Placid Hills
QLD 4343 · Lockyer Valley
796 (2021) → 859 est. (2025)
Based on transport, liveability & education. Safety is scored separately below.
Placid Hills is a suburb in Lockyer Valley, QLD 4343, about 79km from Brisbane CBD. Recent property sales in Placid Hills are too limited to report a reliable median price. The suburb has no schools recorded, a transport score of 0/100, and is about 86km inland. Placid Hills has an overall score of 21/100, based on transport, liveability and education, plus a separate residential safety score of 94/100.
Demographics
Age distribution
Housing tenure
- Owned
- Mortgage
- Rented
Commute to work
- Car
- Public transport
- Walk/cycle
- Work from home
Top countries of birth: England (1.13%), New Zealand (1.13%), Germany (0.75%), USA (0.75%), Zimbabwe (0.5%)
Top languages: German (0.75%), Afrikaans (0.38%), Polish (0.38%), Russian (0.38%)
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 957 (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)
- Grantham State SchoolPrimary · Government · 3.3kmICSEA 962
- Tent Hill Lower State SchoolPrimary · Government · 3.4kmICSEA 986
- Our Lady of Good Counsel SchoolPrimary · Catholic · 3.9kmICSEA 999
- Peace Lutheran Primary SchoolPrimary · Independent · 4.2kmICSEA 996
- Gatton State SchoolPrimary · Government · 4.5kmICSEA 903
- Lockyer District State High SchoolSecondary · Government · 4.5kmICSEA 941
- Ma Ma Creek State SchoolPrimary · Government · 8.6kmICSEA 913
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 Placid Hills
Is Placid Hills safe?
Placid Hills has a residential safety score of 94/100, 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 Placid Hills from Brisbane CBD?
Placid Hills is about 78.8 km from Brisbane CBD.
What schools are in Placid Hills?
Placid Hills has 0 schools. Schools are listed factually, not ranked.
What is public transport like in Placid Hills?
Placid Hills has a transport score of 0/100.