PROPERTY X-RAY
Drewvale · 4116 · Brisbane

Drewvale, 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, 6 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
12
Active listings
Listings climbing. More properties chasing the same buyers.
of land parcels
0.2%
Stock on market
Below the balanced band. Little choice, low listing pressure.
to go under offer
48days
Median days on market · houses
A steady pace to sell a house, neither hot nor cold. From 2 recorded house sales.
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
Drewvale in four numbers

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

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

+18%
House median
2023 to 2025
PXR sales
As at May 2026
Median pace
2026 (2 sales)
PXR sales
As at May 2026
0
Lots being subdivided
last 12 months
DA register
As at Jul 2026
3.1%
Gross yield
3BR house
RTA bonds
As at Aug 2026
What it is becoming · the development register

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

Every buyer judges Drewvale as it is today. The council register shows what is already approved on these streets. 6 applications in the last 12 months, 0 refused.

Site works & minor 6
Each dot is a real approved application at its actual spot · 0 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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What's arriving

Recent applications near these streets.
No recent change-of-use applications.
6 of 6 applications approved, 100% approval rate.
Approved or proposed, not yet built. From the council development register. Checked daily; latest application 31 Jul 2026.

What's coming: the approved projects

The actual developments approved on these streets, with the read on each.
  • Apartments / use 1-storey Childcare mixedA long-dormant corner childcare approval being revived and scaled up to 97 places: a genuine convenience drawcard for a family suburb, but the abutting single-storey homes on the western and southern boundaries wear the traffic, drop-off noise and parking pressure.
From approved council records. Owner and contact details are deliberately not shown.
Flood

Does Drewvale 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 Drewvale safe? The crime numbers, plainly.

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

Unlawful Entry
50
Other Theft (excl. Unlawful Entry)
35
Traffic and Related Offences
28
Unlawful Use of Motor Vehicle
17
Other Property Damage
12
Good Order Offences
12
Assault
11
Drug Offences
7
Fraud
5
Trespassing and Vagrancy
4
Other Offences Against the Person
4
Handling Stolen Goods
3
Miscellaneous Offences
2
Weapons Act Offences
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 Drewvale? 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
76%
of dwellings are lived in by their owner, not rented out.
Owner-held suburb
Professionals
23%
of workers are in professional roles, the largest occupation group here.
Median income
$838/wk
per person, before tax. Not a household figure.
Median lot size
700
a typical parcel here, across 5,351 lots.

How homes are held

Share of occupied dwellings by tenure. A high owner share usually means residents stay put.
Owned outright
24%
Owned with a loan
52%
Rented
21%
Other / not stated
3%
Owner-occupier share is 76% of dwellings in Drewvale. 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
23%
Clerical and Administrative Workers
16%
Managers
12%
Technicians and Trades Workers
12%
Community and Personal Service Workers
11%
Sales Workers
10%
Professionals are the largest group at 23% of workers in Drewvale. 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 Drewvale.
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 Drewvale? And what it rents for.

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

Schools in Drewvale

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

Value & yield

House sales in Drewvale, and the rent it returns.
2023 median house only (48 sales)As at May 2026
$955K
2024 median house only (8 sales)As at May 2026
$1.0M**
2025 median house only (25 sales)As at May 2026
$1.1M
2026 median house onlyAs at May 2026
Not enough house sales in 2026 to publish a median. 2 sold.
** Data is thin, not accurate.
3BR house rent (RTA bonds (postcode))As at Aug 2026
$680/wk
Gross yield (latest median)As at Aug 2026
3.1%
Is Drewvale a good suburb? · answered by the data

The questions buyers ask about Drewvale.

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

Is Drewvale a good suburb?

Drewvale has quietly run up about 18% over two years, a steady, settled suburb. The typical house runs $1.13M, below the Brisbane house median. Distance-wise it sits roughly 20 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 Drewvale?

A typical house in Drewvale sits around $1.13M (2026), below the Brisbane house median. That is up roughly 18% over two years.

Does Drewvale flood?

Flood risk in Drewvale 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 Drewvale a good place to invest?

Drewvale's gross yield on a 3-bedroom house is around 3.1%, 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 Drewvale a safe suburb?

Across Drewvale, police recorded about 192 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 Drewvale?

Drewvale had 6 development applications on the council register in the past year, 6 of them approved. These are approved or proposed plans from the register, not finished buildings.

Now make it about your street

Check any Drewvale 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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