What LGA is Lucas Heights in?

Lucas Heights is in the Sutherland Shire Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2234. Council-level context for Sutherland Shire LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

What is the typical weekly rent in Lucas Heights?

The median weekly rent in Lucas Heights is $1000/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent-pressure candidate.

What does the rent signal say about Lucas Heights?

Rent-pressure candidate: Lucas Heights rents screen above the local benchmark. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.

Where does QuickProperty get its data for Lucas Heights?

Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.

How often is the Lucas Heights data updated?

Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.

Suburb profile ·Sutherland Shire LGA · NSW ·2234

Lucas Heights NSW 2234

Lucas Heights is in Sutherland Shire LGA, NSW, postcode 2234, with population 4.

Limited data

Thin-context

The page is still useful for local context, but the evidence stack is too thin for a clean one-page call. Use nearby stronger suburbs or compare mode before treating it as a serious shortlist decision.

$1000/wk

+5.3% YoY

Mar 2025 → Apr 2026 · 14 periods

NSW Fair Trading · postcode 2234 · Apr 2026

$1205

$850

Mar 2025Apr 2026

What to check

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Median house

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No local house series

Median rent

$1000/wk

Rent-pressure candidate

↑5.3%YoY D10 vs AU

Gross yield

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Need rent + price

Population

4 local footprint

D1 vs AU

Schools

—

No matched school data

Solar

4,765

342 added 12mo · 36MW

Price history

House and unit medians · ABS + state datasets

No price history available

Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.

Median mortgage · mth—

Median rent · wk—

Crime January 2025 - December 2025

4,174

1,776 per 100k

D2 vs AU

Crime

lga

Rate · per 100k1,776

Total incidents4,174· January 2025 - December 2025

Assault1,24767%
Sexual Offences31417%
Robbery191%
Break And Enter27615%

Full data detail

Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets

Lucas Heights is a sparsely populated locality in New South Wales within the Sutherland Shire local government area (postcode 2234). The area has roughly 4 residents and a more retirement-aged population, with a median age of 56. NSW employment has moved +0.3% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. NSW also had 37 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 5 underway, and 75 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count.

The current median weekly rent is $1000.

The crime rate in the Sutherland Shire LGA is low at 1,776 incidents per 100,000 population.

Market & money

InvestmentNSW

Mortgage · mth—

Rent · wk(Census)—

Market rent · wk(2026-04)$1000

Property investors · Postcode 2234ATO

Negatively geared2,083 (10.4% of filers)

Avg rental loss$9,457/yr

Landlords (rental income)4,204

Reported capital gains2,123

People & prosperity

DemographicsCensus 21

Population4

Median age56

Household size1

HH income · wk—

Personal income · wk—

Persons / bedroom0.2

Nearby in Sutherland Shire LGA12

Miranda$2.1M · 17,942 Cronulla$3.4M · 17,899 Engadine$1.7M · 17,736 Caringbah South$2.4M · 13,168 Caringbah$1.9M · 12,575 Sutherland$1.7M · 11,570 Kirrawee$1.9M · 11,007 Sylvania$2.2M · 10,749 Menai$1.8M · 10,419 Gymea$1.8M · 8,219 Illawong$1.9M · 7,427 Gymea Bay$1.8M · 6,983

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Sources & freshness

Thin evidence

Treat Lucas Heights as a thin local read, not a complete suburb verdict.

QuickProperty mixes release files, Census baselines, and matched local services on this page. Read the status panel before treating every metric as equally fresh.

PRICE POSTURE

NSW price medians are parser-guarded official records.

Official sale records parsed from cached Bulk PSI ZIP files with parser guardrails for token sales, non-house zoning, and low-value strata component records

RENT POSTURE

Rent is using a state market dataset when available.

Use current rent as a starting signal, not as a fixed underwriting truth.

SERVICE POSTURE

Service coverage is matched locally, not inferred nationally.

Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.

Data status

Property prices

NSW Valuer General · Official sale records parsed from cached Bulk PSI ZIP files with parser guardrails for token sales, non-house zoning, and low-value strata component records

medium stability · automated · every update · weekly

Missing

Market rent

NSW Fair Trading · 2026-04 · State market dataset

stable source · automated · every update · monthly

Available

Crime

BOCSAR · January 2025 - December 2025 · Area-level release dataset

medium stability · automated · every update · release-based

Available

Schools

ACARA 2025 · No local school matches exposed

stable source · automated · every update · annual

Missing

Hospitals

AIHW · No linked local hospital coverage

medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed

Missing

Transport

GTFS feeds · No matched local transport stops

medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed

Missing

Population growth

ABS ERP · No linked annual population growth series

stable source · automated · every update · annual

Missing

Building approvals

ABS Building Approvals · No linked approvals series

stable source · automated · every update · monthly

Missing

Available means a direct local dataset is linked. Verify means coverage exists but freshness or precision is weaker, such as ABS price fallback, Census rent fallback, or low-confidence hospital matching.

Sparse locality note

This page stays indexable because Lucas Heights is a real locality with enough context to be directionally useful. The tradeoff is that coverage is lighter than a stronger suburb profile, so the read should stay cautious.

WHY IT LOOKS LIGHTER

This is a real locality, but it has a very small Census footprint.

Small-population localities can still be worth checking, but rankings, comparisons, and broad suburb assumptions become noisier faster.

WHAT IS MISSING

Coverage is lighter across school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, and population trend data.

The main gaps on this page are school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, population trend data, and building approvals. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.

BEST NEXT STEP

Use this page to understand the locality shape, then compare outward.

Start here for context, then open compare, the state hub, or larger nearby suburbs before treating this as a complete market decision.

Page status

INDEXED WITH LIGHTER COVERAGE

This page remains visible, but it should be read as a locality brief rather than a full-confidence suburb profile.

HOW TO READ THIS PAGE

Read it as a direction-setter rather than a final answer: frame the locality, then verify with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Next step path

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Stronger nearby reads

If Lucas Heights feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Miranda better covered

better market coverage

pop +17900 · adds house price coverage · rent -$512/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

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Cronulla better covered

better market coverage

pop +17900 · adds house price coverage · rent -$500/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

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Engadine better covered

better market coverage

pop +17700 · adds house price coverage · rent -$500/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

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Lucas Heights FAQ

Common questions

What LGA is Lucas Heights in?

Lucas Heights is in the Sutherland Shire Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2234. Council-level context for Sutherland Shire LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
What is the typical weekly rent in Lucas Heights?

The median weekly rent in Lucas Heights is $1000/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent-pressure candidate.
What does the rent signal say about Lucas Heights?

Rent-pressure candidate: Lucas Heights rents screen above the local benchmark. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.
Where does QuickProperty get its data for Lucas Heights?

Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.
How often is the Lucas Heights data updated?

Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.