Almost 1000 residents took the time to have their say on the future of the Lockyer Valley, heeding Council’s calls to complete the 2025 Lockyer Valley Liveability Survey.
Lockyer Valley Regional Council Mayor Tanya Milligan thanked the community for taking part in the important survey, which will help guide Council’s future planning and decision-making.
“We received a total of 982 completed responses, which was a fantastic result and more than 300 responses above what we were hoping for,” she said.
“While our population of 43,800 may be relatively small compared to other regional centres and of course major cities, the Lockyer Valley is still made up of a whopping 77 suburbs and localities and trying to gather data from each of these was no easy feat.
“However, the community really got onboard, and we were able to source data from 58 localities, some of which have a small number of residents, so we thank everyone who took the time to share what matters to them.”
Undertaken by social research organisation, Place Score, the survey gave respondents the chance to rate their neighbourhood’s liveability, share their priorities and offer ideas for improvement.
A wide-spread community consultation campaign was undertaken to promote the survey, using social media, paid advertising, flyers and face-to-face engagement at events, with hard copies also made available for those not wanting to take the survey online.
Deputy Mayor and Portfolio Councillor for Community Engagement Chris Wilson said genuine attempts were made to collect responses from a wide cross-section of the community – from young to old, male and female, to people from different cultures and economic backgrounds.
“We acknowledge some people would have liked to have been able to provide their own customisable answers rather than select from multiple choice, however, to ensure the data could be compared to national benchmarks, the questions needed to be consistent,” he said.
Cr Wilson said the survey results would be reviewed by Council this month.
“Council will be briefed by Place Score on the common themes that were found - what rated highly, what rated poorly, where we can improve and what different segments the community most value,” he said.
“After this, we will inform the community about the next steps, and we’ll also use the results as a baseline for future surveys to track our progress.”
The survey launched on Monday, 13 January and ran until Sunday, 16 February 2025.
