Affordability ranking · Greater Brisbane
By published median house price, the ten cheapest Greater Brisbane suburbs are Wacol, Riverhills, Glass House Mountains, Cashmere, Karana Downs, Thorneside, Eatons Hill, Logan Village, Murarrie and Elimbah.
Updated 1 October 2026. Medians for 2024. Ranked from 17 Greater Brisbane suburbs.
The ten, in order
Wacol (4076) is about 17 km from the Brisbane CBD. The median house price is $600,000 (the ABS statistical-area median for the area that carries its name), the lowest published median in Greater Brisbane. Walk score 4 out of 100. 4,253 people lived there at the 2021 Census, and families with dependants are 65% of households.
Riverhills (4074) is about 16 km from the Brisbane CBD. The median house price is $835,000 (the ABS statistical-area median for the area that carries its name), the 2nd lowest published median in Greater Brisbane. 4,121 people lived there at the 2021 Census, and families with dependants are 77% of households.
Glass House Mountains (4518) is about 62 km from the Brisbane CBD. The median house price is $873,750 (the ABS statistical-area median for the area that carries its name), the 3rd lowest published median in Greater Brisbane. 5,601 people lived there at the 2021 Census, and families with dependants are 81% of households.
Cashmere (4500) is about 23 km from the Brisbane CBD. The median house price is $897,000 (the ABS statistical-area median for the area that carries its name), the 4th lowest published median in Greater Brisbane. 4,970 people lived there at the 2021 Census, and families with dependants are 93% of households.
Karana Downs (4306) is about 22 km from the Brisbane CBD. The median house price is $915,000 (the ABS statistical-area median for the area that carries its name), the 5th lowest published median in Greater Brisbane. Walk score 12 out of 100. 3,800 people lived there at the 2021 Census, and families with dependants are 85% of households.
Thorneside (4158) is about 17 km from the Brisbane CBD. The median house price is $943,750 (the ABS statistical-area median for the area that carries its name), the 6th lowest published median in Greater Brisbane. Walk score 18 out of 100. 3,877 people lived there at the 2021 Census, and families with dependants are 67% of households.
Eatons Hill (4037) is about 17 km from the Brisbane CBD. The median house price is $990,000 (the ABS statistical-area median for the area that carries its name), the 7th lowest published median in Greater Brisbane. 7,822 people lived there at the 2021 Census, and families with dependants are 91% of households.
Logan Village (4207) is about 36 km from the Brisbane CBD. The median house price is $1,000,000 (the ABS statistical-area median for the area that carries its name), the 8th lowest published median in Greater Brisbane. 5,316 people lived there at the 2021 Census, and families with dependants are 83% of households.
Murarrie (4172) is about 8 km from the Brisbane CBD. The median house price is $1,075,000 (the ABS statistical-area median for the area that carries its name), the 9th lowest published median in Greater Brisbane. Walk score 8 out of 100. 4,946 people lived there at the 2021 Census, and families with dependants are 73% of households.
Elimbah (4516) is about 48 km from the Brisbane CBD. The median house price is $1,085,000 (the ABS statistical-area median for the area that carries its name), the 10th lowest published median in Greater Brisbane. 4,290 people lived there at the 2021 Census, and families with dependants are 88% of households.
| # | Suburb | Median house price | Km to CBD | Profile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wacol 4076 | $600,000 area | 17 | View profile → |
| 2 | Riverhills 4074 | $835,000 area | 16 | View profile → |
| 3 | Glass House Mountains 4518 | $873,750 area | 62 | View profile → |
| 4 | Cashmere 4500 | $897,000 area | 23 | View profile → |
| 5 | Karana Downs 4306 | $915,000 area | 22 | View profile → |
| 6 | Thorneside 4158 | $943,750 area | 17 | View profile → |
| 7 | Eatons Hill 4037 | $990,000 area | 17 | View profile → |
| 8 | Logan Village 4207 | $1,000,000 area | 36 | View profile → |
| 9 | Murarrie 4172 | $1,075,000 area | 8 | View profile → |
| 10 | Elimbah 4516 | $1,085,000 area | 48 | View profile → |
A dash means the suburb’s own page publishes no figure. “Area” marks an ABS statistical-area median.
Ranks 11 to 15 on the same rule, for a shortlist that runs past the ten.
Common questions
By published median house price, the cheapest Greater Brisbane suburbs of 1,000 or more residents are Wacol ($600,000), Riverhills ($835,000) and Glass House Mountains ($873,750). Prices for Queensland are ABS statistical-area (SA2) medians: each is the median for the area that carries the suburb's name. An SA2 can take in surrounding localities, so a figure can differ from sales in the suburb itself. A suburb is listed only when its own page publishes the median, and the ranking is drawn from 17 suburbs with one.
No Greater Brisbane suburb of 1,000 or more residents has a published median house price under $500,000. The lowest is Wacol at $600,000 (the ABS statistical-area median for the area that carries its name). Prices for Queensland are ABS statistical-area (SA2) medians: each is the median for the area that carries the suburb's name. An SA2 can take in surrounding localities, so a figure can differ from sales in the suburb itself. A median is the middle sale, so some houses in these suburbs sold for less than it.
These ABS medians come without a 12-month change, so none is printed or ranked here. Prices for Queensland are ABS statistical-area (SA2) medians: each is the median for the area that carries the suburb's name. An SA2 can take in surrounding localities, so a figure can differ from sales in the suburb itself. So this page cannot say whether the cheapest suburbs rose or fell over the last year; it ranks them on the level of the median alone. The suburb pages keep each median as it is republished, which is the honest way to follow a cheap suburb's price over time.
We do not predict which suburbs will boom, and we hold no growth figure to rank Brisbane suburbs on: the medians we publish for Queensland are ABS statistical-area (SA2) medians for 2024, and they come without a 12-month change. A figure beside a suburb here is a median, a rent, a yield, a walk score or a school ICSEA, each measured and sourced, never a forecast. Each suburb's own page shows its published median and says where it comes from.
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