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.
Is North Lakes a good place to live?
There’s no single answer — it depends on what matters to you. So instead of one mystery number, we break it down: a transparent score on each part of life we can back with public data, and an honest “not yet” on the parts we can’t.
Around the national middle
A weighted blend of the 3 components we can score for North Lakes from public data. It sits alongside — and reconciles with — the socio-economic Suburb Score above; it is a transparent read, not a complete verdict.
Socio-economic advantage
73/100More advantaged than the national average
More advantaged than the national average — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (73/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
15/100Among the more expensive suburbs
Median weekly rent was $420 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 15% of suburbs we can compare. Housing data only, no valuations. · ABS Census 2021
Amenities & access
80/100Plenty mapped nearby
About 93 everyday places (cafés, shops, services and more) mapped within ~1.2 km of the centre. · OpenStreetMap
Not yet scored
We’d rather leave these open than publish a number we can’t stand behind. Here’s where each one stands.
- Green spaceNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap green-space mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- TransportNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap public-transport mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- SchoolsNot scored yet — school performance (ACARA / ICSEA) needs a data-reuse licence cleared before we can publish it.
- SafetyNot scored yet — Australia has no single open crime dataset and safety data carries defamation and legal care, so it is gated pending a go/no-go and will be data-only when added.
- CommunityNot scored yet — we won't reduce community to a number from a proxy. We'd rather leave it open than publish an invented value judgement.
A transparent read on public data, not a verdict — and not a measure of any person or community. See our methodology for how each component is worked out and why some aren’t scored yet.
North Lakes at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 23,030
- Median age
- 35
- Median weekly household income
- $2,092
- SEIFA score
- 1029
- Local government area
- Moreton Bay
- Coordinates
- -27.2237, 153.0140
Map of North Lakes
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Housing & property in North Lakes
What it costs to live in North Lakes and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $420
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $1,950
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 60%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 37%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the North Lakes demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
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% 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.
- 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).
Places in and around North Lakes
Amenities mapped within about 1.2km of the suburb centre, from OpenStreetMap. A guide to what's nearby — not a complete directory.
Eat & drink
1 nearbyBlue Infusion
Parks & recreation
87 nearbyAquatic Achievers · Settlers Park · Stapylton Park · Denison Parade Park · Springsure Parade Park · Canundra Street Park
Schools & education
3 nearbyKids Capers Childcare · Sesame Lane North Lakes 3 · Bounty Boulevard State School
Things to do
2 nearbyEat & drink in and around North Lakes
Cafés, restaurants, pubs and takeaway mapped within about 1.2km of the suburb centre. Listings are drawn from OpenStreetMap and shown as plain data — we don't rank or rate them.
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Common questions about North Lakes
Is North Lakes a good place to live?
There's no single answer, so we score what the public data can back. On socio-economic advantage, housing affordability and amenities, North Lakes rates 60/100 overall (Around the national middle). Public transport, schools and safety aren't scored yet — see our methodology for why.
What is the median rent in North Lakes?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in North Lakes was $420, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,950. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is North Lakes?
North Lakes is a suburb of Queensland, Australia, in the Moreton Bay local government area.
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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