Lockyer Valley - East, QLD 4341 — Suburb Profile
Population growth, migration, income, rent and the Census 2021 profile for this Statistical Area 2, drawn from ABS regional population and Census releases.
Suburb profile
Census 2021 characteristics. Every figure carries its definition, so a reader knows what is being counted.
Where the growth came from
Lockyer Valley - East gained 2,284 residents from internal migration and 174 from overseas in the year to June 2025, while 1,836 people moved away — a net addition of 622 before natural increase.
Components of change, 2024–25 sample period. Natural increase is shown separately from migration so the two are not read as one figure.
Estimated resident population
Lockyer Valley - East against the Queensland average, rebased to the first year shown.
Lockyer Valley - East population grew from 20,295 in 2016 to 24,138 in 2025, a change of 18.9% over the period, against the Queensland average.
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| Year | Lockyer Valley - East | Queensland average |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 20,295 | 4,845,152 |
| 2017 | 20,588 | 4,926,380 |
| 2018 | 20,885 | 5,006,623 |
| 2019 | 21,161 | 5,088,847 |
| 2020 | 21,373 | 5,165,613 |
| 2021 | 21,616 | 5,215,814 |
| 2022 | 22,192 | 5,310,905 |
| 2023 | 22,852 | 5,450,235 |
| 2024 | 23,460 | 5,571,890 |
| 2025 | 24,138 | 5,669,764 |
Then and now
Census 2016 against Census 2021. Historical figures are mapped onto current boundaries, so comparisons are approximate where borders moved.
Facilities & amenities
What OpenStreetMap records inside the SA2 boundary. Counts reflect features tagged in OSM and can undercount a real, less-mapped area; public pools exclude private backyard pools where tagged.
Within the Lockyer Valley - East SA2, OpenStreetMap records 13 schools, 3 childcare and kindergarten centres, 1 hospital, 2 GP or clinic locations, 4 supermarkets and 9 parks. For families: 1 library and 3 playgrounds. Eating out and socialising: 9 cafés, 4 restaurants and 7 pubs and bars. Staying active: 24 sports fields. Also 1 shopping centre. The nearest train station, Laidley, is about 2,150 m from the suburb centre. OpenStreetMap also maps 13 bus stops here.
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- Saint Marys School
- Laidley State High School
- Laidley District State School
- Blenheim State School
- Forest Hill State School
- Faith Lutheran College
- Sophia College Plainland
- Glenore Grove State School
- C&K Preschool
- Plainland Kindergarden & Childcare
- Laidley Library
- Plainland Travel Centre
- Laidley Hospital
- Exact Radiology
- The Locker Doctors
- Super IGA
- Woolworths
- ALDI
- IGA Hatton Vale
- Lions Park
- Narda Lagoon Reserve
- G.G Ferrari Park
- Forest Hill Place
- Kofal Park
- Laidley
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), via the Overpass API.
Socio-economic indexes
ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks areas by relative advantage and disadvantage. Decile 1 is the lowest tenth nationally, decile 10 the highest.