Suburb profile
Lakeland QLD 4871
Lakeland is located in the Outback Queensland region of Queensland, postcode 4871. It has 79 properties across 12 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Lakeland, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Lakeland
Lakeland, QLD 4871, sits in Outback Queensland and neighbours Mount Carbine, Palmer, Rossville and Spurgeon. Its 12 streets hold 79 properties, 78 of them houses and 1 a unit.
Census figures are for the Cape York area, not Lakeland alone. That area had 7,803 residents, a median age of 35 and an average household of 2.7 people. Median household income was $1,063 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,286 a month and the median rent $130 a week. Of 2,337 dwellings, 1,988 were separate houses, 122 semi-detached, 47 flats and 142 other; 576 were owned outright, 293 owned with a mortgage and 1,214 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Lakeland
- 7,803Peoplelive in the area
- 35Median ageyears
- $1,063Median household incomea week
- $130Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses1,988
- Townhouses and semis122
- Flats and apartments47
- Other142
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$1,286a month
- Household size2.7people on average
How homes are held
Schools in Lakeland
Lakeland State School
GovernmentPrimary
No secondary schools in Lakeland.
Streets in Lakeland
- Anderson Street12 properties
- Cyril Street14 properties
- Dawson Road2 properties
- Foyster Drive1 property
- Honey Dam Road5 properties
- Hurse Road4 properties
- Kookaburra Avenue1 property
- Mulligan Highway16 properties
- Peninsula Developmental Road9 properties
- Sesame Street10 properties
- Webb Road2 properties
- Whites Creek Road3 properties
Neighbouring suburbs
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Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.
School details © Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), from the Australian Schools List, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International and modified. ACARA does not endorse Listd.
Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.