PROPERTY X-RAY
Herston · 4006 · Brisbane

Herston, 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, 17 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
15
Active listings
Listings climbing. More properties chasing the same buyers.
of land parcels
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Stock on market
Too few parcels on record to read stock pressure here.
to go under offer
70days
Median days on market · houses
Houses sitting longer. Demand is not keeping up with supply. From 3 recorded house sales.
last 90 days
5
Asking-price cuts
Vendors discounting to shift stock. A classic softening signal.
Source: PXR listings & council parcel records · as at Oct 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
Herston in four numbers

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

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

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

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

Every buyer judges Herston as it is today. The council register shows what is already approved on these streets. 17 applications in the last 12 months, 0 refused.

Lot subdivision 3 Townhouse / multi-dwelling 1 Industry 1 Site works & minor 12
Each dot is a real approved application at its actual spot · 3 lots being subdivided · 1 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.
4 New houses
3 Lot subdivision
1 Warehouse / logistics
1 Earthworks / site prep
1 Townhouse / multi-dwelling
12 of 17 applications approved, 100% approval rate.
Approved or proposed, not yet built. From the council development register. Checked daily; latest application 8 Oct 2026.

What's coming: the approved projects

The actual developments approved on these streets, with the read on each.
  • New lots 2 lots 28-30 Aberleigh Road, Herston
  • New lots 2 lots 190 Herston Road, Herston
  • Apartments / use 45 units Apartments mixedAn eight-storey, 45-unit owner-occupier building landing on a street of single-storey houses: it lifts the quality and the ceiling of the local stock, but the two or three houses immediately south and east of it wear the bulk, the overlooking and roughly two years of basement excavation.
  • New lots 23 lots Zen Residences, Herston
From approved council records. Owner and contact details are deliberately not shown.
Flood

Does Herston 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 Herston safe? The crime numbers, plainly.

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

Other Theft (excl. Unlawful Entry)
152
Assault
92
Drug Offences
91
Good Order Offences
58
Traffic and Related Offences
50
Other Property Damage
35
Unlawful Entry
30
Unlawful Use of Motor Vehicle
12
Weapons Act Offences
12
Trespassing and Vagrancy
11
Fraud
10
Handling Stolen Goods
10
Other Offences Against the Person
7
Robbery
4
Other Homicide
1
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 21 Sep 2026.

Schools & value

What are the schools like in Herston? And what it rents for.

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

Schools in Herston

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

Value & yield

House sales in Herston, and the rent it returns.
2023 median house onlyAs at Sep 2026
Not enough house sales in 2023 to publish a median. 1 sold.
2024 median house onlyAs at Sep 2026
Not enough house sales in 2024 to publish a median. 4 sold.
2025 median house only (5 sales)As at Sep 2026
$2.0M**
2026 median house only (6 sales)As at Sep 2026
$1.8M**
** Data is thin, not accurate.
3BR house rent (asking, 8 live listings)As at Oct 2026
$850/wk
Is Herston a good suburb? · answered by the data

The questions buyers ask about Herston.

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

Is Herston a good suburb?

There is plenty of change underway in Herston, 17 applications on the register over the past year. It is about 2 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. 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 Herston?

The median house in Herston is about $2.02M (2026). That figure comes from very few sales, so the data is thin, not accurate — treat it as a rough marker rather than a market rate.

Does Herston flood?

Flood risk in Herston 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 Herston a safe suburb?

Over the past year there were roughly 576 recorded offences in Herston, 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 Herston?

In the last twelve months the council logged 17 applications around Herston, 12 of them approved. That includes 3 lot subdivisions and 1 townhouse or multi-dwelling project, 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 Herston address.

Free, no signup, about 10 seconds. Crime, DAs, zoning and the data we hold for the exact lot, not the suburb average.

Houses across Queensland · informational, not advice