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What it costs to live in Scenic Rim, QLD

Scenic Rim council area, Queensland. About 46,947 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

$600

A week. That's the median rent on new leases in the June quarter 2026.

Pokies losses

$430

Lost for every adult in a year. That's 48% of the QLD average.

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Electricity

$1,988

A year on the default offer in the Energex network area, which covers most of Scenic Rim, for 4,600 kWh. That's the most a standing offer can cost. A typical plan here costs $1,907.

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Unleaded petrol

183c

A litre, on average, at 21 stations here over the year to August 2026. That's 7c less than the QLD average.

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Crime police recorded

Offences against the person, 2025–26

Scenic Rim797
QLD average1,512

Police recorded 374 of these in Scenic Rim. That's 797 for every 100,000 people, or 53% of the QLD average. Five years before, in 2020–21, it was 530, so it has gone up 50%.

See each year
YearRecordedPer 100,000QLD per 100,000
2025–263747971,512
2024–254379311,562
2023–243818291,550
2022–234089031,467
2021–223537981,273
2020–21231530883
2019–20200462738
2018–19187436739
2017–18193456737
2016–17193463706

Offences against property, 2025–26

Scenic Rim2,628
QLD average4,928

Police recorded 1,234 of these in Scenic Rim. That's 2,628 for every 100,000 people, or 53% of the QLD average. Five years before, in 2020–21, it was 1,890, so it has gone up 39%.

See each year
YearRecordedPer 100,000QLD per 100,000
2025–261,2342,6284,928
2024–251,1632,4774,868
2023–241,3122,8565,204
2022–231,1492,5445,290
2021–229722,1964,610
2020–218241,8904,154
2019–201,1472,6525,118
2018–191,1002,5675,075
2017–181,1682,7574,887
2016–179902,3774,694

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 Scenic Rim

Who lives in each one, their homes and how they get around.

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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.