Lower Beechmont QLD 4211
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Wright Electorate › Gold Coast LGA › Lower Beechmont · 67 km from Brisbane
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Living Here
Lower Beechmont is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 1,067 people, with a median age of 42. The typical household earns around $1,570 a week, with median rent near $410 a week. Most homes are houses. About 85% of households own their home and 13% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Guanaba - Springbrook statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Lower Beechmont itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 Catholic churches
3 hospitals
2 golf clubs
Getting around. Train station: Nerang, 11.8 km north-east · Airport: Southport Flying Club, 18.4 km north-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: 82.7% 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 | 82.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 95.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.6% · Labour-force participation 65.7%
Population by age in Lower Beechmont
| 0-4 | 70 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 128 |
| 15-19 | 50 |
| 20-24 | 33 |
| 25-34 | 116 |
| 35-44 | 166 |
| 45-54 | 153 |
| 55-64 | 171 |
| 65-74 | 122 |
| 75-84 | 46 |
| 85+ | 12 |
Dwelling types in Lower Beechmont
| House | 397 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Lower Beechmont
| <$650 | 67 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 113 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 121 |
| $3,000+ | 76 |
Top ancestries in Lower Beechmont
| English | 498 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 373 |
| Irish | 140 |
| Scottish | 125 |
| Other | 107 |
| German | 81 |
Housing tenure in Lower Beechmont
| Owned | 122 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 214 |
| Rented | 52 |
| Other | 5 |
Cars per household in Lower Beechmont
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 120 |
| 2 | 177 |
| 3 | 58 |
| 4+ | 47 |
Commute to work in Lower Beechmont
| Car | 344 |
|---|---|
| Train | 3 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 5 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 108 |
Top countries of birth in Lower Beechmont
| England | 69 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 60 |
| Netherlands | 13 |
| Scotland | 12 |
| Canada | 11 |
| Germany | 11 |
Languages used at home in Lower Beechmont
| German | 15 |
|---|---|
| Spanish | 12 |
| Japanese | 8 |
| Afrikaans | 4 |
| Australian Indigenous | 4 |
| Thai | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
8,855 bird observations recorded near Lower Beechmont — most often seen:
- Laughing Kookaburra (448)
- Eastern Whipbird (435)
- Torresian Crow (402)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (393)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (365)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (361)
- Australian Magpie (344)
- Noisy Miner (341)
- White-throated Treecreeper (307)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (305)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (304)
- Welcome Swallow (304)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (301)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Lower Beechmont
- Grey Fantail (294)
- Pied Currawong (294)
- Brown Cuckoo-dove (290)
- Brown Thornbill (270)
- Spangled Drongo (262)
- Rufous Whistler (261)
- Australian King-parrot (256)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (249)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (246)
- Red-browed Finch (245)
- Noisy Friarbird (234)
- Striated Pardalote (230)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (229)
- Pied Butcherbird (229)
- Silvereye (229)
- White-throated Honeyeater (217)
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (210)
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 Lower Beechmont:
- Advancetown (4.1 km)
- Witheren (6.5 km)
- Clagiraba (6.8 km)
- Gilston (7 km)
- Mount Nathan (7.8 km)
- Canungra (8.8 km)
- Ferny Glen (9 km)
- Tallai (9.4 km)
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Streets
- Beechmont Road (145)
- Bottletree Lane (15)
- Brushbox Road (7)
- Elimbah Court (12)
- Ferntree Lane (1)
- Freemans Road (71)
- Gretty Lane (19)
- Hellfire Pass (19)
- Ingham Street (6)
- Jardine Road (13)
- Loop Road (63)
- Mirani Street (18)
- North Road (157)
- Outlook Avenue (13)
- Tarlington Lane (11)
- Tarlington Road (55)
