Mount Chalmers vs Tungamull
Tungamull is the younger of the two, with a median age of 43 against 47 in Mount Chalmers. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Tungamull, most households are couple families. Houses cost more in Tungamull: a median of $800,000, against $622,000 in Mount Chalmers. On these figures, Mount Chalmers tends to suit people living alone and buyers on a tighter budget, while Tungamull suits couples.
Which one suits you?
There is no overall winner — the suburb that suits a family with school-age kids is routinely the wrong one for someone commuting into the city. So each of these answers its own question, against a checklist you can see, using the same figures in the tables below.
Families with school-age kids
Tungamull
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is already more of a family suburb (89% vs 56%)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Mount Chalmers
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper houses ($622,055 vs $800,000)
Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.
Renters
Tungamull
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- leaves renters under less rental stress (18% vs 28%)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
They split
one each way, out of the 3 things we measure here
- Mount Chalmers is more walkable (13/100 vs 0/100)
- Tungamull has a shorter drive in (457 min vs 475 min)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Mount Chalmers
ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here
- is more walkable (13/100 vs 0/100)
- has more residents already 65 and over (25% vs 18%)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Too close to call
Nothing among the 1 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Mount Chalmers and Tungamull drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.
Bars start at zero. Scores, risks and rankings are drawn against their full 0–100 range; other rows are drawn in proportion to the larger of the two.
Side by side, out of 100
Risks are inverted — shown as safety and low exposure — so a longer bar always means better.
Demographics
Tungamull has more residents (429 vs 226); Tungamull has higher household incomes ($100,256 vs $65,936).
| Mount Chalmers | Tungamull | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 226 | 429 +90% vs other |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | -3.8% | -3.2% |
| Median age | 47 | 43 |
| Median household income | $65,936/yr | $100,256/yr +52% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $355/wk +1% vs other | $350/wk |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.9%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.6%).
Where residents were born
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents, 2021 Census. A dash means that country is not among the suburb's own eight largest.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (3.1%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Mount Chalmers | Tungamull | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $622,055 | $800,000 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | 48 days from 6 sales | — |
Development activity
| Mount Chalmers | Tungamull | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 317 across Livingstone same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +97% same for both | |
Ranking within QLD
| Mount Chalmers | Tungamull | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 31% of QLD | Higher than 74% of QLD |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 73% of QLD | Higher than 6% of QLD |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | Higher than 18% of QLD same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 37% of QLD same for both | |
Liveability
Mount Chalmers is more walkable (13 vs 0).
| Mount Chalmers | Tungamull | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | high-need area decile 1/10 | mid-range socio-economic decile 5/10 |
Risk profile
Mount Chalmers carries more bushfire risk (74 vs 39).
| Mount Chalmers | Tungamull | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | High 74/100 | Low 39/100 |
| Crime | Low 29/100 same for both | |
| Flood | Not mapped no mapped data here same for both | |
| Coastal erosion | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Aircraft noise | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Industrial facilities nearby | 0 within 5 km same for both | |
Schools
| Mount Chalmers | Tungamull | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 1 | 0 |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Schools in Mount Chalmers
- Carinity Education - Rockhampton - Mount Chalmers Campus Independent · Secondary
Schools in Tungamull
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Amenities in the suburb
| Mount Chalmers | Tungamull | |
|---|---|---|
| Waterways | 0 | 1 |
Mobility
| Mount Chalmers | Tungamull | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 13/100 | 0/100 |
| Distance to Brisbane | 660.8 km | 659.1 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 475 min | 457 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.2% postcode 4702 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 58 postcode 4702 same for both | |
How people get to work
Method of travel on census day 2021 — which fell during COVID restrictions, so working from home is inflated and every travel mode understated.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (80.6%).
Setting
| Mount Chalmers | Tungamull | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 79 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 44 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 13.6 km | 7.1 km |
NBN connectivity
| Mount Chalmers | Tungamull | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 28/100 same for both | |
| Most common technology | Fixed wireless same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 100 premises | 0% 124 premises |
Climate
| Mount Chalmers | Tungamull | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 811 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | 32.5°C same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | 11.6°C same for both | |
Air quality (annual mean)
| Mount Chalmers | Tungamull | |
|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 | 4.3 µg/m³ same for both | |
| PM10 | 8.6 µg/m³ same for both | |
| NO₂ | — same for both | |
Council rates
| Mount Chalmers | Tungamull | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $2,445/yr same for both | |
| Council | Livingstone same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Mount Chalmers | Tungamull | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Capricornia same for both | |
| Member | Michelle Landry same for both | |
| Party | Liberal National Party of Queensland same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Mount Chalmers | Tungamull | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $30,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $750,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
Tags
Mount Chalmers
Tungamull
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Information shown is provided as-is from Australian government and commercial data sources.
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