St Lawrence QLD 4707
388 addresses · 40 streets
Capricornia Electorate › Isaac LGA › St Lawrence · 670 km from Brisbane
Living Here
St Lawrence is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 245 people, with a median age of 52. The typical household earns around $1,031 a week, with median rent near $100 a week. Most homes are houses. About 72% of households own their home and 19% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Broadsound - Nebo statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: St Lawrence itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 library
2 gyms & sports centres
Getting around. Train station: St Lawrence, 500 m south-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: 39.4% 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 | 39.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 51.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.7% · Labour-force participation 50.2%
Population by age in St Lawrence
| 0-4 | 9 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 24 |
| 15-19 | 11 |
| 20-24 | 10 |
| 25-34 | 22 |
| 35-44 | 20 |
| 45-54 | 34 |
| 55-64 | 61 |
| 65-74 | 29 |
| 75-84 | 24 |
| 85+ | 5 |
Dwelling types in St Lawrence
| House | 98 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in St Lawrence
| <$650 | 26 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 20 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 25 |
| $3,000+ | 6 |
Top ancestries in St Lawrence
| English | 107 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 97 |
| Scottish | 38 |
| Ancestry NS | 34 |
| Irish | 20 |
| Other | 10 |
Housing tenure in St Lawrence
| Owned | 53 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 26 |
| Rented | 21 |
| Other | 9 |
Cars per household in St Lawrence
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 39 |
| 2 | 30 |
| 3 | 18 |
| 4+ | 9 |
Commute to work in St Lawrence
| Car | 50 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 3 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 7 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 29 |
Top countries of birth in St Lawrence
| England | 7 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
11,041 bird observations recorded near St Lawrence — most often seen:
- Magpie Goose (560)
- Black Swan (551)
- Pacific Black Duck (507)
- Australasian Grebe (467)
- Great Egret (454)
- Whistling Kite (441)
- Dusky Moorhen (429)
- Australian White Ibis (417)
- Willie Wagtail (409)
- Rajah Shelduck (393)
- Royal Spoonbill (393)
- Cotton Pygmy-goose (387)
- Hardhead (384)
Show all 30 birds recorded near St Lawrence
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (371)
- Masked Lapwing (354)
- Comb-crested Jacana (348)
- Little Pied Cormorant (335)
- Red-backed Fairy-wren (331)
- Torresian Crow (325)
- Magpie-lark (320)
- Intermediate Egret (313)
- Australasian Darter (311)
- Australian Pelican (306)
- Golden-headed Cisticola (288)
- Welcome Swallow (288)
- Black Kite (279)
- Grey Teal (274)
- Little Black Cormorant (274)
- Brolga (269)
- Mangrove Honeyeater (263)
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 St Lawrence:
- Clairview (30.3 km)
- Ogmore (34.4 km)
- Collaroy (43.8 km)
- Clarke Creek (46.1 km)
- Lotus Creek (46.9 km)
- Carmila (51.5 km)
- Stanage (58.3 km)
- Marlborough (63.3 km)
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Streets
- Arthur Street (21)
- Bar Plains Road (16)
- Bruce Highway (15)
- Burwood Road (1)
- Cannon Street (5)
- Catherine Street (1)
- Colonial Drive (1)
- Evans Street (3)
- Hausens Road (8)
- Howards Road (2)
- Kinnaird Street (14)
- Lavinia Park Road (2)
- Lynch Road (1)
- Macartney Street (45)
- Malcolm Street (2)
- Margaret Street (8)
- Meatworks Road (14)
- Mount Olympus Road (1)
- Nimmitabel Road (6)
- Olives Road (2)
- Railway Parade (37)
- Ripplebrook Road (10)
- Saint Lawrence Connection Road (8)
- Saint Lawrence Croydon Road (5)
- Saint Lawrence North Road (10)
- Saint Lawrence Street (4)
- Schneiders Road (4)
- Settlement Road (23)
- Spring Valley Road (9)
- St Lawrence Connection Road (9)
- St Lawrence Street (4)
- St. Lawrence - Croydon Road (10)
- St. Lawrence Connection Road (9)
- Standish Street (22)
- Stuart Street (2)
- Waverley Street (27)
- Wilangi Street (12)
- Willangi Street (11)
- Wumalgi East Road (2)
- Wumalgi Road (2)
