North Lakes, Queensland
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North Lakes Moreton Bay, Queensland |
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| Coordinates | 27°14′3″S 153°1′14″E / 27.23417°S 153.02056°ECoordinates: 27°14′3″S 153°1′14″E / 27.23417°S 153.02056°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 15,046 (2011 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4509 | ||||||||||||
| Location | 26 km (16 mi) from Brisbane GPO | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Moreton Bay Region | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Murrumba | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Petrie | ||||||||||||
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North Lakes is a suburb of the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. North Lakes is located approximately 26 km north of the Brisbane central business district. At the 2011 Australian Census the suburb recorded a population of 15,046.
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.
The origin of the suburb name is from the name given to the estate development.
North Lakes has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
The suburb is mostly made up of newly developed housing around the North Lakes Golf Course.
The suburb includes parklands, schools and shops and currently houses 17,000 people, with 25,000 projected by the end of the development. There are also many new facilities in the area, including the North Lakes Community Centre, Pathways Library, Interchange, industrial estate, and Westfield North Lakes. Major tenants of the shopping centre include Target, Coles, Big W, Woolworths, Myer, Kmart and other major franchises and boutique stores. A cinema complex is due for completion by mid 2016. A 28,000sq m IKEA superstore (the second in Queensland) has been approved for Westfield's stage three development, with an anticipated opening date for 2016. North Lakes is also the site of Queensland's first Costco.
North Lakes Business Park started construction in 2007 and is planned to take ten years to fully complete. It will ultimately create 10,000 jobs, cover 55 hectares and cost $130 million. Construction of a road bridge crossing the Bruce Highway and leading to Dakabin railway station opened on 12 December 2014; the distance is approximately 2.5 km. The Moreton Bay Rail Link from Petrie to Kippa Ring with closest station Mango Hill just south of Westfield is due for completion late 2016.
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