Wights Mountain is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Wights Mountain had a population of 793 people.

Geography

Wights Mountains is by road from the

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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. In the , 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 , Wights Mountain had a population of 793 people.

Education

Samford Valley Steiner School is a private primary and secondary (Prep-12) school for boys and girls at Narrawa Drive (). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 339 students with 29 teachers (26 full-time equivalent) and 29 non-teaching staff (21 full-time equivalent).

Amenities

There are a number of parks in the locality: * Bora Park () * Harold Brown Park () * Hope River Park () * Small Park ()

References

{{Moreton Bay Region Suburbs of Moreton Bay Region Localities in Queensland