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Suburb profile ·Lockyer Valley LGA · QLD ·4343

Morton Vale QLD 4343

Morton Vale is in Lockyer Valley LGA, QLD, postcode 4343, with population 114.

Limited data

Thin-context

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Why it fits

Population movement supports a growth-led 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.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$300/wk
Market rent signal
D6 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
46,058
46K via Lockyer Valley LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
3,649
217 added 12mo · 27MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,192
Median rent · wk$300
Investor profile

Who invests in Morton Vale

Owner-occupied 81%Rented 19%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared3.1%
245 of 558 landlords
Avg rental loss$5,658/yr
Landlords (rental income)558
Reported capital gains407
The read

Mixed owner-renter market

67% of homes here are owner-occupied and 16% rented, with 3% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

A balanced 67% owner-occupier / 16% renter mix.

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

Affordability

35%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Stretched

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,192/mo, while renters pay about $1,300/mo — renting runs $108/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$44K
Median rent · wk
$300
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,192

Household income

$44K household · yr-44.5% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$25K
Family
$72K
Household
$44K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
3
$300-649
6
$650-999
5
$1,000-1,499
5
$1,500-1,999
6
$2,000-2,999
3
$3,000-3,999
3
$4,000+
0

At the median asking rent, about 45% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $1,000/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (49 households)
Owned outright
43%
Owned with mortgage
25%
Rented
16%
Dwelling structure12.2% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
100%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 55% drive, 0% public transport, 0% walk or cycle, 25% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Crime Year ending May 2026
5,344
5,344 per 100k
D7 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k5,344
Total incidents5,344· Year ending May 2026
  • Assault1,04030%
  • Break And Enter44913%
  • Drug Offences1,85653%
  • Fraud1554%

Bushfire exposure

Moderate exposure ~25.7%
~25.7% of the suburb is Bush Fire Prone Land

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.

Population outlook

22,218 people · 202226,047 by 2032 (+17.2%)

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

Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Morton Vale QLD — Property Data and Demographics

Morton Vale (postcode 4343) is a quiet locality in Queensland within the Lockyer Valley local government area. The area has roughly 114 residents and an older-leaning population, with a median age of 53. Households earn a median income of $44K per year, with an average household size of 2.1 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +2.4% year-on-year at the LGA level. QLD employment has moved +1.4% 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, clerical & administrative, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and retail trade. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.

The median weekly rent is $300 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,192.

The crime rate in the Lockyer Valley LGA is moderate at 5,344 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +2.4% year-on-year points to strong growth demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+2.4% Strong Growth
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth$1,192
Rent · wk(Census)$300
Population growth · Lockyer Valley LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)46,058
5-year growth+2.2% CAGR
YoY change+2.4%
20012025
Development · Lockyer Valley LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)238
Houses 94%Units 6%
YoY change+0%
Employment · Lockyer Valley LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3.9%
YoY change-0.2pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4343ATO
Negatively geared3.1%
245 of filers
Avg rental loss$5,658/yr
Landlords (rental income)558
Reported capital gains407
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population114
Median age53
Household size2.1
HH income · wk$850
Personal income · wk$479
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)3/10
Education (IEO)2/10
Economic (IER)4/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)2/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$788 → $850
Change+7.9%
vs QLD median-10.1 pp
softeningvs QLD 2016–21
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Lockyer Valley LGAAIHW
Public2
Private0
Gatton Hospitalpublic
Laidley Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Lockyer Valley LGAGEN
Facilities3
Residential places207
Lutheran Services - Tabeel85 places
Carinity Karinya Place62 places
Regis Gatton60 places
Childcare · Lockyer Valley LGAACECQA
Services22
Approved places1,430
Exceeding NQS1
TeamKids - Laidley District State School135 places
Lockyer Valley Early Education Centre & Pre-School117 places
Hatton Vale State School OSHC100 places
Active Kids Early Learning Centre Laidley 180 places
Plainland Kindergarten and Childcare76 places
Active Kids Early Learning Centre Gatton75 places
+16 more in Lockyer Valley LGA
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Morton Vale 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 · 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 · 2025 · Annual estimate series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · 2026 · Annual release series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
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 Morton Vale 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, and transport stops.

The lighter areas here are school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops, so a single-page read should carry less weight than usual.

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

Begin here, but pressure-test the read in compare, against the state hub, or a bigger nearby suburb before deciding.

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

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Morton Vale FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Morton Vale in?

    Morton Vale is in the Lockyer Valley Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4343. Council-level context for Lockyer Valley LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Morton Vale?

    The median weekly rent in Morton Vale is $300/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Morton Vale a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Morton Vale show: Strong Growth, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Morton Vale?

    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 Morton Vale 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.