Lamington QLD 4285
66 addresses · 7 streets
Wright Electorate › Scenic Rim LGA › Lamington · 89 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Lamington is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 89 people, with a median age of 55. The typical household earns around $1,781 a week, with median rent near $326 a week. Most homes are houses. About 74% of households own their home and 19% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Beaudesert statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Lamington itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 café or restaurant
1 Catholic church
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Gold Coast Airport, 48.5 km east.
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: 46.9% 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 | 46.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 62.5% |
Demographics
Population by age in Lamington
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 4 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 6 |
| 35-44 | 7 |
| 45-54 | 19 |
| 55-64 | 27 |
| 65-74 | 11 |
| 75-84 | 8 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Lamington
| House | 34 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Lamington
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 13 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 16 |
| $3,000+ | 6 |
Top ancestries in Lamington
| Australian | 42 |
|---|---|
| English | 27 |
| Scottish | 16 |
| Irish | 13 |
| Ancestry NS | 7 |
| German | 6 |
Housing tenure in Lamington
| Owned | 22 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 9 |
| Rented | 8 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Lamington
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 15 |
| 3 | 5 |
| 4+ | 7 |
Commute to work in Lamington
| Car | 28 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 19 |
Top countries of birth in Lamington
| Papua New Guinea | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
931 bird observations recorded near Lamington — most often seen:
- Eastern Bristlebird (99)
- Noisy Miner (42)
- Welcome Swallow (39)
- Crimson Rosella (38)
- Variegated Fairy-wren (38)
- Laughing Kookaburra (37)
- Willie Wagtail (37)
- Australian Magpie (35)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (35)
- Torresian Crow (35)
- Pied Currawong (34)
- Pied Butcherbird (33)
- Galah (28)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Lamington
- Striated Pardalote (28)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (28)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (27)
- Eastern Whipbird (27)
- Satin Bowerbird (26)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (25)
- Australasian Figbird (24)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (23)
- Common Myna (23)
- Northern Rufous Scrub-bird (23)
- Red-backed Fairy-wren (23)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (22)
- Magpie-lark (21)
- Pale-headed Rosella (21)
- Australian King-parrot (20)
- Grey Butcherbird (20)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (20)
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 Lamington:
- Chinghee Creek (4.8 km)
- Hillview (5.5 km)
- Darlington (5.6 km)
- Mount Gipps (6.1 km)
- Southern Lamington (8.4 km)
- Christmas Creek (11 km)
- O'reilly (11.1 km)
- Oaky Creek (11.3 km)
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Streets
- Barnes Road (1)
- Carinya Road (2)
- Chinghee Creek Road (5)
- Christmas Creek Road (47)
- Gap Creek Road (5)
- Haack Road (3)
- Rohan Road (3)
