Although not officially gazetted as a town, there is an established urban area in the centre of the locality where the school, church and other amenities are located and surrounded by housing. There is a second pocket of rural residential development in the south of the locality.[4]
Areas along the creek have been intensely farmed with irrigated crops with other rural land used for grazing on native vegetation.[4]
History
Lockrose Provisional School opened 20 March 1905. It became Lockrose State School on 1 January 1909.[5][6]
Green Pastures Lutheran Church opened in November 1909 under the leadership of Pastor Millat. There were approximately 350 people in attendance including the children at the school who were given a holiday so they could attend. It was described as the largest festival to have taken place in Lockrose. The wooden church was 30 by 20 feet (9.1 m × 6.1 m) and cost £136 (including fencing) and was free of debt at its opening.[7][8]
Lockrose Post Office opened by 1913 (a receiving office had been open from 1906) and closed in 1972.[9]
Demographics
In the 2011 census, Lockrose had a population of 553 people.[10]
In the 2016 census, Lockrose had a population of 562 people.[11]
In the 2021 census, Lockrose had a population of 564 people.[1]
^"Our Lockrose Letter". Queensland Times. Vol. LI, no. 7667. Queensland, Australia. 18 November 1909. p. 8 (DAILY). Archived from the original on 10 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
^Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Archived from the original on 15 May 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2014.