Suburb profile
Mount Surprise QLD 4871
Mount Surprise is located in the Outback Queensland region of Queensland, postcode 4871. It has 43 properties across 8 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Mount Surprise, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Mount Surprise
Mount Surprise, QLD 4871, sits in Outback Queensland and neighbours Abingdon Downs, Conjuboy, Einasleigh and Fossilbrook. Its 8 streets hold 43 properties, 42 of them houses and 1 a unit.
Census figures are for the Croydon - Etheridge area, which had 981 residents, a median age of 42 and an average household of 2.3 people. Median household income was $1,206 a week, the median mortgage repayment $672 a month and the median rent $155 a week. Of 341 dwellings, 247 were separate houses, 3 were flats and 62 were other dwellings; 154 were owned outright, 45 owned with a mortgage and 68 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Mount Surprise
- 981Peoplelive in the area
- 42Median ageyears
- $1,206Median household incomea week
- $155Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses247
- Flats and apartments3
- Other62
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$672a month
- Household size2.3people on average
How homes are held
Schools in Mount Surprise
Mount Surprise State School
GovernmentPrimary
No secondary schools in Mount Surprise.
Streets in Mount Surprise
Neighbouring suburbs
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Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.
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Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.