Murphys Creek sits 124 km from Brisbane CBD in Queensland, around 1 hour 40 minutes by car. Census data records 633 residents with a median age of 42 and a median household income of $90,480 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the lower-middle tier nationally. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $290 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,517. Murphys Creek is characterised by high bushfire risk. 1 school sits within the locality boundary, and walkability is low.
Is Murphys Creek a good place to live?
Murphys Creek scores a D (31/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — weaker on transit.
Mixed results
1 school
Car-dependent
Walkability 13/100 · 123.5 km · 99 min drive to Brisbane
Median available
Median $895K
Moderate bushfire risk
Fire 66/100 · Crime 54/100
Below-average income
SEIFA decile 4/10 · median age 42 · 633 residents
Liveability Rating
31 / 100 · Ranked #925 in QLDEach bar is Murphys Creek'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 Murphys Creek?
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Our score
31 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
Residents say
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Median House Price
Public listings dataMurphys Creek's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $895,000, roughly 23% above where it sat a year earlier. That said, only seven sales settled in the quarter, so the median is a noisy signal — treat it as a direction rather than a level.
Houses
$895,000
Based on only 7 sales — small sample, take as indicative.
Typically sold in 46 days — median across 4 sales that recorded a listing period
Land
$527,500
Based on only 4 sales — small sample, take as indicative.
Rental Market
Rental affordability
June quarter 202591 Unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 33% of its income on the median rent in postcode 4352.
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 Murphys Creek safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Murphys Creek sits in the moderate band, with 7 incidents recorded in 2025.
7 offences
no change since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2020–20246 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital
Where they happened
Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the locality carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.
Schools
One school serves Murphys Creek, but none have published comparable ratings yet.
- • 17 students in one school (avg 17)
Primary
Walkability
Murphys Creek is very car-dependent on foot — at 13/100, nearly all errands require a car.
We hold no public transport timetable data for this area, so public transport is not rated here and the score is spread across the remaining components. It is not counted as zero.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Murphys Creek.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 0%
- Premises covered
- 215
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
Lockyer Valley: council population
The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this locality alone — this locality's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
Murphys Creek is home to 633 residents, with a median age of 42, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $90,000 a year, with unemployment at 3.9%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
633
Median Age
42
Median Household Income
$90,480/yr
Census Median Rent
$290/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,517/mo
Avg Household Size
2.9
Median Personal Income
$36,088/yr
Unemployment Rate
3.9%
Unoccupied Dwellings
8.7%
Total Dwellings
196
Owner-Occupier Rate
93.9%
Houses
100.0%
Rental Stress
16.7%
Mortgage Stress
20.1%
Work From Home
13.5%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 81.4%
- English Spoken at Home
- 90.2%
- Employment Rate
- 53.5%
- Completed Year 12
- 37.0%
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.
0 residents (0.0%) 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.
Age Distribution
Family & Household Composition
Commute to Work
1% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (3 of 274).
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 $1,952 a year through Lockyer Valley based on 2025 figures.
Building Approvals: Lockyer Valley
In the year to August 2026, 352 new dwellings were approved across Lockyer Valley. That mix is 312 houses and 40 units. Approvals are up 102.9% on the same period a year earlier.
New Homes Planned
New homes planned in this locality: 21 to 50 homes
- Within 2 years 21 to 50 homes
Land the Queensland Government's residential land supply study identifies for future housing (1 parcel), by when it expects lots to be registered. Yields are published in ranges, so these are too.
Aboriginal Cultural Heritage
The Aboriginal party for this area is Western Wakka Wakka People.
Under Queensland's Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003 the Aboriginal party for an area follows native title. No native title claim is currently registered here, so the last registered claimant remains the Aboriginal party.
Air Quality
CLEANPM2.5 averaged 4.9 µg/m³ in 2025 — below the WHO 2021 annual guideline (5 µg/m³). 2 days exceeded the daily threshold of 25 µg/m³.
PM10 averaged 12 µg/m³. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 0.
From the Toowoomba (South West Queensland) monitoring station, 13.2 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Oakey Aero, 30.0 kmModerate rainfall — hot summers, cold winters with occasional frost.
- Elevation
- 260 m
- above sea level, at the locality centre
- Annual rainfall
- 577 mm
- 54 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 31.0°C
- 17 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 3.9°C
- 26 frost days ≤ 0°C
Elevation is the ground at the locality 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.
EV adoption
In postcode 4352, 181 of 30,100 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.3% (689 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.9%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 4352, 9,311 rooftop-solar systems totalling 64.7 MW have been installed since 2001, against 11,047 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 597 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
10 mortgage brokers are registered in postcode 4352.
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 $895,000 this is $145,000 above 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 Scott Buchholz Liberal National Party of Queensland
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Scott Buchholz | 42.0% | 58.0% | +2.9 |
| 2022 | Scott Buchholz | 39.1% | 60.9% | -3.7 |
| 2019 | Scott Buchholz | 35.4% | 64.6% | +5.0 |
Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact locality's voters across time.
State Electorate
Currently held by Jim McDonald Liberal National Party of Queensland
Next state election: 28 October 2028.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Jim McDonald LNP | 69.2% |
| 2020 | Jim McDonald LNP | 61.5% |
Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2017, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this locality's voters. Results: Electoral Commission of Queensland.
Looking at a specific address in Murphys Creek?
Every figure above is a locality average, and an average smooths over the difference between a street of family homes and a block of flats. Look up one address and you get the census for the few hundred people around it, its own nearest schools and stops, and what the state has mapped for that block.
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- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
- Flood, bushfire and noise mapping, where the state publishes it
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Common questions about Murphys Creek
Is Murphys Creek a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Murphys Creek is moderate (54/100, ranked against other QLD suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Murphys Creek?
Murphys Creek has a moderate recorded bushfire history (66/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). These are locality-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Murphys Creek a good place to live?
Murphys Creek has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of D (31/100), 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 Murphys Creek?
Murphys Creek, QLD had a population of 633 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Murphys Creek, QLD?
The postcode for Murphys Creek, QLD is 4352.
How far is Murphys Creek from Brisbane?
Murphys Creek is 124 km from Brisbane CBD by road, about 99 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Murphys Creek?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Murphys Creek was $90,480 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 Murphys Creek?
There are too few current rental listings in Murphys Creek for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $290, across all dwelling types.
What is the median age in Murphys Creek?
The median age of residents in Murphys Creek was 42 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Murphys Creek at risk of bushfire?
Murphys Creek has a moderate recorded bushfire history (66/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the locality relative to its size, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history. It records where fire has burned, not a bushfire-prone land designation, which your council's planning scheme sets.
How are the schools in Murphys Creek?
There is 1 school inside the Murphys Creek boundary, none of which has enough NAPLAN and ICSEA data for a quality band.
Is Murphys Creek walkable?
Murphys Creek scores 13/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it very 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 Murphys Creek?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Murphys Creek (Toowoomba (South West Queensland)) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 4.9 µg/m³ and PM10 of 12.0 µg/m³. That puts Murphys Creek below the WHO annual guideline of 5 µg/m³.
What is the weather like in Murphys Creek?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Murphys Creek, Oakey Aero (30 km away), summer days average 31°C, winter nights 3.9°C, 577 mm of rain a year over 54 rainy days, and 17 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Murphys Creek?
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 Murphys Creek belong to?
Murphys Creek sits within the Lockyer Valley local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Murphys Creek?
The average residential rates bill through Lockyer Valley is $1,952 a year (2025). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Murphys Creek?
Across Lockyer Valley, 352 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 102.9% 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 Murphys Creek in?
Murphys Creek sits within the federal Division of Wright, currently held by Scott Buchholz (Liberal National Party of Queensland).
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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
- 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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