Laura QLD 4892
64 addresses · 5 streets
Leichhardt Electorate › Cook LGA › Laura · 1600 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Laura is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 133 people, with a median age of 39. The typical household earns around $1,666 a week, with median rent near $120 a week. Most homes are houses. About 9% of households own their home and 73% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Aboriginal, Australian, Ancestry NS. 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 Cape York statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Laura itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 55.4% 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 | 55.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 94.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.9% · Labour-force participation 39.4%
Population by age in Laura
| 0-4 | 12 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 12 |
| 15-19 | 9 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 19 |
| 35-44 | 10 |
| 45-54 | 11 |
| 55-64 | 14 |
| 65-74 | 19 |
| 75-84 | 5 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Laura
| House | 36 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Laura
| <$650 | 4 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 14 |
| $3,000+ | 3 |
Top ancestries in Laura
| Aboriginal | 82 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 40 |
| Ancestry NS | 21 |
| English | 17 |
| Irish | 7 |
| Chinese | 0 |
Housing tenure in Laura
| Owned | 3 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 24 |
| Other | 6 |
Cars per household in Laura
| 0 | 9 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 13 |
| 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Laura
| Car | 15 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 13 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 6 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
233 bird observations recorded near Laura — most often seen:
- Rainbow Lorikeet (19)
- Black-backed Butcherbird (18)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (17)
- Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (15)
- Whistling Kite (13)
- Black Kite (10)
- Laughing Kookaburra (10)
- Torresian Crow (9)
- Galah (8)
- Great Bowerbird (8)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (8)
- Cape York Rainbow Lorikeet (7)
- Red-winged Parrot (7)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Laura
- Australian Torresian Crow (6)
- Eastern Weebill (6)
- Northern Red-tailed Black-cockatoo (6)
- Northern White-throated Honeyeater (6)
- Tawny Frogmouth (6)
- Cape York Blue-faced Honeyeater (5)
- Cape York Pale-headed Rosella (5)
- Eastern Little Friarbird (5)
- Northern Magpie-lark (5)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (5)
- Yellow Honeyeater (5)
- Australasian Darter (4)
- Black-breasted Buzzard (4)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (4)
- Cape York Yellow Honeyeater (4)
- Common Bronzewing (4)
- Eastern Brown Honeyeater (4)
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 Laura:
- Lakeland (62.5 km)
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Streets
- George Close (18)
- George Street (13)
- Musgrave Close (10)
- Peninsula Developmental Road (7)
- Terminus Street (16)