Lake Barrine QLD 4884
139 addresses · 11 streets
Kennedy Electorate › Tablelands LGA › Lake Barrine · 1365 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Lake Barrine is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 170 people, with a median age of 57. The typical household earns around $1,562 a week, with median rent near $350 a week. Most homes are houses. About 76% of households own their home and 24% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Malanda - Yungaburra statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Lake Barrine itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 café or restaurant
1 Catholic church
Getting around. Airport: Mareeba Airport, 31.4 km north-west.
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 41.2% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 41.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 46.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5.9% · Labour-force participation 45.6%
Population by age in Lake Barrine
| 0-4 | 7 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 13 |
| 15-19 | 4 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 9 |
| 35-44 | 19 |
| 45-54 | 18 |
| 55-64 | 36 |
| 65-74 | 33 |
| 75-84 | 12 |
| 85+ | 11 |
Dwelling types in Lake Barrine
| House | 65 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Lake Barrine
| <$650 | 9 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 19 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 11 |
| $3,000+ | 12 |
Top ancestries in Lake Barrine
| English | 76 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 61 |
| Irish | 22 |
| Scottish | 21 |
| Ancestry NS | 17 |
| Other | 15 |
Housing tenure in Lake Barrine
| Owned | 39 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 13 |
| Rented | 16 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Lake Barrine
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 16 |
| 2 | 40 |
| 3 | 5 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Lake Barrine
| Car | 41 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 6 |
Top countries of birth in Lake Barrine
| England | 18 |
|---|---|
| Scotland | 6 |
| New Zealand | 3 |
Languages used at home in Lake Barrine
| German | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
86,402 bird observations recorded near Lake Barrine — most often seen:
- Australian Brush-turkey (7,320)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (5,804)
- Victoria's Riflebird (5,293)
- Eastern Whipbird (4,726)
- Spotted Catbird (4,425)
- Grey-headed Robin (3,904)
- Southern Pale-yellow Robin (3,829)
- Brown Cuckoo-dove (3,283)
- Brown Gerygone (3,189)
- Orange-footed Scrubfowl (3,106)
- Spectacled Monarch (2,942)
- Wompoo Fruit-dove (2,912)
- Large-billed Scrubwren (2,571)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Lake Barrine
- Tooth-billed Bowerbird (2,548)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (2,479)
- Great Crested Grebe (2,477)
- Dusky Honeyeater (2,148)
- Brown-capped Emerald-dove (2,090)
- Australasian Figbird (2,000)
- Silvereye (1,976)
- Little Black Cormorant (1,938)
- Yellow-breasted Boatbill (1,914)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (1,884)
- Macleay's Honeyeater (1,845)
- Bower's Shrike-thrush (1,766)
- Welcome Swallow (1,707)
- Grey Fantail (1,691)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (1,651)
- Mistletoebird (1,551)
- Black-faced Monarch (1,433)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Lake Barrine:
- Lake Eacham (4.8 km)
- Barrine (5 km)
- Yungaburra (6.1 km)
- Danbulla (6.4 km)
- Peeramon (7.8 km)
- Gadgarra (8.1 km)
- North Johnstone (8.9 km)
- East Barron (10.3 km)
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Streets
- Eastern Connection Road (5)
- Gadgarra Road (15)
- Gillies Range Road (18)
- Lloyd Road (8)
- Mclean Ridge (11)
- Mclean Road (37)
- Powley Road (16)
- Pressley Road (5)
- Quinlan Road (12)
- Toohey Road (4)
- Wrights Creek Road (8)
