Lower Tenthill vs Placid Hills

Placid Hills is the younger of the two, with a median age of 43 against 46 in Lower Tenthill. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Lower Tenthill, about half of households are couple families. In Placid Hills, most households are couple families. On these figures, Lower Tenthill tends to suit people living alone, while Placid Hills suits couples.

Which one suits you?

There is no overall winner — the suburb that suits a family with school-age kids is routinely the wrong one for someone commuting into the city. So each of these answers its own question, against a checklist you can see, using the same figures in the tables below.

Families with school-age kids

Placid Hills

ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here

  • carries lower crime risk (23/100 vs 78/100)
  • is already more of a family suburb (82% vs 60%)

Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.

First-home buyers

Placid Hills

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (18% vs 25%)

Weighs mortgage stress.

Renters

Lower Tenthill

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a bigger rental market to choose from (25% vs 6%)
  • has cheaper rent ($240/wk vs $350/wk)

Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.

Commuting to the city

Lower Tenthill

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is more walkable (13/100 vs 4/100)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

They split

one each way, out of the 4 things we measure here

  • Lower Tenthill is more walkable (13/100 vs 4/100)
  • Placid Hills carries lower crime risk (23/100 vs 78/100)

Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.

Investors

Too close to call

Nothing among the 1 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

Lower Tenthill and Placid Hills drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.

Lower Tenthill Placid Hills
Hides rows where both suburbs match

Bars start at zero. Scores, risks and rankings are drawn against their full 0–100 range; other rows are drawn in proportion to the larger of the two.

Side by side, out of 100

Risks are inverted — shown as safety and low exposure — so a longer bar always means better.

Lower Tenthill Placid Hills
Walkability 13 / 4
Lower Tenthill — Walkability: 13/100 Placid Hills — Walkability: 4/100
Safety 22 / 77
Lower Tenthill — Safety: 22/100 Placid Hills — Safety: 77/100
Low fire risk 100 / 100
Lower Tenthill — Low fire risk: 100/100 Placid Hills — Low fire risk: 100/100

Demographics

Placid Hills has more residents (796 vs 236); Placid Hills rents higher ($350/wk vs $240/wk).

Lower Tenthill Placid Hills
Population 236 796
+237% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) -6.3% -4.3%
Median age 46 43
Median household income $71,500/yr $102,180/yr
+43% vs other
Median weekly rent $240/wk $350/wk
+46% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Lower Tenthill Placid Hills
0-4 5.5% / 4.5%
Lower Tenthill — 0-4: 5.5% Placid Hills — 0-4: 4.5%
5-14 11.4% / 12.9%
Lower Tenthill — 5-14: 11.4% Placid Hills — 5-14: 12.9%
15-19 7.2% / 8.8%
Lower Tenthill — 15-19: 7.2% Placid Hills — 15-19: 8.8%
20-24 6.8% / 6.3%
Lower Tenthill — 20-24: 6.8% Placid Hills — 20-24: 6.3%
25-34 14.8% / 8.0%
Lower Tenthill — 25-34: 14.8% Placid Hills — 25-34: 8.0%
35-44 6.8% / 12.1%
Lower Tenthill — 35-44: 6.8% Placid Hills — 35-44: 12.1%
45-54 18.6% / 14.7%
Lower Tenthill — 45-54: 18.6% Placid Hills — 45-54: 14.7%
55-64 16.1% / 17.0%
Lower Tenthill — 55-64: 16.1% Placid Hills — 55-64: 17.0%
65-74 12.3% / 11.8%
Lower Tenthill — 65-74: 12.3% Placid Hills — 65-74: 11.8%
75-84 6.4% / 3.9%
Lower Tenthill — 75-84: 6.4% Placid Hills — 75-84: 3.9%
85+ 1.3% / 1.1%
Lower Tenthill — 85+: 1.3% Placid Hills — 85+: 1.1%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.6%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Lower Tenthill 49.1% couple families
Lower Tenthill — Couple Families: 49.1% Lower Tenthill — Lone Person: 31.6% Lower Tenthill — One Parent Families: 10.5% Lower Tenthill — Group Household: 8.8%
Placid Hills 60.7% couple families
Placid Hills — Couple Families: 60.7% Placid Hills — Lone Person: 18.5% Placid Hills — One Parent Families: 20.8% Placid Hills — Group Household: 0.0%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Lower Tenthill 25.0% renting
Lower Tenthill — Owned Outright: 44.0% Lower Tenthill — Mortgage: 31.0% Lower Tenthill — Renting: 25.0%
Placid Hills 6.5% renting
Placid Hills — Owned Outright: 41.0% Placid Hills — Mortgage: 52.5% Placid Hills — Renting: 6.5%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Where residents were born

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents, 2021 Census. A dash means that country is not among the suburb's own eight largest.

Lower Tenthill Placid Hills
New Zealand 2.5% / 1.1%
Lower Tenthill — New Zealand: 2.5% Placid Hills — New Zealand: 1.1%
England 1.3% / 1.1%
Lower Tenthill — England: 1.3% Placid Hills — England: 1.1%
Germany — / 0.8%
Lower Tenthill — Germany: not among its largest Placid Hills — Germany: 0.8%
Zimbabwe — / 0.5%
Lower Tenthill — Zimbabwe: not among its largest Placid Hills — Zimbabwe: 0.5%
South Africa — / 0.4%
Lower Tenthill — South Africa: not among its largest Placid Hills — South Africa: 0.4%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (2.5%).

Qualifications

Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.

Lower Tenthill Placid Hills
Certificate III & IV 10.2% / 19.3%
Lower Tenthill — Certificate III & IV: 10.2% Placid Hills — Certificate III & IV: 19.3%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 6.4% / 6.2%
Lower Tenthill — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.4% Placid Hills — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.2%
Bachelor Degree 4.2% / 6.4%
Lower Tenthill — Bachelor Degree: 4.2% Placid Hills — Bachelor Degree: 6.4%
Postgraduate Degree — / 1.6%
Lower Tenthill — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest Placid Hills — Postgraduate Degree: 1.6%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate — / 0.9%
Lower Tenthill — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest Placid Hills — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 0.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.3%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Lower Tenthill 90.9% houses
Lower Tenthill — Houses: 90.9% Lower Tenthill — Townhouses: 5.7% Lower Tenthill — Flats / Apartments: 3.4%
Placid Hills 100.0% houses
Placid Hills — Houses: 100.0% Placid Hills — Townhouses: 0.0% Placid Hills — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Lower Tenthill Placid Hills
Median house price — $890,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price — $989,000
Typical days to sell (houses) — 61 days
from 3 sales

Development activity

Lower Tenthill Placid Hills
New dwellings approved 352
across Lockyer Valley
same for both
Approvals change year on year +103%
same for both

Ranking within QLD

Lower Tenthill Placid Hills
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 41% of QLD Higher than 76% of QLD
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 76% of QLD Higher than 67% of QLD
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 34% of QLD Higher than 33% of QLD
NBN connectivity Higher than 66% of QLD Higher than 69% of QLD

Liveability

Lower Tenthill is more walkable (13 vs 4).

Lower Tenthill Placid Hills
Grade — B
Score — 59/100
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 6/10
 mid-range socio-economic
decile 4/10

Risk profile

Lower Tenthill carries more crime risk (78 vs 23).

Lower Tenthill Placid Hills
Bushfire None
0/100
same for both
Crime High
78/100
 Low
23/100
Flood Not mapped
no mapped data here
same for both
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 1
within 5 km
same for both

Schools

Lower Tenthill Placid Hills
Inside the suburb 1 0
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 1 0
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Schools in Lower Tenthill

  • Tent Hill Lower State School Government · Primary at peers

Schools in Placid Hills

No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.

Amenities in the suburb

Lower Tenthill Placid Hills
Parks & reserves 1 0
Waterways 3 1

Mobility

Lower Tenthill Placid Hills
Walkability score 13/100 4/100
Distance to Brisbane 97.3 km
+2% vs other
 95.8 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 80 min
same for both
Electric vehicle share 0.2%
postcode 4343
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 83
postcode 4343
same for both

How people get to work

Method of travel on census day 2021 — which fell during COVID restrictions, so working from home is inflated and every travel mode understated.

Lower Tenthill Placid Hills
Car (driver) 72.9% / 85.2%
Lower Tenthill — Car (driver): 72.9% Placid Hills — Car (driver): 85.2%
Worked from Home 15.9% / 8.7%
Lower Tenthill — Worked from Home: 15.9% Placid Hills — Worked from Home: 8.7%
Car (passenger) 6.5% / 4.7%
Lower Tenthill — Car (passenger): 6.5% Placid Hills — Car (passenger): 4.7%
Walked Only 4.7% / 1.4%
Lower Tenthill — Walked Only: 4.7% Placid Hills — Walked Only: 1.4%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (85.2%).

Setting

Lower Tenthill Placid Hills
Elevation 120 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 128 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Lower Tenthill Placid Hills
Connectivity score 30/100 48/100
Most common technology Fixed wireless Fibre to the node
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
109 premises
 7%
287 premises

Climate

Lower Tenthill Placid Hills
Annual rainfall 697 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 31.9°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 7.1°C
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Lower Tenthill Placid Hills
PM2.5 2.4 µg/m³
same for both
PM10 3.8 µg/m³
same for both
NO₂ —
same for both

Council rates

Lower Tenthill Placid Hills
Average residential rate $1,952/yr
same for both
Council Lockyer Valley
same for both

Federal electorate

Lower Tenthill Placid Hills
Division Wright
same for both
Member Scott Buchholz
same for both
Party Liberal National Party of Queensland
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Lower Tenthill Placid Hills
Grant amount $30,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Lower Tenthill

Rural

Placid Hills

Acreage

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