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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

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.

Why it fits

Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

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
Drive to city
—
Not in commute dataset
Solar
2,925
145 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
Investor profile

Who invests in Lochington

Owner-occupied 85%Rented 15%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared7.5%
742 of 1,278 landlords
Avg rental loss$6,816/yr
Landlords (rental income)1,278
Reported capital gains669
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

73% of homes here are owner-occupied and 13% rented, with 8% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

73% owner-occupied — owner-occupiers hold longer and absorb rate shocks, supporting price stability.

ABS Census 2021 tenure (G37), ATO postcode rental statistics, and QuickProperty's investor-exposure index. Owner-occupied = owned outright + with a mortgage.

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 · ATO
$126K household · yr+57.8% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$54K
Family
$117K
Household
$126K

Housing stock and tenure

ABS Census 2021
Tenure (30 households)
Owned outright
57%
Owned with mortgage
17%
Rented
13%
Dwelling structure8.8% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
83%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 21% drive, 0% public transport, 16% walk or cycle, 58% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Schools

ACARA 2025
Total1
Avg ICSEA1055
Students16
Government1
  • Lochington State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1055
Crime Year ending May 2026
6,557
6,557 per 100k
D8 vs AU

Crime

lga
Rate · per 100k6,557
Total incidents6,557· Year ending May 2026
  • Assault1,32831%
  • Break And Enter81319%
  • Drug Offences1,73141%
  • Fraud3458%

Building due diligence

Construction requirements can change by location.

Code baseline only

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

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SUBURB CONTEXT

No local compliance layer is staged.

This is missing evidence, not evidence that the property has no constraints.

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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

Population outlook

ABS projection · Central Highlands - West SA2 area · 2022 base
7,599 people · 20227,214 by 2032 (-5.1%)

ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Central Highlands - West SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.

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 +1.5% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. QLD also had 35 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 16 underway, and 30 in planning as at 2025-09-01, 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 6,557 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 geared7.5%
742 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
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,374 → $2,416
Change+75.8%
vs QLD median+57.8 pp
gentrifyingvs QLD 2016–21
Top occupationsCensus
Managers40Labourers19Technicians & Trades10Machinery Operators & Drivers5Community & Personal Service4
Top industriesCensus
Agriculture59Construction4Manufacturing3
Top ancestryCensus
Australian63English46Scottish8Irish5German4
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Central Highlands (Qld) LGAAIHW
Public3
Private0
Blackwater Hospitalpublic
Emerald Hospitalpublic
Springsure Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Central Highlands (Qld) LGAGEN
Facilities3
Residential places81
Blue Care Emerald Avalon Aged Care Facility60 places
Springsure Multi-Purpose Service17 places
Blackwater Multi-Purpose Service4 places
Childcare · Central Highlands (Qld) LGAACECQA
Services18
Approved places830
Exceeding NQS5
First 5 Years93 places
Emerald Outside School Hours Care83 places
Borilla Community Kindergarten (Emerald)75 places
C&K Emerald South Community Childcare Centre75 places
Emerald Community Kindergarten75 places
Goodstart Early Learning Emerald75 places
+12 more in Central Highlands (Qld) LGA
Nearby in Central Highlands (Qld) LGA12
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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 May 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.

Next step path
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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.