Scarborough, Queensland Scarborough, Queensland Scarborough is a residential suburb of the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. Scarborough is at the northernmost of the Redcliffe peninsula, approximately north-northeast of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. The suburb used to act as a gateway to Moreton Island via the Combie Trader barge, but this service was recently sold. In the , Scarborough recorded a population of 7,986 people, 52.3% female and 47.7% male. The median age of the Scarborough population was 45 years, 8 years above the national median of 37. 71.3% of people living in Scarborough were born in Australia. The other
Eastern states of Australia also includes: the Gold Coast, Queensland; Newcastle, New South Wales; and Wollongong, New South Wales as the three largest non-capital cities in the country. In terms of climate, the area is dominated by a humid subtropical zone, with some tropical (Queensland) and oceanic climate (Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, New South Wales) zones. In most situations, the eastern states are defined as those who use Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST), and that is the definition that this article will adhere to, unless noted. Since the 1980s, governments have proposed building a high-speed rail in Australia. However, this rail would only go