PROPERTY X-RAY
Deception Bay · 4508 · Moreton Bay

Deception Bay, 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, 54 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
134
Active listings
Listings climbing. More properties chasing the same buyers.
of land parcels
1.4%
Stock on market
Below the balanced band. Little choice, low listing pressure.
to go under offer
30days
Median days on market · houses
A steady pace to sell a house, neither hot nor cold. From 42 recorded house sales.
last 90 days
30
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
Deception Bay in four numbers

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

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

+38%
House median
2023 to 2025
PXR sales
As at Aug 2026
$910K
Median pace
2026 (93 sales)
PXR sales
As at Aug 2026
10
Lots being subdivided
last 12 months
DA register
As at Aug 2026
3.9%
Gross yield
3BR house
RTA bonds
As at Aug 2026
What it is becoming · the development register

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

Every buyer judges Deception Bay as it is today. The council register shows what is already approved on these streets. 54 applications in the last 12 months, 0 refused.

Lot subdivision 10 Townhouse / multi-dwelling 4 Shops, services & community 5 Industry 1 Site works & minor 34
Each dot is a real approved application at its actual spot · 10 lots being subdivided · 4 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.
17 New houses
10 Lot subdivision
4 Townhouse / multi-dwelling
4 Earthworks / site prep
2 Shopping centre
1 Park / recreation
26 of 54 applications approved, 100% approval rate.
Approved or proposed, not yet built. From the council development register. Checked daily; latest application 6 Aug 2026.
Flood

Does Deception Bay 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 Moreton Bay 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 Deception Bay safe? The crime numbers, plainly.

1,711 recorded offences across the area. Here is the breakdown. We show it and let you weigh it.

Other Theft (excl. Unlawful Entry)
395
Drug Offences
314
Traffic and Related Offences
246
Other Property Damage
158
Assault
157
Good Order Offences
119
Weapons Act Offences
70
Unlawful Entry
66
Trespassing and Vagrancy
41
Unlawful Use of Motor Vehicle
40
Fraud
34
Other Offences Against the Person
25
Handling Stolen Goods
24
Miscellaneous Offences
14
Robbery
4
Arson
4
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 Deception Bay? 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
61%
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
$612/wk
per person, before tax. Not a household figure.
Median lot size
611
a typical parcel here, across 9,301 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
31%
Rented
36%
Other / not stated
3%
Owner-occupier share is 61% of dwellings in Deception Bay. 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.
Technicians and Trades Workers
16%
Community and Personal Service Workers
16%
Labourers
15%
Clerical and Administrative Workers
13%
Professionals
12%
Sales Workers
10%
Professionals are the largest group at 12% of workers in Deception Bay. 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 Deception Bay.
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 Deception Bay? And what it rents for.

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

Schools in Deception Bay

ICSEA index. The line is the national average of 1000.
Christ the King Catholic Primary Schoolcatholic · 361 students
Kairos Community Collegeindependent · 125 students
Moreton Downs State Schoolgovernment · 586 students
Arethusa Collegeindependent · 1,733 students
Deception Bay State High Schoolgovernment · 1,374 students
Deception Bay North State Schoolgovernment · 362 students
Deception Bay State Schoolgovernment · 292 students
Deception Bay Flexible Schoolcatholic · 122 students

Value & yield

House sales in Deception Bay, and the rent it returns.
2023 median house only (301 sales)As at Aug 2026
$600K
2024 median house only (28 sales)As at Aug 2026
$700K
2025 median house only (139 sales)As at Aug 2026
$825K
2026 median house only (93 sales)As at Aug 2026
$910K
3BR house rent (asking, 37 live listings)As at Aug 2026
$620/wk
Gross yield (latest median)As at Aug 2026
3.9%
Is Deception Bay a good suburb? · answered by the data

The questions buyers ask about Deception Bay.

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

Is Deception Bay a good suburb?

Right now Deception Bay is a suburb being actively reshaped: 54 development applications landed in the last twelve months. The typical house runs $825K, below the Moreton Bay house median. Distance-wise it sits roughly 32 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.

What is the median house price in Deception Bay?

A typical house in Deception Bay sits around $825K (2026), below the Moreton Bay house median. That is up roughly 38% over two years.

Does Deception Bay flood?

Flood risk in Deception Bay 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 Deception Bay a good place to invest?

Deception Bay's gross yield on a 3-bedroom house is around 3.9%, right around the Moreton Bay house average of about 3.3%. We lay out the numbers and leave the call to you; this is information, not investment advice.

Is Deception Bay a safe suburb?

Across Deception Bay, police recorded about 1,711 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 Deception Bay?

Deception Bay had 54 development applications on the council register in the past year, 26 of them approved. That includes 10 lot subdivisions and 4 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 Deception Bay 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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