PROPERTY X-RAY
Capalaba · 4157 · Redland

Capalaba, 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, 225 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
107
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
35days
Median days on market · houses
A steady pace to sell a house, neither hot nor cold. From 35 recorded house sales.
last 90 days
23
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
Capalaba in four numbers

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

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

+43%
House median
2023 to 2025
PXR sales
As at Jul 2026
$1.2M
Median pace
2026 (42 sales)
PXR sales
As at Jul 2026
29
Lots being subdivided
last 12 months
DA register
As at Jul 2026
3.6%
Gross yield
3BR house
RTA bonds
As at Aug 2026
What it is becoming · the development register

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

Every buyer judges Capalaba as it is today. The council register shows what is already approved on these streets. 225 applications in the last 12 months, 1 refused.

Site works & minor 60
Each dot is a real approved application at its actual spot · 29 lots being subdivided · 11 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.

Check a specific address →

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.
29 Lot subdivision
11 Townhouse / multi-dwelling
8 Earthworks / site prep
7 New houses
2 Warehouse / logistics
2 Park / recreation
166 of 225 applications approved, 99% approval rate.
Approved or proposed, not yet built. From the council development register. Checked daily; latest application 24 Jul 2026.
Flood

Does Capalaba 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 Redland 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 Capalaba safe? The crime numbers, plainly.

1,289 recorded offences across the area. Here is the breakdown. We show it and let you weigh it.

Other Theft (excl. Unlawful Entry)
487
Traffic and Related Offences
168
Drug Offences
146
Other Property Damage
90
Good Order Offences
79
Assault
73
Unlawful Entry
69
Fraud
54
Unlawful Use of Motor Vehicle
35
Weapons Act Offences
27
Trespassing and Vagrancy
19
Handling Stolen Goods
18
Other Offences Against the Person
12
Robbery
6
Arson
2
Miscellaneous Offences
2
Liquor (excl. Drunkenness)
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 Capalaba? 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
72%
of dwellings are lived in by their owner, not rented out.
Owner-held suburb
Professionals
17%
of workers are in professional roles, the largest occupation group here.
Median income
$803/wk
per person, before tax. Not a household figure.
Median lot size
701
a typical parcel here, across 8,435 lots.

How homes are held

Share of occupied dwellings by tenure. A high owner share usually means residents stay put.
Owned outright
30%
Owned with a loan
42%
Rented
26%
Other / not stated
2%
Owner-occupier share is 72% of dwellings in Capalaba. Owner-held pocket, 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.
Professionals
17%
Technicians and Trades Workers
17%
Clerical and Administrative Workers
16%
Community and Personal Service Workers
12%
Managers
11%
Labourers
10%
Professionals are the largest group at 17% of workers in Capalaba. 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 Capalaba.
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 Capalaba? And what it rents for.

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

Schools in Capalaba

ICSEA index. The line is the national average of 1000.
St Luke's Catholic Parish Schoolcatholic · 359 students
Coolnwynpin State Schoolgovernment · 328 students
Capalaba State Collegegovernment · 1,022 students

Value & yield

House sales in Capalaba, and the rent it returns.
2023 median house only (59 sales)As at Jul 2026
$700K
2024 median house only (9 sales)As at Jul 2026
$844K**
2025 median house only (73 sales)As at Jul 2026
$1.0M
2026 median house only (42 sales)As at Jul 2026
$1.2M
** Data is thin, not accurate.
3BR house rent (asking, 25 live listings)As at Aug 2026
$690/wk
Gross yield (latest median)As at Aug 2026
3.6%
Is Capalaba a good suburb? · answered by the data

The questions buyers ask about Capalaba.

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

Is Capalaba a good suburb?

Right now Capalaba is a suburb being actively reshaped: 225 development applications landed in the last twelve months. The typical house runs $1M, below the Redland house median. That two-year jump is well ahead of the wider Redland market, so it is worth checking whether it has run a little hot. Distance-wise it sits roughly 19 km south-east 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.

What is the median house price in Capalaba?

A typical house in Capalaba sits around $1M (2026), below the Redland house median. That is up roughly 43% over two years.

Does Capalaba flood?

Flood risk in Capalaba 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 Capalaba a good place to invest?

Capalaba's gross yield on a 3-bedroom house is around 3.6%, right around the Redland house average of about 3.3%. We lay out the numbers and leave the call to you; this is information, not investment advice.

Is Capalaba a safe suburb?

Across Capalaba, police recorded about 1,289 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 Capalaba?

Capalaba had 225 development applications on the council register in the past year, 166 of them approved. That includes 29 lot subdivisions and 11 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 Capalaba 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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