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Suburb profile ·Lockyer Valley LGA · QLD ·4352

Silver Ridge QLD 4352

Silver Ridge is in Lockyer Valley LGA, QLD, postcode 4352, with population 188.

Limited data

Thin-context

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Why it fits

Population movement supports a growth-led read. 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.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$350/wk
Market rent signal
D8 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
9,188
577 added 12mo · 63MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,925
Median rent · wk$350
Investor profile

Who invests in Silver Ridge

Owner-occupied 96%Rented 4%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared5.6%
1,173 of 2,634 landlords
Avg rental loss$5,446/yr
Landlords (rental income)2,634
Reported capital gains2,130
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

93% of homes here are owner-occupied and 4% rented, with 6% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

93% 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

15%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,925/mo, while renters pay about $1,517/mo — owning runs $408/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$125K
Median rent · wk
$350
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,925

Household income

$125K household · yr+56.7% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$52K
Family
$163K
Household
$125K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
0
$300-649
10
$650-999
9
$1,000-1,499
8
$1,500-1,999
6
$2,000-2,999
3
$3,000-3,999
10
$4,000+
19

At the median asking rent, about 33% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $1,167/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (69 households)
Owned outright
41%
Owned with mortgage
52%
Rented
4%
Dwelling structure9.5% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
100%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 74% drive, 0% public transport, 0% walk or cycle, 17% 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

Severe exposure ~95.5%
~95.5% of the suburb is Bush Fire Prone Land · ~37.5% 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.

Population outlook

12,284 people · 202213,616 by 2032 (+10.8%)

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

Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Silver Ridge QLD — Property Data and Demographics

Silver Ridge is a small, quiet locality in Queensland within the Lockyer Valley local government area (postcode 4352). It is home to about 188 residents, with a settled, mature resident base and a median age of 46. Households earn a median income of $125K per year, with an average household size of 2.7 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 professionals, technicians & trades, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and construction. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.

The median weekly rent is $350 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,925.

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

On the investment side, 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$1,925
Rent · wk(Census)$350
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 4352ATO
Negatively geared5.6%
1,173 of filers
Avg rental loss$5,446/yr
Landlords (rental income)2,634
Reported capital gains2,130
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population188
Median age46
Household size2.7
HH income · wk$2,399
Personal income · wk$1,008
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)10/10
Education (IEO)9/10
Economic (IER)9/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)10/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$2,062 → $2,399
Change+16.3%
vs QLD median-1.7 pp
stablevs 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

Much of Silver Ridge rests 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 Silver Ridge 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.

Coverage is thinner on school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops; lean less on this one page and confirm those gaps elsewhere.

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

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Silver Ridge FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Silver Ridge in?

    Silver Ridge is in the Lockyer Valley Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4352. 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 Silver Ridge?

    The median weekly rent in Silver Ridge is $350/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Silver Ridge a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Silver Ridge 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 Silver Ridge?

    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 Silver Ridge 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.