PROPERTY X-RAY
Manly West · 4179 · Brisbane

Manly West, 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, 67 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
55
Active listings
Listings climbing. More properties chasing the same buyers.
of land parcels
Stock on market
Too few parcels on record to read stock pressure here.
to go under offer
34days
Median days on market · houses
A steady pace to sell a house, neither hot nor cold. From 15 recorded house sales.
last 90 days
7
Asking-price cuts
Vendors discounting to shift stock. A classic softening signal.
Source: PXR listings & council parcel records · as at Sep 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
Manly West in four numbers

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

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

+34%
House median
2023 to 2025
PXR sales
As at Jul 2026
$1.4M
Median pace
2026 (38 sales)
PXR sales
As at Jul 2026
7
Lots being subdivided
last 12 months
DA register
As at Aug 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 Manly West? You can inspect the house, not the street's future.

Every buyer judges Manly West as it is today. The council register shows what is already approved on these streets. 67 applications in the last 12 months, 0 refused.

Lot subdivision 7 Shops, services & community 4 Site works & minor 49
Each dot is a real approved application at its actual spot · 7 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.
7 Lot subdivision
6 Earthworks / site prep
5 New houses
2 Park / recreation
1 Retail / shopfront
1 School works
46 of 67 applications approved, 100% approval rate.
Approved or proposed, not yet built. From the council development register. Checked daily; latest application 27 Aug 2026.

What's coming: the approved projects

The actual developments approved on these streets, with the read on each.
  • New lots subdivision 358 Manly Rd, Manly West QLD 4179
  • New lots 2 lots 47 Empire Avenue, Manly West
  • New lots 2 lots 160 Kamarin Street, Manly West
  • New lots subdivision 149 KAMARIN ST MANLY WEST QLD 4179
  • Apartments / use 1-storey Supermarket / neighbourhood shopping centre (ancillary drive-up click-and-collect facility) neutralA click-and-collect drive-up bolt-on to an already-established neighbourhood Woolworths — a convenience tweak, not a development that moves surrounding home values in either direction.
  • Apartments / use 84 units Townhouses (two-storey attached multi-unit dwellings) neutralThis is a single rear patio added to one townhouse in an established 84-unit estate. It has no measurable effect on surrounding property values or amenity.
  • New lots 6 lots 175 & 177 Preston Road, Manly West
  • New lots 37 lots 25 Oasis Close / 378 Manly Road, Manly West (Visie Properties Stage 1-3 cluster development)
  • New lots 2 lots 114 Kamarin Street, Manly West
From approved council records. Owner and contact details are deliberately not shown.
Flood

Does Manly West 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 Manly West safe? The crime numbers, plainly.

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

Other Theft (excl. Unlawful Entry)
146
Drug Offences
57
Traffic and Related Offences
47
Other Property Damage
32
Unlawful Entry
30
Fraud
21
Unlawful Use of Motor Vehicle
20
Assault
19
Good Order Offences
16
Weapons Act Offences
10
Handling Stolen Goods
10
Trespassing and Vagrancy
8
Other Offences Against the Person
6
Robbery
2
Arson
2
Miscellaneous Offences
2
Homicide (Murder)
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.

Schools & value

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

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

Schools in Manly West

ICSEA index. The line is the national average of 1000.
Moreton Bay Collegeindependent · 1,236 students
Moreton Bay Boys' Collegeindependent · 568 students
Wondall Heights State Schoolgovernment · 588 students
Manly West State Schoolgovernment · 232 students

Value & yield

House sales in Manly West, and the rent it returns.
2023 median house only (146 sales)As at Jul 2026
$950K
2024 median house only (186 sales)As at Jul 2026
$1.1M
2025 median house only (181 sales)As at Jul 2026
$1.3M
2026 median house only (38 sales)As at Jul 2026
$1.4M
3BR house rent (asking, 10 live listings)As at Aug 2026
$765/wk
Gross yield (latest median)As at Aug 2026
3.1%
Is Manly West a good suburb? · answered by the data

The questions buyers ask about Manly West.

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

Is Manly West a good suburb?

Right now Manly West is a suburb being actively reshaped: 67 development applications landed in the last twelve months. Median house sits at $1.27M, below the Brisbane house median. It is about 14 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. 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 Manly West?

The median house in Manly West is about $1.27M (2026), below the Brisbane house median. Over two years that is a rise of about 34%.

Does Manly West flood?

Flood risk in Manly West 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 Manly West a good place to invest?

For a 3-bedroom house, gross rental yield runs about 3.1% in Manly West, 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 Manly West a safe suburb?

Over the past year there were roughly 429 recorded offences in Manly West, 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 Manly West?

In the last twelve months the council logged 67 applications around Manly West, 46 of them approved. That includes 7 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 Manly West 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