Longreach crime rate and Crime Score · Queensland council area

Longreach is a council area in Queensland with about 3,741 residents. It has a Crime Score 46 out of 100 (moderate), 200th of 362 councils nationally.

The score blends national percentile ranks for each published offence category with fixed severity weights; here it is driven most by assault (77th percentile), break-ins (51st percentile), theft (52nd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 44.

In 2024-25: violent 1,871 per 100,000 (+90% vs five years earlier); property 3,849 per 100,000 (+80% vs five years earlier); break-ins 722 per 100,000 (+193% vs five years earlier); theft 1,898 per 100,000 (+61% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 41st of 78 Queensland councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Longreach council area is 1.7% (Queensland 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 5.6% of occupied homes (64 public and 11 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Queensland 3.3%). An estimated 29 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 78 per 10,000 residents (Queensland 43.5), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 8.8% of residents were born overseas (Queensland 24.1%), most often in New Zealand, England, Philippines. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 1.7% (confidence 71 of 100); social housing about 5.1% of homes; about 76.7 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 8.9% born overseas. Confidence falls with distance from the last published figure, and the map's Estimates toggle shows every year back to 1994-95.

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Suburbs in the Longreach council area

Camoola · Chorregon · Ernestina · Ilfracombe · Isisford · Longreach · Maneroo · Morella · Stonehenge · Tocal · Vergemont

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