PROPERTY X-RAY
Chelmer · 4068 · Brisbane

Chelmer, 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, 36 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
18
Active listings
Listings climbing. More properties chasing the same buyers.
of land parcels
0.5%
Stock on market
Below the balanced band. Little choice, low listing pressure.
to go under offer
24days
Median days on market · houses
A steady pace to sell a house, neither hot nor cold. From 1 recorded house sale.
last 90 days
1
Asking-price cuts
A few vendors trimming. Watch if the count keeps climbing.
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
Chelmer in four numbers

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

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

+-22%
House median
2023 to 2025
PXR sales
As at Apr 2026
$1.8M
Median pace
2026 (5 sales)
PXR sales
As at Apr 2026
3
Lots being subdivided
last 12 months
DA register
As at Aug 2026
2.9%
Gross yield
3BR house
RTA bonds
As at Aug 2026
What it is becoming · the development register

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

Every buyer judges Chelmer as it is today. The council register shows what is already approved on these streets. 36 applications in the last 12 months, 0 refused.

Lot subdivision 3 Shops, services & community 2 Site works & minor 31
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.
14 New houses
3 Lot subdivision
2 Earthworks / site prep
2 Park / recreation
24 of 36 applications approved, 100% approval rate.
Approved or proposed, not yet built. From the council development register. Checked daily; latest application 6 Aug 2026.

What's coming: the approved projects

The actual developments approved on these streets, with the read on each.
  • New lots subdivision 143 Leybourne St, Chelmer
  • New lots 3 lots 62 Chelmer Street East, Chelmer
  • New lots subdivision 127 HONOUR AVE CHELMER QLD 4068
From approved council records. Owner and contact details are deliberately not shown.
Flood

Does Chelmer 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 Chelmer safe? The crime numbers, plainly.

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

Unlawful Entry
23
Other Theft (excl. Unlawful Entry)
20
Traffic and Related Offences
17
Assault
7
Unlawful Use of Motor Vehicle
6
Other Property Damage
5
Fraud
3
Weapons Act Offences
2
Good Order Offences
2
Trespassing and Vagrancy
2
Robbery
1
Drug Offences
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.

Who lives here · the demand side

Who lives in Chelmer? 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
79%
of dwellings are lived in by their owner, not rented out.
Owner-held suburb
Professionals
43%
of workers are in professional roles, the largest occupation group here.
Professional base
Median income
$1,231/wk
per person, before tax. Not a household figure.
Median lot size
455
a typical parcel here, across 3,503 lots.

How homes are held

Share of occupied dwellings by tenure. A high owner share usually means residents stay put.
Owned outright
37%
Owned with a loan
43%
Rented
19%
Other / not stated
2%
Owner-occupier share is 79% of dwellings in Chelmer. 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
43%
Managers
19%
Clerical and Administrative Workers
12%
Community and Personal Service Workers
8%
Sales Workers
7%
Technicians and Trades Workers
6%
Professionals are the largest group at 43% of workers in Chelmer. 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 Chelmer.
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 Chelmer? And what it rents for.

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

Schools in Chelmer

ICSEA index. The line is the national average of 1000.
Milpera State High Schoolgovernment · 333 students

Value & yield

House sales in Chelmer, and the rent it returns.
2023 median house only (51 sales)As at Apr 2026
$1.9M
2024 median house only (44 sales)As at Apr 2026
$1.7M
2025 median house only (25 sales)As at Apr 2026
$1.5M
2026 median house only (5 sales)As at Apr 2026
$1.8M**
** Data is thin, not accurate.
3BR house rent (RTA bonds (postcode))As at Aug 2026
$825/wk
Gross yield (latest median)As at Aug 2026
2.9%
Is Chelmer a good suburb? · answered by the data

The questions buyers ask about Chelmer.

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

Is Chelmer a good suburb?

Chelmer reads as a suburb being actively reshaped: house values down about 22% in two years. The typical house runs $1.49M, roughly in line with the Brisbane house median. Distance-wise it sits roughly 7 km south-west 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. We lay out the numbers and leave the call to you, because the suburb average is never the whole picture. Check the exact address.

What is the median house price in Chelmer?

A typical house in Chelmer sits around $1.49M (2026), roughly in line with the Brisbane house median. That is down roughly 22% over two years.

Does Chelmer flood?

Flood risk in Chelmer 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 Chelmer a good place to invest?

Chelmer's gross yield on a 3-bedroom house is around 2.9%, right around the Brisbane house average of about 2.7%. We lay out the numbers and leave the call to you; this is information, not investment advice.

Is Chelmer a safe suburb?

Across Chelmer, police recorded about 89 offences over the last year, most commonly unlawful entry. The complete mix is on the page. We do not slap a score on it, that judgment is yours.

What is being built in Chelmer?

Chelmer had 36 development applications on the council register in the past year, 24 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 Chelmer 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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