North Lakes, QLD
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
North Lakes is a master-planned suburb in the City of Moreton Bay, north of Brisbane, built around its namesake waterways and the open space of Lake Eden. The area lies in Country long associated with the Yugarabul people. From the 1890s the land carried police horses and then dairy cattle — by the 1920s it was the Allesnik Dairy Farm — and a pineapple plantation worked here into the 1960s, after which government pine plantations covered the ground until the mid-1990s. In 1999 the developers Lend Lease and Lensworth began turning roughly a thousand hectares of former plantation into a planned community of homes, parks, schools and a town centre, with an agreement to build using energy-efficient, solar-oriented housing. Originally part of neighbouring Mango Hill, North Lakes was gazetted as a separate suburb in 2006, taking its name from the estate. The community has since won repeated industry awards for the quality of its master planning.
More advantaged than the national average
North Lakes is more socio-economically advantaged than about 73% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 1029, 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.
North Lakes at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 23,030
- Median age
- 35
- Median weekly household income
- $2,092
- SEIFA score
- 1029
- Coordinates
- -27.2237, 153.0140
North Lakes demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile North Lakes 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, the largest age group is young adults (25–44) at 29%, 37% of homes are rented, and 36% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 5,487 | 24% |
| Youth (15–24) | 3,068 | 13% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 6,581 | 29% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 5,322 | 23% |
| Seniors (65+) | 2,572 | 11% |
Share of the 23,030 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 1,344 | 18% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 3,179 | 42% |
| Rented | 2,855 | 37% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 6,499 | 85% |
| Townhouses & semis | 918 | 12% |
| Flats & apartments | 234 | 3% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 7,651 occupied private dwellings in North Lakes.
- Median weekly rent
- $420
- Median monthly mortgage
- $1,950
- Average household size
- 2.9 people
- Median weekly family income
- $2,258
- Median weekly personal income
- $885
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 7,972 (36%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 4,124 (19%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 601 (3%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 11,197 (68%)
- Labour-force participation
- 70.2%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.4%
- Employed full-time
- 7,067
- Employed part-time
- 3,513
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.
Weather and climate in North Lakes
Based on 2014–2023 records, the warmest month in North Lakes is January (average daytime high around 28.6°C) and the coolest is July (around 20.7°C). The area receives roughly 1046 mm of rain across the year.
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 28.6°C | 21.6°C | 111 mm |
| Feb | 28.3°C | 21.4°C | 193 mm |
| Mar | 27.6°C | 20.8°C | 147 mm |
| Apr | 25.3°C | 17.7°C | 62 mm |
| May | 22.9°C | 14.8°C | 81 mm |
| Jun | 20.8°C | 12.4°C | 46 mm |
| Jul | 20.7°C | 11.3°C | 38 mm |
| Aug | 21.9°C | 11.8°C | 35 mm |
| Sep | 24°C | 14.1°C | 37 mm |
| Oct | 25.7°C | 16.7°C | 108 mm |
| Nov | 27.4°C | 18.7°C | 75 mm |
| Dec | 28.4°C | 20.6°C | 113 mm |
Climate normals, 2014–2023 (Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis).
Common questions about North Lakes
Where is North Lakes?
North Lakes is a suburb of Queensland, Australia.
What is the population of North Lakes?
At the 2021 Census, North Lakes had a population of about 23,030.
Is North Lakes an advantaged area?
North Lakes has an ABS SEIFA score of 1029, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 73 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 73% of Australian suburbs.
What is the weather like in North Lakes?
North Lakes has average daytime highs of about 25.1°C and overnight lows of about 16.8°C, with roughly 1,046 mm of rain across the year (based on 2014–2023 climate normals).
How big is North Lakes?
North Lakes is one of the most populous suburbs in Queensland — the 10th-largest by usual resident population at the 2021 Census (about 23,030 usual residents).
Where North Lakes ranks
North Lakes appears in these data-driven guides — each a transparent sort on a single ABS figure shown on this page.
- Largest suburbs in Queensland#10 of 25
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