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Living in Place in Lockyer Valley Regional Council in 2023

This section presents the Overall Liveability Index and shows what the community believes makes somewhere a good place to live and how they experience their local area in that regard. It highlights the liveability attributes where residents local area experiences need to be maintained or improved to advance quality of life in their local area and gives you the ability to explore how the views compare to benchmarks, change across local areas and the influence of demography.

Lockyer Valley Regional Council Overall Liveability Index
Lockyer Valley Regional Council 2022
56.1
Australia: 2023
62.6
Queensland: 2023
60.9
Regional Australia: 2023
61.2
South East Queensland: 2023
62.2
Collected July 2023

Lockyer Valley Regional Council’s overall liveability – created by combining residents’ values and local area experiences – returned a Overall Liveability Index of 52.6 out of 100. By this measure, liveability in Lockyer Valley Regional Council is considered lower than Australia: 2023 (62.6), Queensland: 2023 (60.9), Regional Australia: 2023 (61.2), and South East Queensland: 2023 (62.2).

Living in Lockyer Valley Regional Council - values & experiences matrix

Use the values and experiences matrix to understand the relationship between what your residents believe makes somewhere a good place to live and how they experience their local area in that regard. The matrix highlights the attributes that your community believe needs to maintained and improved to advance overall liveability.

Greater Importance & Worse Experiences    Greater Importance & Better Experiences    Less important attributes
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Living in Lockyer Valley Regional Council – interactive explorer

Use the interactive explorer to understand how your community’s values and experiences compare to other similar locations and regional benchmarks. The explorer also allows you to understand values and experiences across small areas within your LGA and the role of demography. View this short video to learn more about this tool.

Lockyer Valley Regional Council Overall Liveability Index

Lockyer Valley Regional Council Overall Liveability Index 52.6

May 2022 Overall Liveability Index

May 2022 Overall Liveability Index 56.1

Lockyer Valley Regional Council
May 2022
Results sorted by importance in Lockyer Valley Regional Council
Importance
Experience
70%
6.4
64%
6.9
Importance
Experience
50%
4.8
43%
5.1
Importance
Experience
49%
5.2
50%
5.7
Importance
Experience
44%
6.0
39%
6.1
Importance
Experience
37%
6.2
42%
6.4
Importance
Experience
37%
3.9
31%
4.0
Importance
Experience
34%
4.3
33%
4.3
Importance
Experience
33%
5.4
35%
6.0
Importance
Experience
29%
2.2
26%
2.3
Importance
Experience
27%
6.3
31%
7.1
Importance
Experience
19%
5.4
21%
5.7
Importance
Experience
18%
5.4
22%
5.6
Importance
Experience
14%
6.1
16%
6.1
Importance
Experience
14%
5.7
15%
6.0
Importance
Experience
14%
5.1
17%
5.6
Importance
Experience
12%
4.8
13%
4.6

When asked to select the five attributes that they believe make somewhere a good place to live, residents of Lockyer Valley Regional Council were most likely to select [imp ATTRIBUTE 1 & (%)], [imp ATTRIBUTE 2 & (%)] and [imp ATTRIBUTE 3 & (%)]. When asked to rate their local area experiences against all 16 attributes, Lockyer Valley Regional Council residents’ most positive experiences included [exp ATTRIBUTE 1 & (mean)], [exp ATTRIBUTE 2 & (mean)] and [imp ATTRIBUTE 3 & (mean)].

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