Lakeland QLD 4871

Living Here

Lakeland is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 333 people, with a median age of 34. The typical household earns around $1,640 a week, with median rent near $250 a week. Most homes are houses. About 44% of households own their home and 49% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Ancestry NS, Australian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Cape York statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Lakeland itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 1 service station

  • BP
• 2 places to stay

  • Lakeland Caravan Park
  • Lakeland Hotel Motel

Getting around. Airport: Lakeland Airport, 4.9 km north-east.

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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: 71.2% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 2% · Labour-force participation 70%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

1,760 bird observations recorded near Lakeland — most often seen:

• Black Kite (226)
• Straw-necked Ibis (113)
• Magpie-lark (102)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (89)
• Torresian Crow (85)
• Blue-winged Kookaburra (77)
• Great Bowerbird (76)
• Bar-shouldered Dove (75)
• Blue-faced Honeyeater (75)
• Whistling Kite (72)
• Nankeen Kestrel (59)
• Australian White Ibis (57)
• Peaceful Dove (54)

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 Lakeland:

• Rossville (48 km)
• Wujal Wujal (52.8 km)
• Bloomfield (54.9 km)
• Degarra (55.2 km)
• Cooktown (61.9 km)
• Laura (62.5 km)
• Upper Daintree (63.9 km)
• Daintree (67.2 km)

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