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Suburb profile ·Isaac LGA · QLD ·4707

St Lawrence QLD 4707

St Lawrence is in Isaac LGA, QLD, postcode 4707, with population 245.

The read

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What to check

Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$100/wk
Market rent signal
D1 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
23,186
23K via Isaac LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Solar
49
3 added 12mo · 0MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$793
Median rent · wk$100

Affordability

10%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $793/mo, while renters pay about $433/mo — owning runs $360/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$54K
Median rent · wk
$100
Owner mortgage · mo
$793

Household income

$54K household · yr-32.7% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$36K
Family
$89K
Household
$54K

Schools

Total1
Students6
Government1
  • St Lawrence State SchoolPrimary · Government
Crime Year ending Apr 2026
5,057
5,057 per 100k
D7 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k5,057
Total incidents5,057· Year ending Apr 2026
  • Assault95628%
  • Break And Enter51215%
  • Drug Offences1,79452%
  • Fraud1795%

Full data detail

St Lawrence QLD — Property Data and Demographics

Located in Queensland within the Isaac local government area, St Lawrence is a small, quiet locality (postcode 4707). The area has roughly 245 residents and an older-leaning population, with a median age of 52. Households earn a median income of $54K per year, with an average household size of 2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.1% year-on-year at the LGA level. 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, machinery operators & drivers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and public admin & safety. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.

The median weekly rent is $100 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $793.

St Lawrence is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The crime rate in the Isaac LGA is moderate at 5,057 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +0.1% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+0.1%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth$793
Rent · wk(Census)$100
Population growth · Isaac LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)23,186
5-year growth+0.9% CAGR
YoY change+0.1%
20012025
Development · Isaac LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)3
Houses3
YoY change+0%
Employment · Isaac LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)1.3%
YoY change+0.3pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4707ATO
Negatively geared0 (0% of filers)
Landlords (rental income)5
Reported capital gains12
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population245
Median age52
Household size2
HH income · wk$1,031
Personal income · wk$687
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)2/10
Education (IEO)1/10
Economic (IER)2/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)1/10
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets0
Pharmacies0
GP / clinics0
Fuel stations1
Cafes & dining0
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

St Lawrence 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 · 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.

St Lawrence FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is St Lawrence in?

    St Lawrence is in the Isaac Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4707. Council-level context for Isaac LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in St Lawrence?

    The median weekly rent in St Lawrence is $100/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is St Lawrence a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for St Lawrence show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for St Lawrence?

    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 St Lawrence 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.