Lake Proserpine, QLD
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs
Lake Proserpine is more socio-economically advantaged than about 19% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 924, where about 1000 is the national average).
A socio-economic measure from ABS Census data — not a measure of how good a suburb is to live in or visit. How we calculate this.
Lake Proserpine at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 6
- Median age
- 64
- Median weekly household income
- $1,199
- SEIFA score
- 924
- Coordinates
- -20.3988, 148.3321
Lake Proserpine demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Lake Proserpine using the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census; every percentage is a share of a clearly stated Census count, so each one traces back to the source. At a glance, 0% of homes are rented and 0% of residents were born overseas.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 3 | 100% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 0 | 0% |
| Rented | 0 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 0 occupied private dwellings in Lake Proserpine.
- Median weekly rent
- $80
- Average household size
- 1.3 people
- Median weekly family income
- $2,250
- Median weekly personal income
- $612
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 0 (0%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 0 (0%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 0 (0%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 3 (50%)
- Labour-force participation
- 60%
- Employed full-time
- 6
- Employed part-time
- 0
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (General Community Profile, by Suburb and Locality). © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. How we group bands and derive each share is set out on our methodology page.
Common questions about Lake Proserpine
Where is Lake Proserpine?
Lake Proserpine is a suburb of Queensland, Australia.
What is the population of Lake Proserpine?
At the 2021 Census, Lake Proserpine had a population of about 6.
Is Lake Proserpine an advantaged area?
Lake Proserpine has an ABS SEIFA score of 924, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 19 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 19% of Australian suburbs.
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