PROPERTY X-RAY
North Lakes · 4509 · Moreton Bay

North Lakes, 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, 30 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
126
Active listings
Listings climbing. More properties chasing the same buyers.
of land parcels
1.5%
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 48 recorded house sales.
last 90 days
32
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
North Lakes in four numbers

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

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

+27%
House median
2023 to 2025
PXR sales
As at Aug 2026
$1.2M
Median pace
2026 (27 sales)
PXR sales
As at Aug 2026
2
Lots being subdivided
last 12 months
DA register
As at Jul 2026
3.7%
Gross yield
3BR house
RTA bonds
As at Aug 2026
What it is becoming · the development register

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

Every buyer judges North Lakes as it is today. The council register shows what is already approved on these streets. 30 applications in the last 12 months, 0 refused.

Lot subdivision 2 Townhouse / multi-dwelling 2 Shops, services & community 5 Industry 5 Site works & minor 16
Each dot is a real approved application at its actual spot · 2 lots being subdivided · 2 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 with an industrial edge.

What's arriving

Recent applications near these streets.
7 Earthworks / site prep
4 Warehouse / logistics
3 Retail / shopfront
2 Lot subdivision
2 Townhouse / multi-dwelling
1 Telecom infrastructure
14 of 30 applications approved, 100% approval rate.
Approved or proposed, not yet built. From the council development register. Checked daily; latest application 16 Jul 2026.
Flood

Does North Lakes 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 North Lakes safe? The crime numbers, plainly.

1,580 recorded offences across the area. Here is the breakdown. We show it and let you weigh it.

Other Theft (excl. Unlawful Entry)
906
Traffic and Related Offences
106
Other Property Damage
93
Unlawful Entry
85
Drug Offences
80
Fraud
70
Assault
59
Good Order Offences
56
Unlawful Use of Motor Vehicle
34
Other Offences Against the Person
22
Trespassing and Vagrancy
22
Weapons Act Offences
17
Handling Stolen Goods
13
Miscellaneous Offences
11
Robbery
5
Arson
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 North Lakes? 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
59%
of dwellings are lived in by their owner, not rented out.
Professionals
22%
of workers are in professional roles, the largest occupation group here.
Median income
$885/wk
per person, before tax. Not a household figure.
Median lot size
432
a typical parcel here, across 8,688 lots.

How homes are held

Share of occupied dwellings by tenure. A high owner share usually means residents stay put.
Owned outright
18%
Owned with a loan
42%
Rented
37%
Other / not stated
4%
Owner-occupier share is 59% of dwellings in North Lakes. 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
22%
Clerical and Administrative Workers
15%
Community and Personal Service Workers
14%
Managers
13%
Technicians and Trades Workers
12%
Sales Workers
10%
Professionals are the largest group at 22% of workers in North Lakes. 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 North Lakes.
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 North Lakes? And what it rents for.

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

Schools in North Lakes

ICSEA index. The line is the national average of 1000.
The Lakes Collegeindependent · 1,169 students
North Lakes State Collegegovernment · 2,407 students
Bounty Boulevard State Schoolgovernment · 1,134 students
Y Schools Queensland - Moreton Bayindependent · 259 students

Value & yield

House sales in North Lakes, and the rent it returns.
2023 median house only (435 sales)As at Aug 2026
$755K
2024 median house only (416 sales)As at Aug 2026
$875K
2025 median house only (339 sales)As at Aug 2026
$960K
2026 median house only (27 sales)As at Aug 2026
$1.2M
3BR house rent (asking, 47 live listings)As at Aug 2026
$675/wk
Gross yield (latest median)As at Aug 2026
3.7%
Is North Lakes a good suburb? · answered by the data

The questions buyers ask about North Lakes.

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

Is North Lakes a good suburb?

North Lakes has quietly run up about 27% over two years, a steady, settled suburb. Median house sits at $960K, roughly in line with the Moreton Bay house median. It is about 28 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. 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 North Lakes?

The median house in North Lakes is about $960K (2026), roughly in line with the Moreton Bay house median. Over two years that is a rise of about 27%.

Does North Lakes flood?

Flood risk in North Lakes 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 North Lakes a good place to invest?

For a 3-bedroom house, gross rental yield runs about 3.7% in North Lakes, right around 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 North Lakes a safe suburb?

Over the past year there were roughly 1,580 recorded offences in North Lakes, 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 North Lakes?

In the last twelve months the council logged 30 applications around North Lakes, 14 of them approved. That includes 2 lot subdivisions and 2 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 North Lakes address.

Free, no signup, about 10 seconds. Crime, DAs, zoning and the data we hold for the exact lot, not the suburb average.

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