Moores Pocket QLD 4305
Moores Pocket is a suburb in Queensland, 41 km from Brisbane CBD, around 43 minutes by car. Population is 772; the median age is 65 and the median household income is $43,108 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the bottom 20% nationally. Population grew 4.9% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $225 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,300. The area shows no recorded bushfire exposure. Walkability is low.
Is Moores Pocket a good suburb?
Moores Pocket scores a B (53/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — weaker on community.
Some car dependence
Walkability 37/100 · 40.9 km · 43 min drive to Brisbane
Median available
Median $590K
Moderate crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 40/100
Highly disadvantaged
SEIFA decile 2/10 · median age 65 · 772 residents
Liveability Rating
53 / 100 · Ranked #459 in QLDEach bar is Moores Pocket's rank among QLD suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better). Scored on 4 of 5 factors: no school data, so the other factors carry its weight.
Flood data for Queensland covers only the areas mapped there — a blank here is not an all-clear.
How do you rate the liveability in Moores Pocket?
Local knowledge beats any dataset. Rate it and see what other residents think.
Our score
53 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
Residents say
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Median House Price
Public listings dataMoores Pocket's house market is moving lower: the median sale price reached $590,000, about 3% below where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$590,000
15% below its 4 neighbours (median $695,000)
Based on 20 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 5 sales $580K
- 3 bed 10 sales $555K
Units
$475,000
Based on only 9 sales — small sample, take as indicative.
Typically sold in 39 days — median across 3 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 8 sales $475K
Rental Market
Rental affordability
June quarter 2025136 Acceptable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 22% of its income on the median rent in postcode 4305.
SGS Rental Affordability Index: a score of 100 means rent takes 30% of income, the usual housing-stress line; lower scores are less affordable. "Region" is the capital city or the rest of the state.
Is Moores Pocket safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Moores Pocket sits in the moderate band, with 5 incidents recorded in 2025 — down roughly 54% on the prior year.
5 offences
54.5% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2020–2024No crash in Moores Pocket killed anyone or put anyone in hospital in 2020–2024.
Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the suburb carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.
Schools
Walkability
Moores Pocket is car-dependent on foot — at 37/100, most errands require a car.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Moores Pocket.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 6.0 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 4.3 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 4.1 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 2 min
- Span of service
- 12.9 hours
Scheduled service only, based on the 21 October 2026 timetable. Reliability (delays, cancellations) not measured.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Moores Pocket.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 19%
- Premises covered
- 415
NBN Co fixed-line and fixed-wireless premises, as at 30 December 2025. Higher-quality technologies (full fibre) score above copper, wireless, and satellite. Actual speeds depend on your plan.
Amenities
Ipswich: council population
The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this suburb alone — this suburb's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
Moores Pocket is home to 772 residents, with a median age of 65 — noticeably older than the national figure of 38. Median household income runs at $43,000 a year, with unemployment at 3.5%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
772
Median Age
65
Median Household Income
$43,108/yr
Census Median Rent
$225/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,300/mo
Avg Household Size
1.9
Median Personal Income
$29,328/yr
Unemployment Rate
3.5%
Unoccupied Dwellings
4.5%
Total Dwellings
358
Owner-Occupier Rate
77.1%
Houses
85.8%
Rental Stress
27.1%
Mortgage Stress
36.2%
Work From Home
10.9%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
5 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 5 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 79 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 68.9%
- English Spoken at Home
- 87.3%
- Employment Rate
- 31.6%
- Completed Year 12
- 28.6%
Occupations
Religion
Country of Birth (overseas)
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.
When They Arrived
Share of all residents by the year they arrived in Australia. Periods cover different numbers of years, so compare the shape rather than the bar widths.
12 residents (1.6%) arrived since 2016. Australia’s borders were closed to most arrivals from March 2020, so the last two years of that period are much smaller than the ones before them — nationally 260,799 people arrived in 2019 against 28,521 in 2021.
Languages Spoken at Home
Top languages other than English, as a share of all residents.
Age Distribution
Family & Household Composition
Commute to Work
4% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (9 of 215).
City centre: the ABS area around each capital's CBD, such as Sydney Inner City or Perth City (which takes in Subiaco and Leederville). 2021 Census place of work.
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,713 a year through Ipswich based on 2025 figures.
Building Approvals: Ipswich
In the year to August 2026, 3,476 new dwellings were approved across Ipswich. That mix is 2,707 houses and 769 units. Approvals are down 7.2% on the same period a year earlier.
Aboriginal Cultural Heritage
The Aboriginal party for this area is Yuggera Ugarapul People.
Under Queensland's Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003 the Aboriginal party for an area follows native title. A native title claim over this area is registered with the Federal Court.
Air Quality
MODERATEPM2.5 averaged 6.8 µg/m³ in 2025 — below Australia's NEPM annual standard (8 µg/m³), slightly above the stricter WHO guideline (5 µg/m³).
PM10 averaged 20.4 µg/m³ · NO₂ averaged 0.64 pphm. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 4 · NO₂ 0 · ozone 0.
From the Raceview (Ipswich, South East Queensland) monitoring station, 5.0 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Ipswich, 2.5 km- Elevation
- 13 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 38.3 km
- Annual rainfall
- —
- Summer max (Jan)
- —
- Winter min (Jul)
- —
Elevation is the ground at the suburb centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.
Industrial Emissions Nearby
3 facilities within 5 km- 3.0 kmSewerage and Drainage ServicesTop reported: Total Nitrogen · Chlorine & compounds · Ammonia (total)
- 4.3 kmAluminium Rolling, Drawing, ExtrudingTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Total Volatile Organic Compounds
- 4.9 kmOther Electricity GenerationTop reported: Carbon monoxide · Oxides of Nitrogen · Sulfur dioxide
EV adoption
In postcode 4305, 377 of 51,057 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.2% (1,112 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.9%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 4305, 14,169 rooftop-solar systems totalling 80.3 MW have been installed since 2001, against 25,703 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 710 went up in the last year.
Counts every system certified since 2001, so a roof re-fitted with a newer system is counted twice, and small commercial systems are included alongside houses — useful for comparing postcodes, not an estimate of how many homes have working panels today.
2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.
First Home Owner Grant
FY2026-27$30,000 for new homes priced up to $750,000.
$30,000 for contracts signed on or after 20 November 2023, with no end date. IT DID NOT REVERT TO $15,000: the tier was due to end 30 June 2026 and the 2026-27 Queensland Budget (23 June 2026) continued it for contracts signed from 1 July 2026. This file carried a "due to revert" note until 2026-09-18 — it was never true, and a note predicting a change is not the same as a change. Cap is "less than $750,000" including land and contract variations — less than, not up to. New homes only: "There are no home owner grants for established homes."
Mortgage repayments
25 mortgage brokers are registered in postcode 4305.
Transfer duty at the owner-occupier rate, and it excludes first home buyer concessions — those can cut it substantially or remove it entirely. Excludes legal, inspection and lender fees. Check with Queensland Revenue Office
The First Home Owner Grant applies to newly built homes only, so it isn't available on an established purchase. A first home buyer building or buying new under $750,000 may qualify for $30,000 — see what qualifies with Queensland Revenue Office.
At $590,000 this is under the $750,000 First Home Owner Grant cap. A first home buyer may qualify for $30,000 on a newly built home — check eligibility with Queensland Revenue Office.
A deposit under 20% usually attracts Lenders Mortgage Insurance, which this doesn't include.
Principal and interest over 30 years, fixed rate. Excludes fees, offset, redraw and LMI. Default rate is the median comparison rate across 1788 advertised products as at 2026-10-27 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.
Federal Electorate
Currently held by Shayne Neumann Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Shayne Neumann | 55.7% | 44.3% | +0.5 |
| 2022 | Shayne Neumann | 55.2% | 44.8% | -4.0 |
| 2019 | Shayne Kenneth Neumann | 51.2% | 48.8% | +6.9 |
Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact suburb's voters across time.
State Electorate
Currently held by Wendy Bourne Australian Labor Party (State of Queensland)
Next state election: 28 October 2028.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Wendy Bourne ALP | 53.9% |
| 2020 | Jim Madden ALP | 64.3% |
Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2017, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this suburb's voters. Results: Electoral Commission of Queensland.
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Common questions about Moores Pocket
Is Moores Pocket a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Moores Pocket is moderate (40/100, ranked against other QLD suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Moores Pocket?
Moores Pocket has no recorded bushfire history. These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Moores Pocket a good place to live?
Moores Pocket has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of B (53/100), ranked against other QLD suburbs on school quality (25%), safety (25%), SEIFA socio-economic advantage (25%), walkability (15%) and CBD access (10%). Whether it suits you depends on what you weigh — each of those is on this page.
What is the population of Moores Pocket?
Moores Pocket, QLD had a population of 772 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Moores Pocket, QLD?
The postcode for Moores Pocket, QLD is 4305.
How far is Moores Pocket from Brisbane?
Moores Pocket is 41 km from Brisbane CBD by road, about 43 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Moores Pocket?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Moores Pocket was $43,108 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.
What is the median weekly rent in Moores Pocket?
There are too few current rental listings in Moores Pocket for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $225, across all dwelling types.
What is the median age in Moores Pocket?
The median age of residents in Moores Pocket was 65 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Moores Pocket walkable?
Moores Pocket scores 37/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it car-dependent. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.
What is the air quality in Moores Pocket?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Moores Pocket (Raceview (Ipswich, South East Queensland)) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 6.8 µg/m³ and PM10 of 20.4 µg/m³. That puts Moores Pocket below the Australian NEPM annual standard of 8 µg/m³ but above the stricter WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Moores Pocket?
First-home buyers in QLD may be eligible for $30,000 towards new homes with a purchase price up to $750,000. The grant is administered by Queensland Revenue Office; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.
What council does Moores Pocket belong to?
Moores Pocket sits within the Ipswich local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Moores Pocket?
The average residential rates bill through Ipswich is $1,713 a year (2025). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Moores Pocket?
Across Ipswich, 3,476 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 7.2% on the same period a year earlier. These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.
Which federal electorate is Moores Pocket in?
Moores Pocket sits within the federal Division of Blair, currently held by Shayne Neumann (Australian Labor Party).
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Data freshness
- Census · 2021
- Median sale prices · Oct 2026
- For-sale & rental market · Oct 2026
- Council rates · FY 2025–26
- Building approvals · Aug 2026
- Schools · 2025
- Public transport · Oct 2026
- NBN connectivity · Dec 2025
- Crime · 2025
- Road crashes · 2020–2024
- Air quality · 2025
- Climate · 2006–2026
- Socio-economic (SEIFA) · 2021
- EV adoption · Jan 2025
- First Home Owner Grant · Sep 2026
- Federal electorate · 2025
- State electorate · 2024
- Amenities · Sep 2026
- Health & emergency facilities · Sep 2026
- Industrial emissions (NPI) · 2024/2025
- Coastal erosion · 1988–2025
- Aircraft noise · 2024
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