PROPERTY X-RAY
Hawthorne · 4171 · Brisbane

Hawthorne, 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, 57 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
35
Active listings
Listings climbing. More properties chasing the same buyers.
of land parcels
1.5%
Stock on market
Below the balanced band. Little choice, low listing pressure.
to go under offer
34days
Median days on market · houses
A steady pace to sell a house, neither hot nor cold. From 5 recorded house sales.
last 90 days
3
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
Hawthorne in four numbers

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

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

+16%
House median
2023 to 2025
PXR sales
As at May 2026
$1.8M
Median pace
2026 (5 sales)
PXR sales
As at May 2026
6
Lots being subdivided
last 12 months
DA register
As at Aug 2026
2.2%
Gross yield
3BR house
RTA bonds
As at Aug 2026
What it is becoming · the development register

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

Every buyer judges Hawthorne as it is today. The council register shows what is already approved on these streets. 57 applications in the last 12 months, 0 refused.

Lot subdivision 6 Shops, services & community 2 Site works & minor 49
Each dot is a real approved application at its actual spot · 6 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.
24 New houses
6 Lot subdivision
2 Earthworks / site prep
2 School works
38 of 57 applications approved, 100% approval rate.
Approved or proposed, not yet built. From the council development register. Checked daily; latest application 14 Aug 2026.

What's coming: the approved projects

The actual developments approved on these streets, with the read on each.
  • New lots 2 lots 64, 66 & 68 Malcolm Street, Hawthorne
  • New lots 2 lots 99-101 Lindsay Street, Hawthorne QLD 4171
  • Apartments / use Demolition mixedA currency extension on a pre-1947 demolition permit across three assembled LMR lots in Hawthorne: a land-banking signal for medium-density redevelopment, not a built outcome on its own.
  • Apartments / use 8 units Apartments neutralMarcus Reid: This is a minor one-unit patio extension inside an existing apartment block — it will not move the dial on surrounding property either way.
  • Apartments / use 1 unit Mixed use (office + dwelling unit) accretiveMarcus Reid's read: a sympathetic adaptive reuse of a pre-1947 corner building into a small office plus retained dwelling that, if anything, lifts the streetscape rather than threatening neighbouring amenity.
  • Apartments / use 3 units Townhouses neutralA minor under-house extension to one townhouse unit on a 247m2 lot — invisible to the street and to neighbours, this won't move the dial on surrounding values either way.
  • Apartments / use 4 units Apartments (multiple dwelling) neutralAn internal storage attic inside one unit of an existing 1993 four-unit block — invisible from the street bar two skylights, so it does nothing to surrounding property values either way.
  • Apartments / use 4 units Townhouses neutralAn 11.44 sqm roofed patio tucked behind one middle unit of an existing complex is amenity housekeeping, not something that shifts the street.
From approved council records. Owner and contact details are deliberately not shown.
Flood

Does Hawthorne 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 Hawthorne safe? The crime numbers, plainly.

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

Other Theft (excl. Unlawful Entry)
50
Unlawful Entry
48
Unlawful Use of Motor Vehicle
23
Other Property Damage
22
Traffic and Related Offences
17
Trespassing and Vagrancy
15
Drug Offences
9
Assault
8
Good Order Offences
7
Fraud
5
Other Offences Against the Person
4
Weapons Act Offences
4
Handling Stolen Goods
3
Miscellaneous 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 Hawthorne? 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
62%
of dwellings are lived in by their owner, not rented out.
Professionals
36%
of workers are in professional roles, the largest occupation group here.
Professional base
Median income
$1,352/wk
per person, before tax. Not a household figure.
Median lot size
405
a typical parcel here, across 2,291 lots.

How homes are held

Share of occupied dwellings by tenure. A high owner share usually means residents stay put.
Owned outright
25%
Owned with a loan
37%
Rented
37%
Other / not stated
1%
Owner-occupier share is 62% of dwellings in Hawthorne. 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.
Professionals
36%
Managers
22%
Clerical and Administrative Workers
13%
Community and Personal Service Workers
9%
Sales Workers
8%
Technicians and Trades Workers
7%
Professionals are the largest group at 36% of workers in Hawthorne. 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 Hawthorne.
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 Hawthorne? And what it rents for.

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

Schools in Hawthorne

ICSEA index. The line is the national average of 1000.
Lourdes Hill Collegecatholic · 1,225 students

Value & yield

House sales in Hawthorne, and the rent it returns.
2023 median house only (73 sales)As at May 2026
$2.1M
2024 median house only (67 sales)As at May 2026
$2.2M
2025 median house only (57 sales)As at May 2026
$2.4M
2026 median house only (5 sales)As at May 2026
$1.8M**
** Data is thin, not accurate.
3BR house rent (asking, 10 live listings)As at Aug 2026
$998/wk
Gross yield (latest median)As at Aug 2026
2.2%
Is Hawthorne a good suburb? · answered by the data

The questions buyers ask about Hawthorne.

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

Is Hawthorne a good suburb?

There is plenty of change underway in Hawthorne, 57 applications on the register over the past year. Median house sits at $2.4M, well above the Brisbane house median of about $1.42M. It is about 3 km 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. 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 Hawthorne?

The median house in Hawthorne is about $2.4M (2026), well above the Brisbane house median of about $1.42M. Over two years that is a rise of about 16%.

Does Hawthorne flood?

Flood risk in Hawthorne 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 Hawthorne a good place to invest?

For a 3-bedroom house, gross rental yield runs about 2.2% in Hawthorne, 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 Hawthorne a safe suburb?

Over the past year there were roughly 216 recorded offences in Hawthorne, most commonly other theft. We show the full breakdown and do not grade the suburb; you read it and decide what matters for your street.

What is being built in Hawthorne?

In the last twelve months the council logged 57 applications around Hawthorne, 38 of them approved. That includes 6 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 Hawthorne 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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