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Laura QLD 4892

Laura is located in the Outback Queensland region of Queensland, postcode 4892. It has 64 properties across 5 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Laura, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Laura

Laura, QLD 4892, sits in Outback Queensland and neighbours Cooktown, Dixie, Lakeland and Palmer. Its 5 streets hold 64 properties, 58 of them houses and 6 units.

Census figures are for the Cape York area, not Laura alone. Cape York 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. Of the same 2,337, 576 were owned outright, 293 owned with a mortgage and 1,214 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Laura

  • 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

Owned outright 576Owned with a mortgage 293Rented 1,214Other 254

Schools in Laura

  • Laura State School

    GovernmentPrimary

Streets in Laura

  1. George Close18 properties
  2. George Street13 properties
  3. Musgrave Close10 properties
  4. Peninsula Developmental Road7 properties
  5. Terminus Street16 properties

Neighbouring suburbs

Addresses and streets incorporate or were developed using G-NAF © Geoscape Australia, licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under the Open Geo-coded National Address File (G-NAF) End User Licence Agreement.

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.