Mount Nebo (Queensland)

Mount Nebo Queensland
Mount Nebo, Queensland
Population	433 (2011 census)
Established	1919
Postcode(s)	4520
LGA(s)	Moreton Bay Region
State electorate(s)	Ferny Grove
Federal Division(s)	Dickson
Suburbs around Mount Nebo: Mount Glorious Mount Glorious Highvale Banks Creek Mount Nebo Cedar Creek Banks Creek Banks Creek Jollys Lookout

Coordinates: 27°23′49.7″S 152°47′1.3″E / 27.397139°S 152.783694°E Mount Nebo is a mountain approximately 18 km North West of the Brisbane suburb of The Gap in Queensland, Australia. It is part of the D'Aguilar Range which includes other mountains such as Mount Pleasant, Mount Glorious and Mount Mee. The town of Mount Nebo is named after the mountain on which it is located. The mountain is the source of Enoggera Creek.

Demographics

In the 2011 census, Mount Nebo recorded a population of 433 people, 50.3% female and 49.7% male.

The median age of the Mount Nebo population was 42 years, 5 years above the national median of 37.

76.6% of people living in Mount Nebo were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 11.1%, New Zealand 3.5%, France 1.4%, South Africa 1.2%, United States of America 1.2%.

94.2% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 1.4% French, 1.2% Dhivehi, 0.7% German, 0.7% Hebrew, 0% Gaelic (Scotland).

History

Settlement began in 1919 with the subdivision of the Highlands Estate into smaller blocks for soldiers returning from World War I.^[1] For a number of years the community belonged to the Shire of Esk, but between 1932 and 1936 a redrawing of the boundaries brought Mount Nebo into the Shire of Pine Rivers.^[1] The 2008 amalgamation of local councils means it now falls within the Moreton Bay Region.

References

1. Horton, Helen (1988). Brisbane's Back Door: The story of the D'Aguilar Range. Bowen Hills, Queensland: Boolarong Publications. pp. 39—41. ISBN 0-86439-036-X.

Mount Nebo, Queensland