Wights Mountain, Queensland
locality in Queensland, Australia
Wights Mountain is a rural locality in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Wights Mountain had a population of 767 people.
Geography
Wights Mountain is 27.8 kilometres (17.3 mi) by road from the Brisbane CBD.
History
The locality was named after selector George Wight who settled in the area in the late 1860s.
Samford Valley Steiner School opened on 18 February 1987.
Demographics
In the 2011 census, Wights Mountain had a population of 725 people, 50.3% female and 49.7% male. The median age of the Wights Mountain population was 41 years, 4 years above the national median of 37. 75.2% of people living in Wights Mountain were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 8.6%, New Zealand 2.5%, Canada 1.2%, United States of America 1.1%, Switzerland 1.1%. 93.5% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 1.8% German, 0.6% Hindi, 0.4% French, 0.4% Cantonese, 0.4% Italian.
In the 2016 census, Wights Mountain had a population of 793 people.
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