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Upper Lockyer QLD 4352

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Wright Electorate › Lockyer Valley LGA › Upper Lockyer · 95 km from Brisbane

Living Here

Upper Lockyer is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 542 people, with a median age of 40. The typical household earns around $1,760 a week, with median rent near $310 a week. Most homes are houses. About 92% of households own their home and 8% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

542Population
40Median age
$1,760Median household income / wk
$310Median rent / wk
2.8Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Lockyer Valley - West statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Upper Lockyer itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Helidon, 9 km south-east · Airport: Toowoomba City Aerodrome, 15.8 km south-west.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 3/10
Economic resources7/10
Education & jobs2/10

Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 65.9% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Upper Lockyer

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Upper Lockyer QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202065.9%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202193.3%

Demographics

Unemployment 4.2% · Labour-force participation 60.4%

Population by age in Upper Lockyer
Population by age, Upper Lockyer QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-422
5-1483
15-1948
20-2423
25-3447
35-4472
45-5476
55-6495
65-7451
75-8425
85+3
Dwelling types in Upper Lockyer
Dwelling types, Upper Lockyer QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House176
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other4
Households by weekly income in Upper Lockyer
Households by weekly income, Upper Lockyer QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$65020
$650-1,49949
$1,500-2,99961
$3,000+39
Top ancestries in Upper Lockyer
Top ancestries, Upper Lockyer QLD (ABS Census 2021)
English233
Australian230
Irish65
Scottish57
German49
Ancestry NS42
Housing tenure in Upper Lockyer
Housing tenure, Upper Lockyer QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned65
Mortgage98
Rented15
Other0
Cars per household in Upper Lockyer
Cars per household, Upper Lockyer QLD (ABS Census 2021)
00
139
270
334
4+35
Commute to work in Upper Lockyer
Commute to work, Upper Lockyer QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car184
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked0
Bicycle0
Home17
Top countries of birth in Upper Lockyer
Top countries of birth, Upper Lockyer QLD (ABS Census 2021)
New Zealand19
England14
Zimbabwe6
Papua New Guinea4
South Africa4
United States3
Languages used at home in Upper Lockyer
Languages used at home, Upper Lockyer QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Afrikaans4
German3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

5,894 bird observations recorded near Upper Lockyer — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Upper Lockyer

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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