24 —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24
- 2021: 24
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Mountain Camp · Suburb / Locality
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A typical resident in Mountain Camp is 55, making the area far older than the national figure. This sparsely populated place has only 24 people and is shaped by a striking gap in age groups, with a high number of both seniors and children.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Mountain Camp — lower than 84% of areas.
| Mountain Camp | 24 |
|---|---|
| 4355, QLD | 2,812 |
| Queensland | 5,156,138 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
How many people, and the typical age.
With only 24 people, Mountain Camp is smaller than about 83% of similar areas. The typical resident is 55, which is 17 years older than the average person in Queensland or Australia.
24 —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
55 yrs —
Older than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
How the population splits across age groups.
The area has a very unusual age split; children under 15 make up 25% of the population, while seniors aged 65 and over account for 29.2%. Both groups are far more common here than across the state and nation.
29.2% —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
25.0% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Mountain Camp splits fairly evenly between Older adults (45–64) (38%) and Seniors (65+) (33%), with Children (0–14) at 29%.
First Nations identity and marital status.
No one in Mountain Camp identifies as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. This is well below the Queensland figure of 4.6% and the national figure of 3.2%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
In Mountain Camp, Married is the majority at 84%; Widowed is next at 16%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Mountain Camp [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32040/mountain-camp/topic/demographics-identity