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Suburb profile ·Central Highlands (Qld) LGA · QLD ·4720

Lochington QLD 4720

Lochington is in Central Highlands (Qld) LGA, QLD, postcode 4720, with population 128.

Limited data

Thin-context

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Why it fits

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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. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

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Median house
—
No local house series
Median rent
$73/wk
Market rent signal
D1 vs AU
Gross yield
—
Need rent + price
Population
128
128 local footprint
D5 vs AU
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Solar
2,902
148 added 12mo · 26MW

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$73

Affordability

Buying & renting · ABS Census + state data
3%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable
Household income · yr
$126K
Median rent · wk
$73

Household income

ABS Census medians · annual
$126K household · yr+57.8% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$54K
Family
$117K
Household
$126K

Schools

ACARA 2025
Total1
Avg ICSEA1055
Students16
Government1
  • Lochington State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1055
Crime Year ending Apr 2026
6,543
6,543 per 100k
D8 vs AU

Crime

lga
Rate · per 100k6,543
Total incidents6,543· Year ending Apr 2026
  • Assault1,33331%
  • Break And Enter81419%
  • Drug Offences1,75441%
  • Fraud3628%

Full data detail

Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Lochington QLD — Property Data and Demographics

Lochington is a quiet locality in Queensland within the Central Highlands (Qld) local government area (postcode 4720). The area has roughly 128 residents and a blend of families and working-age professionals, with a median age of 32. Households earn a median income of $126K per year, with an average household size of 3.5 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 managers, labourers, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and construction. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.

The median weekly rent is $73 (Census 2021).

Lochington is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 1055, which is above the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Central Highlands (Qld) LGA is moderate at 6,543 incidents per 100,000 population.

Market & money
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth—
Rent · wk(Census)$73
Employment · Central Highlands (Qld) LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3.2%
YoY change-0.8pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4720ATO
Negatively geared742 (7.5% of filers)
Avg rental loss$6,816/yr
Landlords (rental income)1,278
Reported capital gains669
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population128
Median age32
Household size3.5
HH income · wk$2,416
Personal income · wk$1,042
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)8/10
Education (IEO)8/10
Economic (IER)10/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)8/10
Top occupationsCensus
Managers40Labourers19Technicians & Trades10Machinery Operators & Drivers5Community & Personal Service4
Top industriesCensus
Agriculture59Construction4Manufacturing3
Top ancestryCensus
Australian63English46Scottish8Irish5German4
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Lochington depends on evidence that should be verified before a decision.

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.

QVAS residential dwelling sales aggregated to SA2 and mapped to suburb pages

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
QGSO Housing Profiles · QVAS residential dwelling sales aggregated to SA2 and mapped to suburb pages
medium stability · automated · every update · quarterly
Missing
Market rent
ABS Census 2021 · Using Census rent fallback
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Verify
Crime
State crime dataset · Year ending Apr 2026 · Area-level release dataset
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025 · 1 schools matched
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
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 Lochington 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 hospital coverage, transport stops, population trend data, and building approvals.

The main gaps on this page are 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.

Use it for context first, then move to compare, the state hub, or a larger nearby suburb before calling it a full 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.

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Lochington FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Lochington in?

    Lochington is in the Central Highlands (Qld) Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4720. Council-level context for Central Highlands (Qld) LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Lochington?

    The median weekly rent in Lochington is $73/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Lochington?

    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.

  4. How often is the Lochington 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.