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Kallangur

Queensland · North Lakes, Moreton Bay - South

Live · ABS ERP June 2025

The median age is 35, lower than the middle Queensland area (39, Census 2021). A 3-bedroom house rents for $610 a week in postcode 4503, against $670 in the middle Queensland area.

Kallangur has 3 schools (2 government, 1 non-government; ACARA School Profile 2025) and 16 NQS-rated childcare services (ACECQA register). Population is 23,466 (ABS ERP June 2025); the AM-peak train journey to the CBD takes 42 min (TransLink, static GTFS, timetable from 31 Oct 2026).

Kallangur at a glance

Median rent, 3-bedroom house
$610
per week, postcode 4503
Family-Fit score
61/100
Mixed for families
How it is calculated
Schools
3
Area centre zoned to Dakabin State School
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Childcare services
16
15 rated Meeting NQS or above
Population
23,466
+0.6% in a year
Median age
35
20.2% are children under 15
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Boundaries: ABS Suburbs & Localities 2021. School pins are ACARA's published locations. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors, © CARTO. Open the full QLD map →

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How the Family-Fit score is built61/100

Family-Fit score

Method published in full
61 /100
Mixed for families

Mixed for families - strongest on childcare & early years, weakest on socio-economic profile.

Schools in the area · 20% of the score
57/100

QLD median 61/100

3 schools in this SA2 · average government-school ICSEA 958

Childcare & early years · 15% of the score
100/100

QLD median 60/100

16 NQS-rated services nearby

Everyday amenities · 15% of the score
77/100

QLD median 73/100

35 parks · 3 GPs · 1 supermarket · 23 playgrounds

Getting around · 15% of the score
60/100

QLD median 56/100

42 min to the CBD by train from Kallangur station

Housing affordability · 15% of the score
44/100

QLD median 51/100

Paying over 30% of income on housing: 11.3% of mortgage-holding households, 35.1% of renting households

Families already here · 10% of the score
66/100

QLD median 64/100

20.2% of residents are children aged 0–14 · 39.1% of families are couples with children

Socio-economic profile · 10% of the score
11/100

QLD median 44/100

SEIFA IRSAD decile 2 of 10 nationally

The grey marker on each bar is the median across the 484 Queensland areas we publish a score for (state median overall: 58/100). It is context, not a pass mark.

How this score is calculated

Each published figure for the Kallangur SA2 is mapped onto 0–100 by fixed thresholds, then weighted. Inputs with no data here are dropped and the rest rescaled - never scored as zero. Every threshold and weight →

Schools in the area 57/100 × 20% → 11.3 points
3 schools in this SA2 · average government-school ICSEA 958
Childcare & early years 100/100 × 15% → 15 points
16 NQS-rated services nearby
Everyday amenities 77/100 × 15% → 11.6 points
35 parks · 3 GPs · 1 supermarket · 23 playgrounds
Getting around 60/100 × 15% → 9 points
42 min to the CBD by train from Kallangur station
Housing affordability 44/100 × 15% → 6.6 points
Paying over 30% of income on housing: 11.3% of mortgage-holding households, 35.1% of renting households
Families already here 66/100 × 10% → 6.6 points
20.2% of residents are children aged 0–14 · 39.1% of families are couples with children
Socio-economic profile 11/100 × 10% → 1.1 points
SEIFA IRSAD decile 2 of 10 nationally

School results, crime and flood or bushfire overlays are not graded into this score. Limits of the score →

What families notice
In their own terms

What families notice

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Families often notice
  • This address is zoned to Dakabin State School (government, no fees).
  • 35 parks mapped inside this SA2 (OpenStreetMap).
Good to know
  • We don't yet have official crime data for QLD (only NSW and VIC) - that's a data gap on our side, not a claim this area is safe.
  • About 35% of renters here spend over 30% of income on rent - above the standard affordability guideline (ABS Census 2021).
  • This area's SEIFA index is lower than most of QLD - a relative socio-economic measure, not a safety or quality rating.
Source: Templated from the live data on this page - ABS, ACARA, ACECQA, BOCSAR/CSA Victoria, SEIFA 2021.
Living in Kallangur: family snapshot
Family snapshot

Living in Kallangur

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A large suburb particularly popular with young families. Strong New Zealand communities here (2021 Census). Many childcare options nearby - 16 NQS-rated services. About a 42-minute train to the CBD. Mostly detached family homes.

Source: ABS population estimates · ABS Census 2021 · ACARA · ACECQA · state transit data (GTFS)
Kallangur compared with Queensland10 measures
Kallangur compared with the QLD average
Measure Kallangur QLD average Against QLD
Children aged 0 to 4 6.6% 5.7% About the same
Children aged 5 to 14 13.7% 13.0% About the same
Couple families with children 39.1% 41.0% Lower
One-parent families 23.2% 17.0% Higher
Homes owned outright 20.7% 29.3% Lower
Homes owned with a mortgage 34.6% 35.6% Lower
Homes rented 43.5% 33.2% Higher
Separate houses 74.2% 76.6% Lower
Flats and apartments 1.5% 11.1% Lower
Born overseas 19.8% 22.7% Lower

Source: ABS Census 2021. The QLD figure is the population-weighted average of the 543 QLD areas with a published value. "Higher" and "Lower" describe the number only.

About this area and its boundary

Kallangur is a locality in the North Lakes area of Queensland. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Kallangur SA2.

23,466 residents - 20.2% are children under 15, median age 35, the largest overseas-born community is New Zealand (6.2%).

This profile uses the ABS Kallangur statistical area (SA2) - the level Australian government data is published at. SA2 boundaries don’t always match suburb boundaries. It covers the gazetted suburb of Kallangur, drawn separately on the map above.

Property market

A 3-bedroom house rents for a median $610 a week in the postcode 4503. Queensland publishes no free suburb sale-price series.

Median rent, 3-bedroom house
$610
per week, postcode 4503

Source: RTA Queensland median rents · Jun 2026

Homes and households

Who owns the homes
21% Owned outright 35% Mortgage 44% Rented
Families
39% Couple with children 36% Couple, no children 23% One parent
Types of home
74% House 22% Townhouse 2% Apartment

Source: ABS Census 2021. Where the shares do not add to 100%, the rest is "other" or "not stated".

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Housing cost pressuremortgage and rent against income
What households here actually pay

Housing cost pressure

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In Kallangur, 35.1% of renting households spend more than 30% of their income on rent, and 11.3% of households with a mortgage spend more than 30% on repayments - the ABS's stretched-household threshold (Census 2021).

ABS published figures, not our calculation.

Mortgage over 30% of income
11.3%

QLD avg 11.9%

Share of households WITH a mortgage whose repayments take more than 30% of income. That's 311 of 2,466 households with a stated repayment.

Rent over 30% of income
35.1%

QLD avg 32.3%

Share of RENTING households whose rent takes more than 30% of income. That's 1,221 of 3,206 households with a stated rent.

The two figures cover different households (mortgage-holding vs renting), so never add them. How the ABS counts these → Grey marker: QLD average (520 for mortgage and 528 for rent). Census 2021 - housing costs have moved since. Not financial advice.

Source: ABS Census 2021 - Mortgage & Rent Affordability Indicator Datasets (via ABS Data by Region, SA2)
What's being built herenew homes approved, year by year
Kallangur · new dwellings approved

What's being built here

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88 new homes were approved in Kallangur in the year to June 2025. Councils approved 519 new dwellings here across the 6 years to June 2025 - an approval is permission to build, not a home that exists yet.

88

Approved in the year to June 2025

Middle QLD area: 31

207

Separate houses

Private sector, over these 6 years

298

Townhouses & apartments

Private sector, over these 6 years

Counts are for the whole Kallangur statistical area. What these counts include → Dashed line: the median of 487Queensland areas.

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Data by region, 2011-2025 (cat. 1410.0), sourced from ABS Building Approvals, Australia (cat. 8731.0) (source, CC BY 4.0). Each year is a year ended 30 June, published for the SA2, not the suburb.
About this data

Rent only: median weekly rent of new tenancies lodged with the Queensland RTA, by postcode. Queensland publishes no free suburb sale-price series, so we show no house price here rather than an estimate. © The State of Queensland Residential Tenancies Authority, CC BY 3.0 AU.

Schools and childcare

3 schools are located in the area, and the centre of the area is zoned to Dakabin State School. 16 childcare services are on the national register, 15 rated Meeting the National Quality Standard or above.

Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW + QLD catchments

Dakabin State School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Kallangur.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 529
ICSEA 958
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Kallangur (QLD catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.

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Zoned secondary school
Dakabin State High School Government · 7-12 · 980 students · just outside the suburb boundary
ICSEA 940 intake context

The government Year 7 zone for the centre of Kallangur (QLD catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.

Also nearby - Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Pinnacle Academic College
Independent 109 students
ICSEA 1015 intake context

Fee-paying schools can’t be enrolled in by zone - they’re shown for context, not as the area’s school quality.

We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.

All school zones in the Moreton Bay council area →

To look beyond Kallangur, every Queensland school is on the Australian schools and catchment zones map.

Find the school zone for an address in Kallangur

Type a street address in Victoria, NSW or Queensland. We show the government primary and secondary school zones it is in, from the official zone maps.

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Schools in Kallangur

ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). Source: ACARA School Profile 2025. All QLD schools →

Childcare: 16 services

Exceeding NQS: 2Meeting NQS: 13Not yet rated: 1

National Quality Standard ratings from the ACECQA register, refreshed Oct 2026. Services are matched by suburb name.

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Childcare services, ratings and fees16 services
  • Mother Duck Child Care and Preschool Centre - Kallangur
    Centre-Based Care · 95 places · Kallangur
    Rated Jul 2019 · over 3 years old, check for a more recent assessment
    Exceeding NQS
  • Pine Rivers Kindergarten
    Centre-Based Care · 49 places · Kallangur
    Rated Jan 2021 · over 3 years old, check for a more recent assessment
    Exceeding NQS
  • Klub Kallangur Outside School Hours Care Centre
    Centre-Based Care · 250 places · Kallangur
    Rated Feb 2025
    Meeting NQS
  • LEAD Childcare Murrumba Village
    Centre-Based Care · 190 places · Kallangur
    Rated Feb 2025
    Meeting NQS
  • Green Leaves Early Learning Murrumba Downs
    Centre-Based Care · 186 places · Kallangur
    Rated Mar 2026
    Meeting NQS
  • PCYC Dakabin Fun Squad
    Centre-Based Care · 150 places · Kallangur
    Rated Feb 2026
    Meeting NQS
  • AppleBerries Early Education Service Kallangur
    Centre-Based Care · 93 places · Kallangur
    Rated May 2026
    Meeting NQS
  • Goodstart Early Learning Kallangur - Duffield Road East 1
    Centre-Based Care · 91 places · Kallangur
    Rated Aug 2025
    Meeting NQS
  • Papilio Early Learning - Kallangur
    Centre-Based Care · 80 places · Kallangur
    Rated Jul 2024
    Meeting NQS
  • NCC Early Learners Kallangur
    Centre-Based Care · 75 places · Kallangur
    Rated Jul 2025
    Meeting NQS
  • Goodstart Early Learning Kallangur - Duffield Road West
    Centre-Based Care · 71 places · Kallangur
    Rated Mar 2025
    Meeting NQS
  • Sunrise Kids Early Education and Care - Kallangur
    Centre-Based Care · 70 places · Kallangur
    Rated Aug 2026
    Meeting NQS

+ 4 more services in this area.

Average subsidised fee - North Lakes area
Centre-based day care
$14.35/hr
Outside school hours care
$9.03/hr

Mean hourly fee across CCS-approved services, December quarter 2025 - Dept of Education, © Commonwealth of Australia, CC BY 4.0. Published at SA3 level (a wider area than this suburb's SA2), so it's an average across North Lakes and surrounds, not this specific service list.

Verify locations before visiting. A rating over 3 years old is flagged. What the NQS ratings mean → Childcare places per child, by suburb →

Who lives here

More rented homes than Queensland overall: 43.5% of homes, against 33.2% statewide.

Median age
35
ABS Census 2021
Children under 15
20.2%
Above the QLD average
Born overseas
19.8%
Below the QLD average
Density
2,120
people per km²

Ages of people here

Kallangur QLD average

Share of residents in each age band, in years. Source: ABS Census 2021.

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How the area is changingCensus 2011 to 2021
People counted at the Census, 2011 to 2021
+2,763 people
2011: 18,986 2021: 21,749
Median age, 2011 to 2021
+2 years
2011: 33 2021: 35
Children aged 0 to 14, 2011 to 2021
−1.5 points
2011: 21.7% 2021: 20.2%
Born overseas, 2011 to 2021
+2.2 points
2011: 17.6% 2021: 19.8%
Speak another language at home, 2011 to 2021
+3.8 points
2011: 5.5% 2021: 9.3%

Each line is drawn on its own scale, so compare the numbers, not the heights. Source: ABS Census 2011, 2016 and 2021.

Census trends against the middle QLD areafull charts
Three censuses, same boundaries

Which way this area is moving

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The 2011, 2016 and 2021 Censuses for Kallangur, counted on today's boundaries.

Since 2011, Kallangur has grown older, with more residents born overseas and more residents speaking another language at home.

People counted
+2,763 people since 2011

Usual residents counted on Census night.

Median age
+2 years since 2011

Half the residents are older than this, half younger.

Children aged 0–14
−1.5 pts since 2011

Share of all residents. The clearest signal of families arriving or moving on.

Born overseas
+2.2 pts since 2011

Share of all residents born outside Australia.

Speak another language at home
+3.8 pts since 2011

Share of residents who stated a language, speaking one other than English at home.

The dashed line is the median across the Queensland areas we profile. How the three Censuses line up →

Source: ABS Census Time Series Profile 2021 (2011, 2016 and 2021 Censuses, SA2)
Where this year's population change came from+0.60% in a year
Population
23,466
ABS estimate, June 2025
Growth in one year
+0.60%
2024 to 2025
Net change
+142
people in a year

Where did the gain come from?

+142
Natural increase
Births minus deaths
+124
Internal migration
Net movers from elsewhere in Australia
-131
Overseas migration
Net arrivals from overseas
+149

Reading the streams: overseas arrivals were the dominant force - more came from abroad than the suburb grew on its own.

Growth vs benchmarks
Kallangur
+0.60%
QLD median
+1.10%
National median
+0.80%
Ages against the state average, band by band
The neighbourhood, in people

Ages of people here

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13.7% of people here are school-age children (5–14) - about the Queensland average of 13%, and 6.6% are under 5. The median age is 35.

0–4 years · before school
6.6%

QLD avg 5.7%

5–14 years · school age
13.7%

QLD avg 13%

15–19 years · teens
6.1%

QLD avg 6.1%

20–34 years
22.6%

QLD avg 19.9%

35–54 years
26.1%

QLD avg 26.4%

55–64 years
10.5%

QLD avg 11.9%

65 years and over
14.4%

QLD avg 17%

Share of all residents of Kallangur (ABS Statistical Area 2) at the 2021 Census; the grey marker is the Queensland average. How the bands and averages work →

Source: ABS Census 2021, General Community Profile (SA2)
Households and families
The neighbourhood, in people

Households and families

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62% of families here have children living at home - more than the Queensland average of 58%. The largest overseas-born communities are New Zealand (6.2%), United Kingdom (4.1%) and Philippines (1.2%). 44% of homes are rented.

Family make-up

Share of all families in the area. A small "other family" group the ABS also counts is not shown.

Couple with children
39.1%

QLD avg 41%

One-parent family
23.2%

QLD avg 17%

Couple, no children
35.7%

QLD avg 40.4%

What people live in

Share of occupied private dwellings. Other and unstated structures are not shown.

Separate house
74.2%

QLD avg 76.6%

Semi-detached / townhouse
22.1%

QLD avg 11.5%

Flat or apartment
1.5%

QLD avg 11.1%

Owned or rented

Share of occupied private dwellings. Other and unstated tenures are not shown.

Owned outright
20.7%

QLD avg 29.3%

Owned with a mortgage
34.6%

QLD avg 35.6%

Rented
43.5%

QLD avg 33.2%

Figures describe Kallangur (ABS Statistical Area 2) at the 2021 Census; the grey marker is the Queensland average. How these are counted →

Source: ABS Census 2021, General Community Profile (SA2)
Birthplaces, languages and communities
The neighbourhood, in people

Who lives in Kallangur

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Top 5 overseas birthplaces shown · 86.9% born in Australia or a country not in the top five.

New Zealand · established by 2016
6.2%

QLD avg 4%

United Kingdom · established by 2016
4.1%

QLD avg 4.4%

Philippines · growing since 2016
1.2%

QLD avg 0.7%

India · established by 2016
0.8%

QLD avg 1.3%

South Africa · established by 2016
0.8%

QLD avg 0.8%

Co-located communities
Kallangur is home to established New Zealand and United Kingdom communities - each is 2% or more of residents born overseas here, not a ranking of one against another.
Nearby
Petrie, Dakabin and Murrumba Downs - Griffin also have an established New Zealand community.
Settlement pattern
Of overseas-born residents who stated when they arrived, 13.7% arrived in the last 5 years (2016–2021) (QLD avg 15.8%) and 43.7% arrived before 2001 (QLD avg 45.9%).
English at home
Of residents who speak a language other than English at home and stated their English proficiency, 11.4% report speaking English “not well” or “not at all” (QLD avg 11.3%) - a self-reported ABS figure across all languages combined, not a judgement of any one community.

Figures describe Kallangur (ABS Statistical Area 2) at the 2021 Census. The ABS publishes only the five largest communities per area, so a missing name did not rank in the top five. How these are counted →

Source: ABS Census 2021, General Community Profile (SA2)
Socio-economic index (SEIFA)decile 2 of 10
Decile (1 lowest, 10 highest)
Decile 2 of 10
Where this sits in QLD
bottom 20% of Queensland areas

A relative comparison of the whole area against all of Australia - not a safety, liveability, or school-quality measure. What IRSAD measures → Source: ABS SEIFA 2021, IRSAD index (SA2).

Getting around and lifestyle

The morning-peak train from Kallangur station reaches the city in 42 minutes, and the nearest emergency department is Kallangur Satellite Hospital, 1.3 km away in a straight line.

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Supermarkets
Middle QLD area: 1
3
GPs
Middle QLD area: 0
35
Parks
Middle QLD area: 16
23
Playgrounds
Middle QLD area: 6
1
Train stations
Middle QLD area: 0
None mapped
Libraries
Middle QLD area: 0

Mapped inside the Kallangur boundary. A zero can mean "not mapped" rather than "not there". Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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Train to the city and nearest emergency department

Train to the city

Timetable published

42 min from Kallangur station

Median scheduled weekday morning-peak travel time to the central-city terminus, from the closest station to the middle of this area (1.3 km away in a straight line). Train leg only.

Nearest emergency department

Mapped

Kallangur Satellite Hospital · 1.3 km

Straight-line distance from the middle of this area - not a drive time. In an emergency call 000; do not plan around this figure.

Community and recreation
1
Places of worship
Middle QLD area: 0
None mapped
Community centres
Middle QLD area: 0
1
Swimming pools
Middle QLD area: 0
1
Sport and fitness venues
Middle QLD area: 1
Out with a baby
4
Baby-change tables
None mapped
Baby-care rooms

Public-toilet facilities recorded on the National Public Toilet Map - not every place in the area that will let you change a baby.

About this data

Counts of features tagged in OpenStreetMap inside the Kallangur boundary. “Middle QLD area”: the median of 538 Queensland areas. How these counts and times are made →

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors · baby-facility counts from the National Public Toilet Map (Continence Foundation of Australia, funded by the Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, CC BY 3.0 AU) · TransLink, static GTFS, timetable from 31 Oct 2026

Crime & safety in Kallangur

Official recorded-incident data is only published on this site for NSW and VIC so far - that's a coverage gap on our side, not a claim that Kallangur is safe. SuburbRadar does not rate suburbs as safe or unsafe. More on crime & safety →

Risks

1 of the 1 planning and hazard records we hold show something in this area: traffic noise. 6 more are not published for QLD - treat them as not checked.

Traffic noise

Freeway or highway present

Anzac Avenue · Bruce Highway

Each line is the extent of an official record across the whole Kallangur area - not a risk rating, and a specific address may or may not be affected. Not financial or insurance advice.

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All 9 checks and what each one means

Flooding

Not published

No free statewide flood overlay is published for QLD yet, so we show none. Check the local council's planning maps.

Bushfire

Not published

We hold official bushfire mapping for Victoria and New South Wales only - nothing is published here for QLD yet. Check the state fire service's mapping.

Heritage controls

Not published

We hold official heritage overlay mapping for Victoria and New South Wales only - nothing is published here for QLD yet. Check the local council's planning scheme and the state heritage register.

Traffic noise

Freeway or highway present

Anzac Avenue · Bruce Highway

2 named roads through this area carry OpenStreetMap's highest classification - a freeway, motorway or major highway, whatever the road is called locally, alongside 6 named main roads. Roads are counted by name, not by mapped segment. Where a home sits relative to them matters far more than the count - a street two blocks back can be quiet.

Aircraft noise

Not published

We hold official aircraft-noise mapping for Victoria and New South Wales only - nothing is published here for QLD yet. Check the airport's noise contours and the local planning scheme.

Land contamination checks

Not mapped

We hold official contaminated-land overlay mapping for Victoria only - nothing is published here for QLD yet. Check the state environment authority's contaminated land register and the local planning scheme.

Acid sulfate soils

Not published

We hold acid sulfate soil mapping for Victoria and New South Wales only - nothing is published here for QLD yet. Coastal and estuarine land is where these soils occur; check the state's soil mapping and the local planning scheme.

Recorded crime

Not published

QLD does not release the suburb-level incident counts we republish for New South Wales and Victoria, so we show none here.

Social housing

Census figure

3.6% rented from a state or territory housing authority · 0.9% from a community housing provider

Share of occupied private dwellings here with a stated tenure (Census 2021). The middle QLD area is 1.6% public and 0.4% community, across 531 areas. Listed because families ask; it is a fact about who owns the homes, not a judgement about the people in them.

About this data

Every line is an official published record for the Kallangur area - we don't rate, score or rank any of them. Where a line is missing, treat it as not checked rather than clear. What each line covers and does not →

Source: ABS Census 2021 (G37 tenure and landlord type) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) - road classification

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