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Lakes Creek QLD 4701

344 addresses · 24 streets

Capricornia Electorate › Rockhampton LGA › Lakes Creek · 517 km from Brisbane

Living Here

Lakes Creek is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 633 people, with a median age of 40. The typical household earns around $2,027 a week, with median rent near $250 a week. Most homes are houses. About 78% of households own their home and 20% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

633Population
40Median age
$2,027Median household income / wk
$250Median rent / wk
2.7Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Rockhampton, 5.8 km west · Railway halt: Archer Park, 6.4 km west · Bus interchange: Rockhampton, 6.5 km west · Airport: Rockhampton Airport, 9.5 km west.

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Socio-economic Standing

😟More disadvantaged · 2/10
Economic resources4/10
Education & jobs1/10

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: 55.6% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Lakes Creek

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Lakes Creek QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202055.6%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202191.4%

Demographics

Unemployment 4.4% · Labour-force participation 66.1%

Population by age in Lakes Creek
Population by age, Lakes Creek QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-434
5-1481
15-1935
20-2439
25-3490
35-4470
45-5488
55-64110
65-7446
75-8423
85+7
Dwelling types in Lakes Creek
Dwelling types, Lakes Creek QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House212
Townhouse0
Apartment4
Other0
Households by weekly income in Lakes Creek
Households by weekly income, Lakes Creek QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$65026
$650-1,49952
$1,500-2,99974
$3,000+43
Top ancestries in Lakes Creek
Top ancestries, Lakes Creek QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Australian253
English252
Scottish65
German52
Aboriginal51
Irish51
Housing tenure in Lakes Creek
Housing tenure, Lakes Creek QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned68
Mortgage99
Rented43
Other3
Cars per household in Lakes Creek
Cars per household, Lakes Creek QLD (ABS Census 2021)
04
148
264
347
4+40
Commute to work in Lakes Creek
Commute to work, Lakes Creek QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car234
Train0
Bus4
Tram/ferry0
Walked12
Bicycle0
Home16
Top countries of birth in Lakes Creek
Top countries of birth, Lakes Creek QLD (ABS Census 2021)
China25
New Zealand19
Vietnam10
England6
Philippines6
Myanmar5
Languages used at home in Lakes Creek
Languages used at home, Lakes Creek QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Mandarin22
Vietnamese9
Tamil5

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

4,705 bird observations recorded near Lakes Creek — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Lakes Creek

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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