St Lawrence suburb profile
St Lawrence is a small township in Central Queensland's coastal region, near the Coral Sea. It sits where grazing country meets tidal estuaries. The town core features weatherboard cottages and low-set homes alongside rural residential blocks, giving a quietly historic, country-by-the-water character.
A compact main street hosts local services and a community hall, while the surrounding landscape offers fishing, birdwatching and open-country drives. Long-distance road connections link St Lawrence with larger regional centres, and tidal estuaries remain a feature of the town's outlook.
St Lawrence property market performance
St Lawrence recorded two house sales over the last 3 months. There is no reliable published median price for houses or units here because too few properties of either type have sold recently.
St Lawrence's rental figures are also not published, with too few recent rent records to produce reliable averages.
| Houses | Units | |
|---|---|---|
Median price Past 3 months | N/A | N/A |
Change in value Past 12 months | N/A | N/A |
Sold Past 3 months | 2 | N/A |
Median days on market Past 12 months | N/A | N/A |
Average rent Past 12 months | N/A | N/A |
Change in rent Past 12 months | N/A | N/A |
St Lawrence demographics
St Lawrence is an older community with many households owning their homes outright and incomes below the median for Queensland.
Couple families without children are the largest family group, at 39.3% of families. At the 2021 Census, 245 people lived in St Lawrence.
| Suburb | QLD | |
|---|---|---|
Median age years | 52 | 38 |
Median household income weekly | $1,031 | $1,675 |
Couples with children share of families | 37.5% | 41.2% |
Couples without children share of families | 39.3% | 40.3% |
One-parent families share of families | 23.2% | 16.8% |
Homes owned outright share of homes | 53.0% | 30.1% |
Homes with a mortgage share of homes | 26.0% | 35.6% |
Homes rented share of homes | 21.0% | 34.3% |
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