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What it costs to live in Lockyer Valley, QLD
Lockyer Valley council area, Queensland. About 46,058 people lived here in 2025. Here's what rent, power, fuel, the pokies and crime look like, and how each one sits against the rest of Queensland.
Rent
$580
A week. That's the median rent on new leases in the June quarter 2026.
Pokies losses
$662
Lost for every adult in a year. That's 74% of the QLD average.
See pokies losses in Lockyer ValleyElectricity
$1,988
A year on the default offer in the Energex network area, which covers most of Lockyer Valley, for 4,600 kWh. That's the most a standing offer can cost. A typical plan here costs $1,907.
See electricity pricesUnleaded petrol
182c
A litre, on average, at 19 stations here over the year to August 2026. That's 8c less than the QLD average.
See when fuel is cheapestCrime police recorded
Offences against the person, 2025–26
Police recorded 788 of these in Lockyer Valley. That's 1,711 for every 100,000 people, or 1.1 times the QLD average. Five years before, in 2020–21, it was 726, so it has gone up 136%.
See each year
| Year | Recorded | Per 100,000 | QLD per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 788 | 1,711 | 1,512 |
| 2024–25 | 632 | 1,372 | 1,562 |
| 2023–24 | 647 | 1,438 | 1,550 |
| 2022–23 | 568 | 1,297 | 1,467 |
| 2021–22 | 500 | 1,174 | 1,273 |
| 2020–21 | 303 | 726 | 883 |
| 2019–20 | 275 | 665 | 738 |
| 2018–19 | 262 | 639 | 739 |
| 2017–18 | 267 | 659 | 737 |
| 2016–17 | 267 | 667 | 706 |
Offences against property, 2025–26
Police recorded 1,754 of these in Lockyer Valley. That's 3,808 for every 100,000 people, or 77% of the QLD average. Five years before, in 2020–21, it was 2,503, so it has gone up 52%.
See each year
| Year | Recorded | Per 100,000 | QLD per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 1,754 | 3,808 | 4,928 |
| 2024–25 | 1,950 | 4,234 | 4,868 |
| 2023–24 | 1,752 | 3,895 | 5,204 |
| 2022–23 | 1,431 | 3,267 | 5,290 |
| 2021–22 | 1,190 | 2,795 | 4,610 |
| 2020–21 | 1,045 | 2,503 | 4,154 |
| 2019–20 | 1,381 | 3,338 | 5,118 |
| 2018–19 | 1,577 | 3,844 | 5,075 |
| 2017–18 | 1,486 | 3,666 | 4,887 |
| 2016–17 | 1,270 | 3,175 | 4,694 |
This is crime that police recorded in the area over a year, July to June. Lots of crime is never reported, and a rise can mean police are looking harder, not just that more crime happened. Each state counts crime its own way, so only compare a council with its own state.
Suburbs in Lockyer Valley
Who lives in each one, their homes and how they get around.
- Adare
- Ballard
- Black Duck Creek
- Blanchview
- Blenheim
- Brightview (part)
- Buaraba South
- Caffey
- Carpendale
- Churchable
- College View
- Crowley Vale
- Derrymore
- East Haldon
- Egypt
- Fifteen Mile
- Flagstone Creek
- Fordsdale
- Forest Hill
- Gatton
- Glen Cairn
- Glenore Grove
- Grantham
- Hatton Vale
- Helidon
- Helidon Spa
- Ingoldsby
- Iredale
- Junction View
- Kensington Grove
- Kentville
- Laidley
- Laidley Creek West
- Laidley Heights
- Laidley North
- Laidley South
- Lake Clarendon
- Lawes
- Lefthand Branch
- Lilydale
- Lockrose
- Lockyer
- Lockyer Waters
- Lower Tenthill
- Ma Ma Creek
- Morton Vale
- Mount Berryman
- Mount Sylvia
- Mount Whitestone
- Mulgowie
- Murphys Creek
- Placid Hills
- Plainland
- Postmans Ridge
- Preston (Lockyer Valley - Qld) (part)
- Regency Downs
- Ringwood
- Rockmount
- Rockside
- Ropeley
- Seventeen Mile
- Silver Ridge
- Spring Creek (Lockyer Valley - Qld)
- Stockyard (Lockyer Valley - Qld)
- Summerholm
- Thornton
- Townson
- Upper Flagstone
- Upper Lockyer
- Upper Tenthill
- Veradilla
- Vinegar Hill
- West Haldon (part)
- White Mountain
- Winwill
- Withcott
- Woodbine
- Woodlands
Look further
- Rents across Australia: what tenants really pay by suburb and postcode.
- Pokies losses by council: where the most is lost, in four states.
- Fuel prices: the price cycle and the cheapest day to fill up.
- Compare Lockyer Valley with another area, side by side.
- Look up another area.
Sources: recorded crime, © State of Queensland (Queensland Police Service), Reported offences by LGA, CC BY 4.0; Australian Bureau of Statistics, CC BY 4.0. Population: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Regional population, CC BY 4.0. Pokies losses: the state's gambling regulator (see the pokies page for its credit). Rent: state rental bond data (see the rent pages). Electricity: Default Market Offer 2026–27: © Commonwealth of Australia (Australian Energy Regulator), CC BY 4.0; retailers' plans under the Consumer Data Right. Fuel: Queensland Government, Fuel Price Reporting, CC BY 4.0.