PROPERTY X-RAY
New Farm · 4005 · Brisbane

New Farm, 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, 112 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
73
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
44days
Median days on market · houses
A steady pace to sell a house, neither hot nor cold. From 6 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
New Farm in four numbers

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

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

+7%
House median
2023 to 2025
PXR sales
As at Feb 2026
Median pace
2026 (3 sales)
PXR sales
As at Feb 2026
6
Lots being subdivided
last 12 months
DA register
As at Aug 2026
2.0%
Gross yield
3BR house
RTA bonds
As at Aug 2026
What it is becoming · the development register

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

Every buyer judges New Farm as it is today. The council register shows what is already approved on these streets. 112 applications in the last 12 months, 1 refused.

Lot subdivision 1 Townhouse / multi-dwelling 5 Shops, services & community 1 Site works & minor 53
Each dot is a real approved application at its actual spot · 6 lots being subdivided · 10 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.
28 New houses
13 Earthworks / site prep
10 Townhouse / multi-dwelling
6 Lot subdivision
2 Office
1 Retail / shopfront
70 of 112 applications approved, 99% 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 4 lots 153 & 155 Terrace Street, New Farm QLD 4005
  • Apartments / use 10 units Apartments neutralA cosmetic change application to enclose existing balconies on a long-standing 10-unit New Farm walk-up. It does not move the dial for surrounding property.
  • Apartments / use 6 units Apartments accretiveQuality low-rise infill exactly where New Farm's plan invites it; broadly accretive to the street, with a genuine but conditioned amenity hit landing on the one single-storey neighbour to the south-west.
  • Apartments / use 22 units Apartments accretiveA tired 1970s walk-up on a blue-chip New Farm riverside street is being replaced with a high-quality, large-format owner-occupier apartment building — that's genuine renewal that lifts the street, with a tough but finite construction period the real near-term cost to immediate neighbours.
  • Apartments / use 4 units Apartments (boutique full-floor) accretiveA small, high-end 4-apartment infill replacing a single old house in New Farm's medium-density zone — quality stock in an area that anticipates exactly this, so the directional pull on surrounding desirability is mildly positive.
  • New lots 3 lots 49 Mark Street, New Farm
  • Apartments / use 25 units Apartments (multiple dwelling) + retained pre-1911 character cottage accretiveA minor design-refinement of an already-approved, blue-chip New Farm infill apartment project that keeps and restores a pre-1911 cottage — the change moves nothing materially, and the underlying development lifts rather than dilutes this premium streetscape.
  • Apartments / use 1 unit Dual occupancy (attached duplex half) neutralA modest owner-occupier extension to half an existing duplex on a hidden rear lot — this is a family adding a bedroom and a lounge, not a development that moves the dial for any neighbour.
  • New lots subdivision 20 BAILEY ST NEW FARM QLD 4005
  • Apartments / use 1 unit Apartments neutralCosmetic interior/facade renovation to a single existing apartment — no measurable effect on surrounding property desirability.
From approved council records. Owner and contact details are deliberately not shown.
Flood

Does New Farm 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 New Farm safe? The crime numbers, plainly.

1,236 recorded offences across the area. Here is the breakdown. We show it and let you weigh it.

Other Theft (excl. Unlawful Entry)
367
Drug Offences
312
Unlawful Entry
150
Assault
56
Good Order Offences
53
Unlawful Use of Motor Vehicle
51
Other Property Damage
50
Traffic and Related Offences
39
Handling Stolen Goods
37
Weapons Act Offences
36
Trespassing and Vagrancy
25
Fraud
22
Other Offences Against the Person
19
Miscellaneous Offences
12
Robbery
4
Arson
2
Liquor (excl. Drunkenness)
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 New Farm? And what it rents for.

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

Schools in New Farm

ICSEA index. The line is the national average of 1000.
Holy Spirit Schoolcatholic · 265 students
New Farm State Schoolgovernment · 539 students

Value & yield

House sales in New Farm, and the rent it returns.
2023 median house only (50 sales)As at Feb 2026
$2.6M
2024 median house only (52 sales)As at Feb 2026
$2.8M
2025 median house only (43 sales)As at Feb 2026
$2.8M
2026 median house onlyAs at Feb 2026
Not enough house sales in 2026 to publish a median. 3 sold.
3BR house rent (asking, 17 live listings)As at Aug 2026
$1050/wk
Gross yield (latest median)As at Aug 2026
2%
Is New Farm a good suburb? · answered by the data

The questions buyers ask about New Farm.

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

Is New Farm a good suburb?

There is plenty of change underway in New Farm, 112 applications on the register over the past year. Median house sits at $2.8M, well above the Brisbane house median of about $1.42M. It is about 2 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 New Farm?

The median house in New Farm is about $2.8M (2026), well above the Brisbane house median of about $1.42M. Over two years that is a rise of about 7%.

Does New Farm flood?

Flood risk in New Farm 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 New Farm a good place to invest?

For a 3-bedroom house, gross rental yield runs about 2% in New Farm, below 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 New Farm a safe suburb?

Over the past year there were roughly 1,236 recorded offences in New Farm, 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 New Farm?

In the last twelve months the council logged 112 applications around New Farm, 70 of them approved. That includes 6 lot subdivisions and 10 townhouse or multi-dwelling projects, 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 New Farm 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