PROPERTY X-RAY
Mitchelton · 4053 · Brisbane

Mitchelton, 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, 100 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
46
Active listings
Listings climbing. More properties chasing the same buyers.
of land parcels
1.3%
Stock on market
Below the balanced band. Little choice, low listing pressure.
to go under offer
22days
Median days on market · houses
Houses selling quickly. Demand is outrunning supply on these streets. From 10 recorded house sales.
last 90 days
6
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
Mitchelton in four numbers

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

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

+29%
House median
2023 to 2025
PXR sales
As at Jun 2026
$1.4M
Median pace
2026 (36 sales)
PXR sales
As at Jun 2026
16
Lots being subdivided
last 12 months
DA register
As at Aug 2026
2.9%
Gross yield
3BR house
RTA bonds
As at Aug 2026
What it is becoming · the development register

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

Every buyer judges Mitchelton as it is today. The council register shows what is already approved on these streets. 100 applications in the last 12 months, 0 refused.

Lot subdivision 6 Townhouse / multi-dwelling 1 Site works & minor 53
Each dot is a real approved application at its actual spot · 16 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.
16 Lot subdivision
11 New houses
9 Earthworks / site prep
1 Townhouse / multi-dwelling
75 of 100 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.
  • Apartments / use 12 units Rooming accommodation (boarding house) mixedA 12-room rooming house on a vacant Mitchelton block: modest renewal of a derelict site, but an intensity and parking step-up the immediate townhouse neighbours will feel more than the wider street.
  • Apartments / use 14 units Townhouses accretiveGenuine transit-oriented renewal: three tired post-war houses make way for 14 new townhouses on an LMR3 site that both the zone and the already-densifying street anticipate, lifting the area overall, with on-street parking spillover and a year of construction the main near-term drags.
  • New lots 0 lots Lot 8 Samford Road, Mitchelton QLD 4053
  • New lots 2 lots 90 Nicholson Street, Mitchelton (also shown as 60 Blaker Road, Mitchelton)
  • New lots 3 lots 32 Grovely Terrace, Mitchelton QLD 4053
  • New lots 2 lots 160 Glen Retreat Road, Mitchelton
  • New lots 2 lots 918 Samford Road, Mitchelton
  • New lots subdivision 946 SAMFORD RD KEPERRA QLD 4054
  • New lots 3 lots 18 Parnoo Street, Mitchelton
  • New lots 18 lots 898-908 Samford Road, Keperra
From approved council records. Owner and contact details are deliberately not shown.
Flood

Does Mitchelton 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 Mitchelton safe? The crime numbers, plainly.

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

Other Theft (excl. Unlawful Entry)
476
Drug Offences
127
Traffic and Related Offences
64
Other Property Damage
56
Unlawful Entry
42
Good Order Offences
40
Assault
34
Fraud
26
Weapons Act Offences
24
Unlawful Use of Motor Vehicle
22
Other Offences Against the Person
15
Trespassing and Vagrancy
13
Handling Stolen Goods
10
Miscellaneous Offences
8
Robbery
4
Arson
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 Mitchelton? 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
61%
of dwellings are lived in by their owner, not rented out.
Professionals
33%
of workers are in professional roles, the largest occupation group here.
Professional base
Median income
$1,039/wk
per person, before tax. Not a household figure.
Median lot size
581
a typical parcel here, across 3,627 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
37%
Rented
37%
Other / not stated
1%
Owner-occupier share is 61% of dwellings in Mitchelton. 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
33%
Managers
15%
Clerical and Administrative Workers
14%
Community and Personal Service Workers
12%
Technicians and Trades Workers
10%
Sales Workers
8%
Professionals are the largest group at 33% of workers in Mitchelton. 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 Mitchelton.
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 Mitchelton? And what it rents for.

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

Schools in Mitchelton

ICSEA index. The line is the national average of 1000.
Our Lady of Dolours Schoolcatholic · 159 students
Mt Maria Collegecatholic · 1,167 students
Mitchelton State Schoolgovernment · 537 students
Mitchelton Special Schoolgovernment · 78 students
Mitchelton State High Schoolgovernment · 712 students

Value & yield

House sales in Mitchelton, and the rent it returns.
2023 median house only (112 sales)As at Jun 2026
$1.0M
2024 median house only (130 sales)As at Jun 2026
$1.2M
2025 median house only (114 sales)As at Jun 2026
$1.3M
2026 median house only (36 sales)As at Jun 2026
$1.4M
3BR house rent (asking, 15 live listings)As at Aug 2026
$750/wk
Gross yield (latest median)As at Aug 2026
2.9%
Is Mitchelton a good suburb? · answered by the data

The questions buyers ask about Mitchelton.

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

Is Mitchelton a good suburb?

Right now Mitchelton is a suburb being actively reshaped: 100 development applications landed in the last twelve months. Median house sits at $1.32M, roughly in line with the Brisbane house median. It is about 8 km north-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. 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 Mitchelton?

The median house in Mitchelton is about $1.32M (2026), roughly in line with the Brisbane house median. Over two years that is a rise of about 29%.

Does Mitchelton flood?

Flood risk in Mitchelton 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 Mitchelton a good place to invest?

For a 3-bedroom house, gross rental yield runs about 2.9% in Mitchelton, 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 Mitchelton a safe suburb?

Over the past year there were roughly 963 recorded offences in Mitchelton, 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 Mitchelton?

In the last twelve months the council logged 100 applications around Mitchelton, 75 of them approved. That includes 16 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 Mitchelton address.

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