The quick read on
QLD 4352 · Lockyer Valley
What homes cost, how rents have moved, and a feel for the people who call it home.
latest suburb median
ABS 2021
Preston (Lockyer Valley - Qld), Queensland
Median sale price and rental income of properties in Preston (Lockyer Valley - Qld) QLD
Based on 10 sales in the preceding 12 months
$1,600,000
Up 6.7% over 12 months
Based on 5 rental listings in the preceding 12 months
$738 per week
Up 23.0% over 12 months
Market data updated September 2026.
The median house price in Preston (Lockyer Valley - Qld), QLD is currently $1,600,000, based on the latest 12 months of sales. Preston (Lockyer Valley - Qld) has a 12-month growth rate of 6.7% for houses.
Four-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $1,480,000, Larger houses have a median sale price of $2,150,000 in Preston (Lockyer Valley - Qld).
If you're looking to lease, the median rent for houses in Preston (Lockyer Valley - Qld) is $738 per week. The median house rent has increased 23.0% over the last 12 months.
Crime and safety
The overall rate for Preston (Lockyer Valley - Qld) is 597 offences per 100,000 residents — 76% below the Rest of Qld benchmark.
That is the clearest suburb-wide answer. Open the detailed profile to see how the pattern changes across offence types and different parts of Preston (Lockyer Valley - Qld).
Overall crime rate
597
offences per 100,000 residents
76% belowRest of Qld
Suburb-wide estimate from Microburbs' public crime model; it is not an address-level measure.
The people behind the postcode
Preston (Lockyer Valley - Qld) QLD 4352 is in Queensland, within Rest of Qld.
644 people call Preston (Lockyer Valley - Qld) home, with an average of 3.1 people per household and a median household income of $2,472 a week.
Public ABS 2021 Census figures. The bars compare the local share with the capital-region benchmark.
Share of residents in each age band.
Share of occupied private dwellings.
Share of homes with a stated ownership or rental status.
Vehicles available to occupied households.
Selected ways residents worked or travelled on Census day.
13.9% of workers in Preston (Lockyer Valley - Qld) worked from home on Census day — noticeably more common than across Rest of Qld.
2.5% of Preston (Lockyer Valley - Qld) residents were born in England.
29.5% of people in Preston (Lockyer Valley - Qld) described themselves as having no religion in the 2021 Census.
A closer look at the Census
Open any question for a plain-English reading of the public 2021 Census for Preston (Lockyer Valley - Qld) QLD 4352.
27.5% of Preston (Lockyer Valley - Qld)'s residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.
184 family households lived in Preston (Lockyer Valley - Qld); 56.0% were couple families and 6.5% were one-parent families.
49.5% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.
These are suburb-wide household figures, not school or childcare ratings.
Preston (Lockyer Valley - Qld) had 644 residents at the 2021 Census.
20.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.
25.2% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.
Age shares use the suburb’s total Census population.
Separate houses made up 98.6% of occupied private dwellings in Preston (Lockyer Valley - Qld).
Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.9% of occupied private dwellings.
Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.
All three shares use occupied private dwellings as the denominator.
38.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.
58.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.
4.0% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.
Tenure shares include households that stated one of these three arrangements.
The average household in Preston (Lockyer Valley - Qld) had 3.1 people.
One-person households made up 10.1% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.
Two-person households represented 29.8%, while 41.3% had four or more usual residents.
Household size counts usual residents in occupied homes.
13.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.
68.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.
0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.9% walked or cycled.
Travel figures are a 2021 Census-day snapshot.
0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.
One-car households formed 13.3% of the total.
88.2% of households had two or more vehicles.
Vehicle counts refer to occupied households, not individual residents.
62.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.0% reported a different address.
14.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.
Mobility figures cover residents who answered the relevant Census question.
92.5% of residents used only English at home.
5.9% used a language other than English at home.
0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.
Home language is separate from English proficiency.
14.0% of Preston (Lockyer Valley - Qld)'s population was born outside Australia, while roughly 86.0% was born in Australia.
0.5% of residents were born in China.
0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 93.6%.
Birthplace, citizenship and ancestry describe different parts of identity.
English ancestry accounted for 46.0% of ancestry responses in Preston (Lockyer Valley - Qld).
Australian ancestry made up 37.1% of responses.
Chinese ancestry represented 0.9% of responses.
People may nominate more than one ancestry, so these are shares of responses.
25.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.
Managers accounted for 18.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 16.0%.
Health care and social assistance employed 18.4% of workers, and education and training employed 11.9%.
Occupation and industry figures describe employed residents of the suburb.
The labour-force participation rate was 73.3%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.
41.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 26.9% worked part time.
Unemployment was 1.7%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.
Labour-force figures come from the 2021 Census.
67.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.
6.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.
6.5% reported asthma, 7.3% arthritis and 3.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.
These are self-reported suburb-wide Census figures, not address-level health risks.
29.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.
Postgraduate degrees accounted for 13.4% of qualification responses.
Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 30.5%.
Qualification categories are reported separately and are not school ratings.
Median household income was $2,472 per week in the 2021 Census.
The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,167.
Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $420 per week.
These household figures are from 2021; current sale and asking-rent medians appear in the market section.
Working from home was 13.9% in Preston (Lockyer Valley - Qld), compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.
Outright ownership was 38.0% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.
Renting accounted for 4.0% in Preston (Lockyer Valley - Qld), against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.
Capital-region comparisons use the same Census definitions and year.
Three useful questions
The median house price is $1,600,000. Bedroom count, land and condition still create a wide range around those suburb medians.
The Census counted 184 local families, and 27.5% of residents were under 15. That describes the community; school quality, travel times and the right fit for a particular family need separate research.
4-bedroom houses have a median around $1,480,000, the closest bedroom benchmark we hold to a $1.5m budget. Individual homes can differ substantially with block size, renovation and location.
Medians describe recorded market activity across the suburb; they are historical context, not a valuation or forecast for an individual home.
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