PROPERTY X-RAY
Karana Downs · 4306 · Brisbane

Karana Downs, 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, 12 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
16
Active listings
Listings climbing. More properties chasing the same buyers.
of land parcels
0.7%
Stock on market
Below the balanced band. Little choice, low listing pressure.
to go under offer
28days
Median days on market · houses
Houses selling quickly. Demand is outrunning supply on these streets. From 7 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 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
Karana Downs in four numbers

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

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

+24%
House median
2023 to 2025
PXR sales
As at Jun 2026
$1.1M
Median pace
2026 (7 sales)
PXR sales
As at Jun 2026
1
Lots being subdivided
last 12 months
DA register
As at Jul 2026
3.2%
Gross yield
3BR house
RTA bonds
As at Aug 2026
What it is becoming · the development register

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

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

Lot subdivision 1 Site works & minor 11
Each dot is a real approved application at its actual spot · 1 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.

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.
2 New houses
1 Earthworks / site prep
1 Lot subdivision
9 of 12 applications approved, 100% approval rate.
Approved or proposed, not yet built. From the council development register. Checked daily; latest application 24 Jul 2026.
Flood

Does Karana Downs 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 Karana Downs safe? The crime numbers, plainly.

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

Other Theft (excl. Unlawful Entry)
12
Assault
6
Unlawful Entry
5
Good Order Offences
4
Other Property Damage
3
Drug Offences
3
Fraud
2
Traffic and Related Offences
2
Trespassing and Vagrancy
1
Unlawful Use of Motor Vehicle
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 Karana Downs? 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
89%
of dwellings are lived in by their owner, not rented out.
Owner-held suburb
Professionals
28%
of workers are in professional roles, the largest occupation group here.
Professional base
Median income
$962/wk
per person, before tax. Not a household figure.
Median lot size
4,100
a typical parcel here, across 2,445 lots.

How homes are held

Share of occupied dwellings by tenure. A high owner share usually means residents stay put.
Owned outright
31%
Owned with a loan
57%
Rented
10%
Other / not stated
1%
Owner-occupier share is 89% of dwellings in Karana Downs. 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
28%
Managers
15%
Technicians and Trades Workers
14%
Clerical and Administrative Workers
14%
Community and Personal Service Workers
11%
Sales Workers
7%
Professionals are the largest group at 28% of workers in Karana Downs. 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 Karana Downs.
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 Karana Downs? And what it rents for.

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

Schools in Karana Downs

ICSEA index. The line is the national average of 1000.
Mount Crosby State Schoolgovernment · 559 students

Value & yield

House sales in Karana Downs, and the rent it returns.
2023 median house only (56 sales)As at Jun 2026
$786K
2024 median house only (63 sales)As at Jun 2026
$881K
2025 median house only (40 sales)As at Jun 2026
$975K
2026 median house only (7 sales)As at Jun 2026
$1.1M**
** Data is thin, not accurate.
3BR house rent (RTA bonds (postcode))As at Aug 2026
$600/wk
Gross yield (latest median)As at Aug 2026
3.2%
Is Karana Downs a good suburb? · answered by the data

The questions buyers ask about Karana Downs.

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

Is Karana Downs a good suburb?

At about $975K for the median house, Karana Downs reads as a steady, settled suburb. On the policing side it stays quiet, only about 39 recorded offences in the year. Distance-wise it sits roughly 22 km 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. 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 Karana Downs?

A typical house in Karana Downs sits around $975K (2026), well below the Brisbane house median, on the affordable side. That is up roughly 24% over two years.

Does Karana Downs flood?

Flood risk in Karana Downs 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 Karana Downs a good place to invest?

Karana Downs's gross yield on a 3-bedroom house is around 3.2%, 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 Karana Downs a safe suburb?

Across Karana Downs, police recorded about 39 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 Karana Downs?

Karana Downs had 12 development applications on the council register in the past year, 9 of them approved. That includes 1 lot subdivision, 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 Karana Downs 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