Lamb Island, Queensland
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| Lamb Island Redland City Council, Queensland |
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 Lamb Island
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| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 427 (2011)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4184 | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 33 km (21 mi) from Brisbane GPO | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Redland City Council | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Electoral district of Redlands | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Division of Bowman | ||||||||||||||
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Lamb Island is a small island in the southern part of Moreton Bay, near Brisbane, in Queensland, Australia.
Heritage listings
Lamb Island has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
- Lucas Drive: Lamb Island Pioneer Hall[2]
- Mango Trees on Tina Avenue which were planted over 100 years ago[3]
- Jetty Shed which has been restored by the local island community group and was used for loading local produce onto the merchant boats[3][4]
Demographics
In the 2011 Census the population of Lamb Island is 427, 50.4% female and 49.6% male.[1] The median/average age of the Lamb Island population is 51 years of age, 14 years above the Australian average. 69.4% of people living in Lamb Island were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 6.8%, New Zealand 6.5%, Philippines 2.3%, Netherlands 1.6%, Germany 1.2%. 90.4% of people speak English as their first language 2.8% Tagalog, 0.9% German, 0.9% French, 0.9% Samoan, 0.9% Spanish.[1]
