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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

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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.

$838/wk
Falling
-12.9% YoY
Jun 2025 → Jun 2026 · 13 periods
NSW Fair Trading · postcode 2234 · Jun 2026
$1205
$838
Jun 2025Jun 2026
What to check

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Median house
—
No local house series
Median rent
$838/wk
Rent-pressure candidate
↓12.9%YoY D10 vs AU
Gross yield
—
Need rent + price
Population
4
4 local footprint
D1 vs AU
Schools
—
No matched school data
Drive to city
—
Not in commute dataset
Solar
4,806
368 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—

Trend & investor depth

Derived from this suburb's own price, rent and income history
Rent stabilityvolatile — rents vary ±9.8% around trend (short window, 13 pts)

Indicative cashflow is interest-only and excludes tax — use the calculator for a full projection. Turnover divides recorded sales by an estimated household count (population over average household size).

Crime April 2025 - March 2026
4,056
1,700 per 100k
D2 vs AU

Crime

lga
Rate · per 100k1,700
Total incidents4,056· April 2025 - March 2026
  • Assault1,22868%
  • Sexual Offences29216%
  • Robbery181%
  • Break And Enter25914%

Building due diligence

Construction requirements can change by location.

1 broad-area layer staged

The National Construction Code is the baseline. Local hazards and site classifications can change the required structure, materials, fixings, insulation and detailing.

Known here

SUBURB CONTEXT

Bushfire-prone land

Severe broad-area context

About 86.0% of the suburb intersects mapped bushfire-prone land.

May affect: External construction · Roof and wall systems · Openings, screens and decks

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ADDRESS + DESIGN

NCC climate zone

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Confirm the NCC climate zone used for the building design and energy provisions.

May affect: Insulation and glazing · Condensation control · Roof-space ventilation

Wind class and BAL

Site assessment required

A suburb layer cannot determine the site wind classification or Bushfire Attack Level.

May affect: Structure and tie-downs · Cladding and fixings · Openings and bushfire detailing

Corrosion and termite exposure

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Confirm marine or corrosive exposure and the applicable termite-management requirements.

May affect: Fasteners and connectors · Roofing and coatings · Termite management

This screen identifies investigation triggers, not building quality or property compliance. Confirm the address, design and current jurisdiction rules with the council, building surveyor or certifier, designer and engineer.

NCC 2022 Housing Provisions: how to use · NCC 2022 Volume Two and Housing Provisions

Bushfire exposure

NSW RFS Bush Fire Prone Land
Severe exposure ~86.0%
~86.0% of the suburb is Bush Fire Prone Land · ~72.5% Category 1 (highest hazard)

Estimated exposure to NSW RFS Bush Fire Prone Land (CC BY), point-sampled across the suburb. This shows how much of the suburb sits within the official hazard layer — it is not a Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) rating or a property-level assessment. Obtain a BAL assessment (AS 3959) for an individual property.

Planning zones

NSW Land Zoning (EPI)
Dominant zone Special Activities
Other 62% Public / Open space 36%

Land-use mix estimated by point-sampling the suburb against NSW EPI Land Zoning polygons (CC BY 4.0). This is a suburb-level snapshot of planning zones, not a parcel-level zoning certificate or development advice. Check the relevant planning scheme for an individual property.

Population outlook

ABS projection · Menai - Lucas Heights - Woronora SA2 area · 2022 base
20,817 people · 202221,144 by 2032 (+1.6%)

ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Menai - Lucas Heights - Woronora SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.

Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Lucas Heights NSW — Property Data and Demographics

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 +1.2% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. NSW also had 35 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 17 underway, and 67 in planning as at 2025-09-01, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count.

The current median weekly rent is $838.

The crime rate in the Sutherland Shire LGA is low at 1,700 incidents per 100,000 population.

Market & money
InvestmentNSW
Mortgage · mth—
Rent · wk(Census)—
Market rent · wk(2026-06)$838
Property investors · Postcode 2234ATO
Negatively geared10.4%
2,083 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
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Sutherland Shire LGAAIHW
Public1
Private5
Sutherland Hospitalpublic
Kareena Private Hospitalprivate
Miranda Eye Surgical Centreprivate
President Private Hospitalprivate
Ramsay Surgical Centre Mirandaprivate
Southside Cancer Care Centreprivate
Aged care · Sutherland Shire LGAGEN
Facilities25
Residential places2,674
IRT Thomas Holt Kirrawee253 places
St Vincent's Care Services Heathcote213 places
Moran Sylvania183 places
Anglicare Goodhew Gardens & Bay Breeze171 places
Pathways Cronulla Pines169 places
Moran Engadine156 places
+19 more in Sutherland Shire LGA
Childcare · Sutherland Shire LGAACECQA
Services200
Approved places11,958
Exceeding NQS53
SCECS OSHC St John Bosco Engadine311 places
Gymea Bay Care & Leisure Centre Inc.180 places
ORCHARD EARLY LEARNING CENTRE KIRRAWEE164 places
Anzac Road Before & After School Care Incorporated155 places
Chapter 1 Early Learning150 places
St Catherine Laboure Before and After School Care144 places
+194 more in Sutherland Shire LGA
Nearby in Sutherland Shire LGA12
Miranda$2.1M · 17,942Cronulla$3.5M · 17,899Engadine$1.6M · 17,736Caringbah South$2.5M · 13,168Caringbah$2.0M · 12,575Sutherland$1.3M · 11,570Kirrawee$2.0M · 11,007Sylvania$2.2M · 10,749Menai$1.8M · 10,419Gymea$2.0M · 8,219Illawong$2.2M · 7,427Gymea Bay$2.0M · 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 · 2026-06 · State market dataset
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
Crime
BOCSAR · April 2025 - March 2026 · 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 -$350/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 -$338/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 -$338/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
  1. 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.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Lucas Heights?

    The median weekly rent in Lucas Heights is $838/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent-pressure candidate.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.