PROPERTY X-RAY
Browns Plains · 4118 · Logan

Browns Plains, 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, 33 in the last 12 months. More pins, more change.
Supply & demand · right now

The market reads soft, worth caution.

Buyer signal: caution
For sale now
48
Active listings
Listings climbing. More properties chasing the same buyers.
of land parcels
1.3%
Stock on market
Below the balanced band. Little choice, low listing pressure.
to go under offer
36days
Median days on market · houses
A steady pace to sell a house, neither hot nor cold. From 12 recorded house sales.
last 90 days
6
Asking-price cuts
Vendors discounting to shift stock. A classic softening signal.
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
Browns Plains in four numbers

What is the median house price in Browns Plains? By our own numbers.

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

+42%
House median
2023 to 2025
PXR sales
As at Jun 2026
$1.0M
Median pace
2026 (5 sales)
PXR sales
As at Jun 2026
10
Lots being subdivided
last 12 months
DA register
As at Aug 2026
3.8%
Gross yield
3BR house
RTA bonds
As at Aug 2026
What it is becoming · the development register

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

Every buyer judges Browns Plains as it is today. The council register shows what is already approved on these streets. 33 applications in the last 12 months, 0 refused.

Lot subdivision 10 Townhouse / multi-dwelling 2 Shops, services & community 6 Site works & minor 15
Each dot is a real approved application at its actual spot · 10 lots being subdivided · 2 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.

What's arriving

Recent applications near these streets.
10 Lot subdivision
6 New houses
5 Earthworks / site prep
2 Townhouse / multi-dwelling
2 Retail / shopfront
2 Shopping centre
11 of 33 applications approved, 100% approval rate.
Approved or proposed, not yet built. From the council development register. Checked daily; latest application 4 Aug 2026.
Flood

Does Browns Plains 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 Logan 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 Browns Plains safe? The crime numbers, plainly.

1,667 recorded offences across the area. Here is the breakdown. We show it and let you weigh it.

Other Theft (excl. Unlawful Entry)
869
Assault
111
Other Property Damage
107
Unlawful Entry
89
Fraud
89
Drug Offences
84
Unlawful Use of Motor Vehicle
69
Good Order Offences
68
Traffic and Related Offences
54
Trespassing and Vagrancy
42
Weapons Act Offences
33
Other Offences Against the Person
22
Robbery
14
Handling Stolen Goods
8
Miscellaneous Offences
6
Arson
2
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.

Who lives here · the demand side

Who lives in Browns Plains? The people behind the price.

Who owns, who rents, what they earn, and how much land sits under a typical home. The demand signals a suburb average can answer honestly, drawn from the census we hold.

Owner-occupied
51%
of dwellings are lived in by their owner, not rented out.
Professionals
12%
of workers are in professional roles, the largest occupation group here.
Median income
$700/wk
per person, before tax. Not a household figure.
Median lot size
637
a typical parcel here, across 3,650 lots.

How homes are held

Share of occupied dwellings by tenure. A high owner share usually means residents stay put.
Owned outright
18%
Owned with a loan
34%
Rented
46%
Other / not stated
3%
Owner-occupier share is 51% of dwellings in Browns Plains. A more tenanted mix, the kind of read buyer's agents weigh for stability.

What people do

Top occupation groups of working residents. A professional weight tends to track stable demand.
Machinery Operators and Drivers
16%
Technicians and Trades Workers
15%
Labourers
14%
Community and Personal Service Workers
14%
Clerical and Administrative Workers
13%
Professionals
12%
Professionals are the largest group at 12% of workers in Browns Plains. Professional demographic, a resident base read as resilient.
Source: ABS Census 2021 (tenure, occupation, income) · Lot size from the QLD cadastre ·As at Aug 2026 · Census figures borrowed from the SA2 covering Browns Plains.
What this tells you, and what it doesn't

A high owner-occupier share, paired with a professional resident base, is a demand signal: people buy here to live, not to flip. It says nothing about the specific street or block. The per-address report puts these residents next to the exact lot, its zoning and what is being built nearby.

Schools & value

What are the schools like in Browns Plains? And what it rents for.

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

Schools in Browns Plains

ICSEA index. The line is the national average of 1000.
Indie School, Loganindependent · 586 students
Browns Plains State High Schoolgovernment · 1,185 students
Browns Plains State Schoolgovernment · 597 students

Value & yield

House sales in Browns Plains, and the rent it returns.
2023 median house only (63 sales)As at Jun 2026
$610K
2024 median house only (88 sales)As at Jun 2026
$718K
2025 median house only (123 sales)As at Jun 2026
$868K
2026 median house only (5 sales)As at Jun 2026
$1.0M**
** Data is thin, not accurate.
3BR house rent (asking, 16 live listings)As at Aug 2026
$630/wk
Gross yield (latest median)As at Aug 2026
3.8%
Is Browns Plains a good suburb? · answered by the data

The questions buyers ask about Browns Plains.

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

Is Browns Plains a good suburb?

Browns Plains has quietly run up about 42% over two years, an affordability-led mover. The typical house runs $868K, well below the Brisbane house median, on the affordable side. That two-year jump is well ahead of the wider Brisbane market, so it is worth checking whether it has run a little hot. Distance-wise it sits roughly 22 km south 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. That is the read from the data, not a verdict. The only number that truly counts is the one for the exact address, so check the lot before you fall for the suburb.

What is the median house price in Browns Plains?

A typical house in Browns Plains sits around $868K (2026), well below the Brisbane house median, on the affordable side. That is up roughly 42% over two years.

Does Browns Plains flood?

Flood risk in Browns Plains 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 Browns Plains a good place to invest?

Browns Plains's gross yield on a 3-bedroom house is around 3.8%, comfortably above the Brisbane house average of about 2.7%. That is a genuinely useful yield for a house, so the rent does more of the heavy lifting here. We lay out the numbers and leave the call to you; this is information, not investment advice.

Is Browns Plains a safe suburb?

Across Browns Plains, police recorded about 1,667 offences over the last year, most commonly other theft. The complete mix is on the page. We do not slap a score on it, that judgment is yours.

What is being built in Browns Plains?

Browns Plains had 33 development applications on the council register in the past year, 11 of them approved. That includes 10 lot subdivisions and 2 townhouse or multi-dwelling projects, 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 Browns Plains address.

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

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