Laidley Heights
QLD 4341 · Lockyer Valley
1,429 (2021) → 1,596 est. (2025)
Based on transport, liveability & education. Safety is scored separately below.
Laidley Heights is a suburb in Lockyer Valley, QLD 4341, about 67km from Brisbane CBD. Recent property sales in Laidley Heights are too limited to report a reliable median price. The suburb has no schools recorded, a transport score of 0/100, and is about 77km inland. Laidley Heights has an overall score of 24/100, based on transport, liveability and education, plus a separate residential safety score of 89/100.
Demographics
Age distribution
Housing tenure
- Owned
- Mortgage
- Rented
Commute to work
- Car
- Public transport
- Walk/cycle
- Work from home
Top countries of birth: England (4.13%), New Zealand (2.87%), Netherlands (1.12%), Germany (0.56%), USA (0.56%)
Top languages: Japan (0.56%), Mandarin (0.49%), Vietnamese (0.42%), Australian Indigenous Languages (0.35%), Croatian (0.28%)
Source: ABS Census 2021
Residential Safety
Small population (under 3,000) — crime rates may be volatile due to low sample size.
QLDdoesn't publish crime data at the suburb level. The rates shown are the Lockyer Valley local-government-area average applied to this suburb, so other suburbs in the same LGA share the same figures.
Recorded residential incidents (latest year), with rate per 100,000 residents:
Residential incidents over time
Sum of the five residential categories above — not all recorded crime.
Area crime context
An independent score — crime data quality varies by state, so safety is shown separately and is not part of the overall score.
Source: Queensland Police Service (LGA-level) · Updated 2025
Schools
Average ICSEA of schools within 10km 964 (below the national average of 1000).
No schools inside the suburb boundary — the schools below are in adjoining suburbs (counted within 10km for the education score).
Nearby (within 10km)
- St Mary's SchoolPrimary · Catholic · 2.6kmICSEA 1001
- Laidley District State SchoolPrimary · Government · 3kmICSEA 924
- Laidley State High SchoolSecondary · Government · 3.9kmICSEA 931
- Blenheim State SchoolPrimary · Government · 4kmICSEA 978
- Forest Hill State SchoolPrimary · Government · 4.6kmICSEA 941
- Faith Lutheran College - PlainlandSecondary · Independent · 8.6kmICSEA 1010
Source: ACARA 2023
Transport
Source: TfNSW GTFS
Liveability
Amenities within 2–3km
Counted within a short distance of the suburb centre (so nearby facilities count), with the in-boundary count shown beneath.
Source: Bureau of Meteorology · OpenStreetMap
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Frequently asked questions about Laidley Heights
Is Laidley Heights safe?
Laidley Heights has a residential safety score of 89/100, based on residential crime (break-ins, theft from dwellings, vehicle theft, domestic assault and robbery) per resident relative to the NSW median. Its total recorded incident rate is 6,567 per 100,000 across all categories.
How far is Laidley Heights from Brisbane CBD?
Laidley Heights is about 67.4 km from Brisbane CBD, an estimated 214 minutes by public transport.
What schools are in Laidley Heights?
Laidley Heights has 0 schools. Schools are listed factually, not ranked.
What is public transport like in Laidley Heights?
Laidley Heights has a transport score of 0/100.