QP SUBURB BRIEF
QLD overview · postcode 4341.
KEY FACTS FIRST, DETAILS BELOW

Kensington Grove at a glance, before the advanced view.

This page now starts with the practical questions ordinary users ask first: is the suburb expensive, what does rent look like, how big is it, what is nearby, and what should you do next.

Kensington Grove is in Lockyer Valley LGA, QLD, postcode 4341, with population 2,050.

MEDIAN HOUSE
No local house series
MEDIAN RENT
$368/wk
Market rent signal
POPULATION
2,050
2K local footprint
SCHOOLS
School coverage summary
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QUICK READ
4341
SUBURB VERDICT

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.

JOBS SIGNAL

The local employment base leans toward healthcare and construction. Local earnings momentum is not available from the linked ATO series. QLD employment is up +0.9% year-on-year (+27K jobs) and +15.4% over five years in the official NERO dataset. Read this as a broader state jobs backdrop combined with local employment mix, not a suburb-only new-jobs count.

INFRASTRUCTURE PIPELINE

QLD has 32 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 12 underway, and 50 in planning as at 2024-10-02. There is no matched local transport-stop count here, so read the infrastructure backdrop as broader state delivery context only. Read this as a state delivery backdrop, not a suburb-specific project list.

LIVEABILITY READ

Kensington Grove is a smaller suburb in Queensland within the Lockyer Valley local government area (postcode 4341). With a population of 2,050, the suburb has a mix of young professionals and families with a median age of 37. Households earn a median income of $106K per year, with an average household size of 3 people. QLD employment has moved +0.9% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. QLD also had 32 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 12 underway, and 50 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are technicians & trades, community & personal service, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and construction. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.

DATA CONFIDENCE

This suburb mixes release datasets, Census data, and matched local services. Use the data status block before treating every metric as equally fresh.

SOURCE & FRESHNESS

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
Prices come from release-based suburb series.

Release-based suburb price series, not a live market feed

RENT POSTURE
Rent is falling back to Census, not a market feed.

This gives you directional coverage, but it is weaker than a current rent release.

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
ABS Data by Region and processed state datasets · Release-based series
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · release-based
Missing
Market rent
ABS Census 2021 · Using Census rent fallback
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Verify
Crime
State crime dataset · Year ending Dec 2026 · Area-level release dataset
medium stability · mixed acquisition · mixed refresh · mixed
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025 · No local school matches exposed
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · 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
medium stability · mixed acquisition · mixed refresh · mixed
Missing
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · No linked approvals series
medium stability · mixed acquisition · mixed refresh · mixed
Missing
Available means a direct local dataset is linked. Verify means coverage exists but freshness or precision is weaker, such as Census rent fallback or low-confidence hospital matching.
EVIDENCE DEPTH
VERIFY-HEAVY EVIDENCE

Kensington Grove depends on evidence that should be verified before a decision.

The page still has useful coverage, but Market rent should be treated as fallback or lower-precision evidence. Missing signals include Property prices, Schools, and Hospitals.

NEXT STEP

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DIRECT
1

Crime

VERIFY
1

Market rent

MISSING
6

Property prices, Schools, Hospitals, Transport

DECISION INTELLIGENCE
THIN-CONTEXT

Kensington Grove currently reads as a thin-context candidate.

The profile is based on limited but still useful local context. Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional. The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting.

RECOMMENDED NEXT STEP

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WHY IT FITS

No strong positive decision reason is visible yet.

WHAT TO CHECK

Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional. The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting.

DECISIVE GAPS

Property prices, Schools, Transport

COMPARE STATUS

Use as context

SPARSE LOCALITY NOTE

This page stays indexable because Kensington Grove 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
The page is readable, but the local evidence base is lighter than a mainstream suburb profile.

Treat this as a directional locality brief first, then verify the suburb story against stronger nearby markets or the state hub.

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

This page is useful for direction-setting, not closure. Use it to frame the locality, then confirm the story with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

STRONGER NEARBY READS

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

Withcott MOST SIMILAR
SIMILAR RENT PROFILE SIMILAR SUBURB SCALE

pop same · rent -$18/wk

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Plainland MOST SIMILAR
SIMILAR RENT PROFILE SIMILAR SUBURB SCALE

pop -100 · rent -$8/wk

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Regency Downs MOST SIMILAR
SIMILAR RENT PROFILE SIMILAR SUBURB SCALE

pop +600 · rent same $

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

WHY PEOPLE LOOK HERE
  • Buyers want a quick sense of price, schools, and neighbourhood scale before getting lost in data.
  • Investors want to know whether rent, yield, and affordability broadly support the suburb story.
  • Researchers want one place that ties property, demographics, transport, and services together.
LOCAL SIGNALS
Schools: No local school matches exposed.
Crime: 5,611 per 100k at the Lockyer Valley LGA level.
Transport: No matched local transport stops.
FAQ
What is the typical weekly rent in Kensington Grove? +
The median weekly rent in Kensington Grove is $368/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.
Where does QuickProperty get its data for Kensington Grove? +
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 Kensington Grove 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.
ADVANCED VIEW

Full data detail for Kensington Grove

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Kensington Grove QLD

Postcode 4341 · Lockyer Valley LGA

Kensington Grove is a smaller suburb in Queensland within the Lockyer Valley local government area (postcode 4341). With a population of 2,050, the suburb has a mix of young professionals and families with a median age of 37. Households earn a median income of $106K per year, with an average household size of 3 people. QLD employment has moved +0.9% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. QLD also had 32 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 12 underway, and 50 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are technicians & trades, community & personal service, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and construction. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.

The median weekly rent is $368 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,690.

The crime rate in the Lockyer Valley LGA is moderate at 5,611 incidents per 100,000 population.

SEIFA INDEX (ABS)
Advantage5/10
Education2/10
Economic8/10
Disadvantage4/10
MEDIAN RENT /WK
$368
POPULATION
2,050
DEMOGRAPHICS
Median Age37
Household Size3
HH Income /wk$2,042
Personal Income /wk$797
Mortgage /mth$1,690
CRIME (Lockyer Valley LGA)
Crime Rate (per 100k)5,611
Total Incidents5,611
DATA STATUS
Property prices
Processed price datasets
Missing
Market rent
State rent dataset · Using Census rent only
Missing
Crime
State crime dataset · Year ending Dec 2026 · LGA-level dataset
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025
Missing
Hospitals
AIHW
Missing
Transport
GTFS
Missing
Population growth
ABS ERP
Missing
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals
Missing
Available means a local dataset is present. Verify means coverage exists but location confidence is limited.
Data: Year ending Dec 2026