PROPERTY X-RAY
Newport · 4020 · Moreton Bay

Newport, 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, 42 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
77
Active listings
Listings climbing. More properties chasing the same buyers.
of land parcels
1.1%
Stock on market
Below the balanced band. Little choice, low listing pressure.
to go under offer
24days
Median days on market · houses
A steady pace to sell a house, neither hot nor cold. From 2 recorded house sales.
last 90 days
9
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
Newport in four numbers

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

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

+22%
House median
2023 to 2025
PXR sales
As at Jul 2026
$1.7M
Median pace
2026 (47 sales)
PXR sales
As at Jul 2026
1
Lots being subdivided
last 12 months
DA register
As at Aug 2026
2.7%
Gross yield
3BR house
RTA bonds
As at Aug 2026
What it is becoming · the development register

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

Every buyer judges Newport as it is today. The council register shows what is already approved on these streets. 42 applications in the last 12 months, 0 refused.

Lot subdivision 1 Shops, services & community 2 Site works & minor 39
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.
19 Earthworks / site prep
10 New houses
2 Park / recreation
1 Lot subdivision
19 of 42 applications approved, 100% approval rate.
Approved or proposed, not yet built. From the council development register. Checked daily; latest application 6 Aug 2026.
Flood

Does Newport 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 Moreton Bay 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 Newport safe? The crime numbers, plainly.

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

Other Theft (excl. Unlawful Entry)
45
Unlawful Entry
35
Traffic and Related Offences
26
Other Property Damage
19
Drug Offences
12
Assault
9
Other Offences Against the Person
6
Unlawful Use of Motor Vehicle
6
Fraud
4
Trespassing and Vagrancy
3
Weapons Act Offences
3
Miscellaneous Offences
2
Good Order Offences
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 Newport? 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
68%
of dwellings are lived in by their owner, not rented out.
Professionals
24%
of workers are in professional roles, the largest occupation group here.
Median income
$804/wk
per person, before tax. Not a household figure.
Median lot size
504
a typical parcel here, across 6,831 lots.

How homes are held

Share of occupied dwellings by tenure. A high owner share usually means residents stay put.
Owned outright
38%
Owned with a loan
30%
Rented
27%
Other / not stated
5%
Owner-occupier share is 68% of dwellings in Newport. 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
24%
Managers
17%
Clerical and Administrative Workers
15%
Technicians and Trades Workers
12%
Community and Personal Service Workers
12%
Sales Workers
8%
Professionals are the largest group at 24% of workers in Newport. 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 Newport.
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 Newport? And what it rents for.

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

Schools in Newport

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

Value & yield

House sales in Newport, and the rent it returns.
2023 median house only (171 sales)As at Jul 2026
$1.2M
2024 median house only (187 sales)As at Jul 2026
$1.4M
2025 median house only (188 sales)As at Jul 2026
$1.5M
2026 median house only (47 sales)As at Jul 2026
$1.7M
3BR house rent (asking, 5 live listings)As at Aug 2026
$780/wk
Gross yield (latest median)As at Aug 2026
2.7%
Is Newport a good suburb? · answered by the data

The questions buyers ask about Newport.

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

Is Newport a good suburb?

Newport is a suburb being actively reshaped, with a typical house around $1.5M. It is about 30 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. 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 Newport?

The median house in Newport is about $1.5M (2026), well above the Moreton Bay house median of about $1.02M. Over two years that is a rise of about 22%.

Does Newport flood?

Flood risk in Newport 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 Newport a good place to invest?

For a 3-bedroom house, gross rental yield runs about 2.7% in Newport, below the Moreton Bay house average of about 3.3%. We lay out the numbers and leave the call to you; this is information, not investment advice.

Is Newport a safe suburb?

Over the past year there were roughly 172 recorded offences in Newport, 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 Newport?

In the last twelve months the council logged 42 applications around Newport, 19 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 Newport 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