Middlemount, a rural town, is 190 km north-west of Rockhampton. It was named after a local land form, the sole elevated point in the area.
The town dates from the early 1980s, serving as a dormitory settlement of the German Creek and Foxleigh open cut coal mines. In 2006 Anglo Coal opened the Lake Lindsay open cut coal mine, 21 km south-west of Middlemount. Designed for a population upwards of 4000, the town's maximum census figure has been 2611 (1991). Its State primary school (1980) and high school (1988) have been amalgamated.
Middlemount has a shopping centre, a hotel-motel, a community centre, a branch shire office and library, a State P-12 school (2000) and an airstrip. There are also golf, bowling and swimming facilities and a number of sports clubs have local venues.
Middlemount's census populations have been:
| Census Date | Population |
|---|---|
| 1986 | 2503 |
| 1991 | 2611 |
| 1996 | 2132 |
| 2001 | 2057 |
| 2006 | 2038 |
| 2011 | 1914 |
Frank Rolleston, The Broadsound story, Mackay, Broadside Shire Council, 1983
