Lake Eacham QLD 4884

Living Here

Lake Eacham is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 459 people, with a median age of 50. The typical household earns around $1,375 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 80% of households own their home and 17% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 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 Eacham itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 1 café or restaurant

  • Lake Side café
• 1 Catholic church

  • St Patrick's Catholic Church
• 1 service station

  • Gillies Roadhouse
• 4 places to stay

  • Lake Eacham Caravan Park
  • Crater Lakes Rainforest Cottages
  • Chambers Wildlife Rainforest Lodges
  • Mt Quincan Crater Retreat

Getting around. Airport: Mareeba Airport, 34.3 km north-west.

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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: 43.3% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 5.1% · Labour-force participation 57.3%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

68,844 bird observations recorded near Lake Eacham — most often seen:

• Australian Brush-turkey (6,111)
• Lewin's Honeyeater (4,602)
• Victoria's Riflebird (4,329)
• Eastern Whipbird (3,738)
• Spotted Catbird (3,595)
• Grey-headed Robin (3,289)
• Brown Cuckoo-dove (2,869)
• Southern Pale-yellow Robin (2,798)
• Orange-footed Scrubfowl (2,748)
• Brown Gerygone (2,561)
• Wompoo Fruit-dove (2,300)
• Spectacled Monarch (2,291)
• Brown-capped Emerald-dove (2,083)

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 Eacham:

• Peeramon (3.4 km)
• North Johnstone (4.6 km)
• Lake Barrine (4.8 km)
• Yungaburra (6.3 km)
• Kureen (7 km)
• Gadgarra (7.2 km)
• Malanda (7.4 km)
• Butchers Creek (7.9 km)

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