second area, 2016: $1,733
  • Second area, 2021: $1,733
— 0.80 43rd pct
  • Second area, 2016: 0.90
  • Second area, 2021: 0.80
— 13.5% 39th pct
  • Second area, 2016: 5.4%
  • Second area, 2021: 13.5%
— 69.2% 99th pct
  • Second area, 2016: 48.2%
  • Second area, 2021: 69.2%
— 100.0% 100th pct
  • Second area, 2016: 89.3%
  • Second area, 2021: 100.0%
— 80.8% 53rd pct
  • Second area, 2016: 62.5%
  • Second area, 2021: 80.8%

Transport & Vehicles

— 0.0% 0th pct
  • Second area, 2016: 0.0%
  • Second area, 2021: 0.0%
— 18.6% 56th pct
  • Second area, 2016: 10.5%
  • Second area, 2021: 18.6%
— 0.0% 0th pct
  • Second area, 2016: 0.0%
  • Second area, 2021: 0.0%
0 0th pct 0 0th pct
— 0.00 0th pct
— 0.0 0th pct
0 0th pct 0 0th pct

Migration & Movement

— 17.5% 12th pct
  • Second area, 2016: 27.2%
  • Second area, 2021: 17.5%
— 0.0% 0th pct

Jobs & Industry

— 0.0% 0th pct
  • Second area, 2016: 11.0%
  • Second area, 2021: 0.0%
— 67.0% 72nd pct
  • Second area, 2016: 65.1%
  • Second area, 2021: 67.0%
— 78.6% 96th pct
  • Second area, 2016: 71.1%
  • Second area, 2021: 78.6%

Walkability

0.0 0th pct 0.0 18th pct
Types ≤15 min in Mount Elliotin Mount Surround even
0.0 0th pct 0.0 0th pct
0.0% 0th pct 0.0% 0th pct
0.0% 0th pct 0.0% 0th pct
Walk to transit in Mount Elliotin Mount Surround even
0.0% 0th pct 0.0% 0th pct
Walk to school in Mount Elliotin Mount Surround even
0.0% 0th pct 0.0% 0th pct
Walk to a park in Mount Elliotin Mount Surround even
0.0% 0th pct 0.0% 0th pct
Walk to health in Mount Elliotin Mount Surround even
0.0% 0th pct 0.0% 0th pct
— 0.0 0th pct
Intersections/km² in Mount Elliotin Mount Surround even
0 26th pct 0 34th pct
Mean slope in Mount Elliotin Mount Surround +37.8 pts higher in Mount Elliot
41.9% 100th pct 4.0% 29th pct

Compare Mount Elliot with nearby areas

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Mount Elliot vs Mount Surround [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/compare/sal/SAL31958/mount-elliot/vs/SAL32027/mount-surround