PROPERTY X-RAY
Bowen Hills · 4006 · Brisbane

Bowen Hills, X‑rayed.

What the suburb is, and what it is becoming. The prices, what is being approved, the crime mix, the schools. By the numbers, then check any address on the street.

Each pin is a real development application near these streets, 12 in the last 12 months. More pins, more change.
Supply & demand · right now

The market reads tight, in the buyer's favour.

Buyer signal: favourable
For sale now
70
Active listings
Listings climbing. More properties chasing the same buyers.
of land parcels
Stock on market
Too few parcels on record to read stock pressure here.
to go under offer
Median days on market · houses
Not enough recorded house sales yet to time the market here.
last 90 days
0
Asking-price cuts
No asking-price cuts logged. A firm market on price.
Source: PXR listings & council parcel records · as at Aug 2026
The counts (listings, stock, cuts) include every property type: houses, townhouses, units, land. Days on market is houses only. Active = listed and not yet delisted. Stock on market = active listings divided by all land parcels in the suburb (parcels are lots, not dwellings, so read it as a proxy).
Buyer-favourable Caution: softening / oversupply
Bowen Hills in four numbers

What is the median house price in Bowen Hills? By our own numbers.

Three years of house sales, the development pipeline, and the rent it returns.

House median
2023 to 2025
PXR sales
As at Mar 2026
Median pace
2026 (2 sales)
PXR sales
As at Mar 2026
3
Lots being subdivided
last 12 months
DA register
As at Jul 2026
Gross yield
3BR house
RTA bonds
As at Aug 2026
What it is becoming · the development register

What is being built in Bowen Hills? You can inspect the house, not the street's future.

Every buyer judges Bowen Hills as it is today. The council register shows what is already approved on these streets. 12 applications in the last 12 months, 0 refused.

Lot subdivision 3 Site works & minor 9
Each dot is a real approved application at its actual spot · 3 lots being subdivided · 0 townhouse / multi‑dwelling · hover a dot for the type.

This is the suburb, not your lot. The map shows that change is approved, and roughly where. Which one sits next to the house you are buying, and what it actually means, is in the per‑address report.

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The use fingerprint

What kind of change is being approved (last 12 months).
Density Industrial Amenity
A densifying suburb. Light on lifestyle amenity.

What's arriving

Recent applications near these streets.
3 New houses
3 Lot subdivision
1 Earthworks / site prep
9 of 12 applications approved, 100% approval rate.
Approved or proposed, not yet built. From the council development register. Checked daily; latest application 9 Jul 2026.

What's coming: the approved projects

The actual developments approved on these streets, with the read on each.
  • New lots subdivision 14 DUNLOP ST BOWEN HILLS QLD 4006
  • Apartments / use 30-storey Mixed use (high-density master plan — apartments, aged-care/retirement, hotel/short-term accommodation, retail, office) accretiveA master-planned, high-density renewal of an inner-city Bowen Hills site that should lift the surrounding precinct over time, with managed overshadowing protection for the immediate southern neighbours.
  • Apartments / use 22 m² Apartments (minor extension — patio cover to one existing unit) neutralMarcus Reid: a 22 square metre rear patio cover on one existing apartment is a homeowner amenity tweak with no measurable bearing on surrounding property desirability.
  • New lots 2 lots 14 Dunlop Street, Bowen Hills
From approved council records. Owner and contact details are deliberately not shown.
Flood

Does Bowen Hills flood? It's a street-by-street question.

A suburb-wide flood figure hides the only answer that matters: whether the specific lot you are looking at sits inside a mapped overlay.

Where we're straight with you
We hold the parcel-level flood overlay here.

Flood overlays for Brisbane are in our map. The per-lot answer (in or out of the overlay) is on the address report, not a suburb average.

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Crime · the full mix

Is Bowen Hills safe? The crime numbers, plainly.

1,037 recorded offences across the area. Here is the breakdown. We show it and let you weigh it.

Drug Offences
227
Other Theft (excl. Unlawful Entry)
221
Traffic and Related Offences
130
Good Order Offences
95
Unlawful Entry
72
Other Property Damage
71
Assault
64
Weapons Act Offences
35
Fraud
26
Unlawful Use of Motor Vehicle
24
Handling Stolen Goods
18
Other Offences Against the Person
17
Trespassing and Vagrancy
17
Miscellaneous Offences
8
Robbery
6
Liquor (excl. Drunkenness)
5
Arson
1
For context, not a verdict

These are recorded offences for the area, grouped by type. We don't grade the suburb. You read the numbers and decide what matters for your street.

QPS crime data current to 3 Aug 2026.

Schools & value

What are the schools like in Bowen Hills? And what it rents for.

Both pictures side by side, from the latest data we hold.

Schools in Bowen Hills

ICSEA index. The line is the national average of 1000.
No school ICSEA data held for this suburb yet.

Value & yield

House sales in Bowen Hills, and the rent it returns.
2025 median house onlyAs at Mar 2026
Not enough house sales in 2025 to publish a median. 3 sold.
2026 median house onlyAs at Mar 2026
Not enough house sales in 2026 to publish a median. 2 sold.
3BR house rent (RTA bonds (postcode))As at Aug 2026
$800/wk
Is Bowen Hills a good suburb? · answered by the data

The questions buyers ask about Bowen Hills.

Straight answers, built from the numbers on this page. We show the data and let you decide. Information only, not advice.

Is Bowen Hills a good suburb?

Right now Bowen Hills is a steady, settled suburb: 12 development applications landed in the last twelve months. It is about 3 km north of the Brisbane CBD. Flood is a per-lot question here and we hold the parcel overlay, so check the exact address rather than a suburb average. None of this is a rating. Every street tells its own story, so run the specific address before you commit.

Does Bowen Hills flood?

Flood risk in Bowen Hills is a street-by-street question. We hold the parcel-level flood overlay for this council, so the honest answer is at the exact address, not a suburb average. Run an address to see whether a specific lot sits inside a mapped overlay.

Is Bowen Hills a safe suburb?

Over the past year there were roughly 1,037 recorded offences in Bowen Hills, most commonly drug offences. We show the full breakdown and do not grade the suburb; you read it and decide what matters for your street.

What is being built in Bowen Hills?

In the last twelve months the council logged 12 applications around Bowen Hills, 9 of them approved. That includes 3 lot subdivisions, a clue to how the streetscape is slowly changing. These are approved or proposed plans from the register, not finished buildings.

Now make it about your street

Check any Bowen Hills address.

Free, no signup, about 10 seconds. Crime, DAs, zoning and the data we hold for the exact lot, not the suburb average.

Houses across Queensland · informational, not advice