The median weekly family income for people living in Stannum was $616 per week. Stannum and Stanthorpe were incorporated forming the town of Stanthorpe. Stannum Provisional School opened on 16 August 1915. The Stanthorpe Border Post and Stannum Miner reported on his visit. The name comes from the Latin for tin&colon; "stannum". On 1 April 1920 it became Stannum State School. The Stannum region is a popular site for bird-watching. Stannum was formerly known as Nine Mile. Stannum is the Latin word for tin and the source of its chemical symbol Sn.