PROPERTY X-RAY
Rothwell · 4022 · Moreton Bay

Rothwell, 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, 23 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
52
Active listings
Listings climbing. More properties chasing the same buyers.
of land parcels
0.7%
Stock on market
Below the balanced band. Little choice, low listing pressure.
to go under offer
57days
Median days on market · houses
A steady pace to sell a house, neither hot nor cold. From 12 recorded house sales.
last 90 days
28
Asking-price cuts
Vendors discounting to shift stock. A classic softening signal.
Source: PXR listings & council parcel records · as at Oct 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
Rothwell in four numbers

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

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

+26%
House median
2023 to 2025
PXR sales
As at Oct 2026
$1.0M
Median pace
2026 (23 sales)
PXR sales
As at Oct 2026
0
Lots being subdivided
last 12 months
DA register
As at Aug 2026
3.9%
Gross yield
3BR house
RTA bonds
As at Oct 2026
What it is becoming · the development register

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

Every buyer judges Rothwell as it is today. The council register shows what is already approved on these streets. 23 applications in the last 12 months, 0 refused.

Townhouse / multi-dwelling 1 Shops, services & community 4 Industry 1 Site works & minor 17
Each dot is a real approved application at its actual spot · 0 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.

What's arriving

Recent applications near these streets.
5 New houses
5 Earthworks / site prep
2 Park / recreation
1 Retail / shopfront
1 Townhouse / multi-dwelling
1 Warehouse / logistics
7 of 23 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 Rothwell 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 Rothwell safe? The crime numbers, plainly.

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

Other Theft (excl. Unlawful Entry)
296
Drug Offences
101
Traffic and Related Offences
65
Other Property Damage
59
Good Order Offences
39
Unlawful Entry
36
Assault
35
Other Offences Against the Person
18
Fraud
17
Trespassing and Vagrancy
16
Unlawful Use of Motor Vehicle
16
Weapons Act Offences
14
Handling Stolen Goods
12
Miscellaneous Offences
5
Robbery
2
Other Homicide
1
Liquor (excl. Drunkenness)
1
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 21 Sep 2026.

Who lives here · the demand side

Who lives in Rothwell? 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
58%
of dwellings are lived in by their owner, not rented out.
Professionals
14%
of workers are in professional roles, the largest occupation group here.
Median income
$634/wk
per person, before tax. Not a household figure.
Median lot size
607m²
a typical parcel here, across 7,474 lots.

How homes are held

Share of occupied dwellings by tenure. A high owner share usually means residents stay put.
Owned outright
31%
Owned with a loan
28%
Rented
36%
Other / not stated
6%
Owner-occupier share is 58% of dwellings in Rothwell. 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.
Technicians and Trades Workers
16%
Community and Personal Service Workers
16%
Professionals
14%
Clerical and Administrative Workers
14%
Labourers
13%
Managers
9%
Professionals are the largest group at 14% of workers in Rothwell. Professional demographic, a resident base read as resilient.
Source: ABS Census 2021 (tenure, occupation, income) · Lot size from the QLD cadastre ·As at Oct 2026 · Census figures borrowed from the SA2 covering Rothwell.
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 Rothwell? And what it rents for.

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

Schools in Rothwell

ICSEA index. The line is the national average of 1000.
Grace Lutheran Collegeindependent · 1,567 students
Mueller Collegeindependent · 1,867 students

Value & yield

House sales in Rothwell, and the rent it returns.
2023 median house only (121 sales)As at Oct 2026
$675K
2024 median house only (127 sales)As at Oct 2026
$785K
2025 median house only (114 sales)As at Oct 2026
$850K
2026 median house only (23 sales)As at Oct 2026
$1.0M
3BR house rent (asking, 13 live listings)As at Oct 2026
$630/wk
Gross yield (latest median)As at Oct 2026
3.9%
Is Rothwell a good suburb? · answered by the data

The questions buyers ask about Rothwell.

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

Is Rothwell a good suburb?

Rothwell stands out on rental return, a gross yield near 3.9% for a house, a steady, settled suburb. Median house sits at $850K, below the Moreton Bay house median. It is about 29 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. 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 Rothwell?

The median house in Rothwell is about $850K (2026), below the Moreton Bay house median. Over two years that is a rise of about 26%.

Does Rothwell flood?

Flood risk in Rothwell 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 Rothwell a good place to invest?

For a 3-bedroom house, gross rental yield runs about 3.9% in Rothwell, 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 Rothwell a safe suburb?

Over the past year there were roughly 734 recorded offences in Rothwell, 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 Rothwell?

In the last twelve months the council logged 23 applications around Rothwell, 7 of them approved. That includes 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 Rothwell 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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