Download coordinates as: North Lakes is a suburb in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia.
Following the construction of the Australian Paper Manufacturers Mill at Petrie, slash pine plantations extended through North Lakes from the 1970s, and finally winded down operations in the 2000s.
In April 1999, the North Lakes project officially commenced, led by commercial developers Lend Lease and Lensworth.
[9] Originally part of Mango Hill, North Lakes was gazetted as a separate suburb by the Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Water in February 2006.
[11] North Lakes Business Park started construction in 2007 and is planned to take more than ten years to fully complete.
[5] The North Lakes Golf Club closed on 11 August 2019 with the land to be sold for a retirement village.
[14] Residents were upset by the decision as they chose to live in the area because of the green space of the golf course.
The other top responses for country of birth were England 9.2%, New Zealand 8.7%, South Africa 3.9%, Philippines 1.3%, Scotland 1%.
86.6% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 1.5% Afrikaans, 0.8% Hindi, 0.7% Tagalog, 0.7% Spanish, 0.5% German.
A 28,000sq m IKEA superstore (the second in Queensland) officially opened on 17 November 2016 as part of Westfield's stage three development.
In September 2015, construction was underway on a radiation oncology facility and North Lakes Specialist Medical Centre was completed in 2016.
The 680 bus also travels to North Lakes Station providing connections to Redcliffe, Chermside, Petrie and Strathpine.