PROPERTY X-RAY
Runcorn · 4113 · Brisbane

Runcorn, 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, 58 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
64
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
Houses selling quickly. Demand is outrunning supply on these streets. From 21 recorded house sales.
last 90 days
7
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
Runcorn in four numbers

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

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

+32%
House median
2023 to 2025
PXR sales
As at Aug 2026
$1.3M
Median pace
2026 (16 sales)
PXR sales
As at Aug 2026
14
Lots being subdivided
last 12 months
DA register
As at Aug 2026
3.2%
Gross yield
3BR house
RTA bonds
As at Aug 2026
What it is becoming · the development register

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

Every buyer judges Runcorn as it is today. The council register shows what is already approved on these streets. 58 applications in the last 12 months, 0 refused.

Lot subdivision 14 Townhouse / multi-dwelling 3 Shops, services & community 1 Site works & minor 40
Each dot is a real approved application at its actual spot · 14 lots being subdivided · 3 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.
14 Lot subdivision
4 Earthworks / site prep
3 Townhouse / multi-dwelling
2 New houses
1 Retail / shopfront
42 of 58 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 1-storey Townhouses / multiple dwelling neutralMarcus Reid: a de minimis 11.31 m2 rear patio on one existing unit — zero measurable effect on surrounding property; not a signal of anything.
  • New lots 2 lots 87 Pine Street, Runcorn
  • Apartments / use 36 units Townhouses + childcare centre accretiveQuality low-rise infill that trades one house on constrained bushland acreage for 36 lift-equipped downsizer townhouses and a genuinely needed childcare centre, with the bushland gully locked away under covenant - a net lift for the surrounding Eight Mile Plains market despite loud local opposition.
  • Apartments / use 24 units Townhouses accretiveMarcus Reid: a well-buffered 24-townhouse renewal of an underused one-hectare Emerging Community lot — the planned outcome for this pocket of Runcorn, and this particular application only fine-tunes it.
  • New lots 2 lots 35 Plum Street, Runcorn
  • New lots 3 lots 119 Gumtree Street, Runcorn
  • New lots 2 lots 49 Underwood Road, Eight Mile Plains
  • Apartments / use 24 units Townhouses mixedA finishes-downgrade and earthworks-tidy-up on an already-approved 24-townhouse project — neutral to slightly dilutive on street quality, but it confirms a real, near-term build of medium-density housing onto a large vacant Runcorn lot.
  • Apartments / use Master planned mixed use precinct (apartments + townhouses + centre activities + community heart) accretiveA textbook industrial-to-urban renewal: swapping a derelict 16-hectare sawmill site for a transit-oriented village beside Runcorn Station should lift surrounding desirability — but it's a decade-long, preliminary-only approval, so the upside is a slow burn, not a settlement-day event.
  • New lots 2 lots 20 Nectarine Street, Runcorn
From approved council records. Owner and contact details are deliberately not shown.
Flood

Does Runcorn 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 Runcorn safe? The crime numbers, plainly.

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

Other Theft (excl. Unlawful Entry)
187
Unlawful Entry
68
Traffic and Related Offences
44
Other Property Damage
44
Assault
38
Unlawful Use of Motor Vehicle
34
Drug Offences
34
Good Order Offences
15
Fraud
14
Trespassing and Vagrancy
12
Other Offences Against the Person
5
Weapons Act Offences
4
Robbery
3
Arson
2
Other Homicide
1
Miscellaneous Offences
1
Handling Stolen Goods
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 Runcorn? 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
60%
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
$738/wk
per person, before tax. Not a household figure.
Median lot size
537
a typical parcel here, across 5,761 lots.

How homes are held

Share of occupied dwellings by tenure. A high owner share usually means residents stay put.
Owned outright
27%
Owned with a loan
33%
Rented
38%
Other / not stated
3%
Owner-occupier share is 60% of dwellings in Runcorn. 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
24%
Technicians and Trades Workers
13%
Clerical and Administrative Workers
13%
Community and Personal Service Workers
12%
Labourers
11%
Machinery Operators and Drivers
10%
Professionals are the largest group at 24% of workers in Runcorn. 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 Runcorn.
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 Runcorn? And what it rents for.

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

Schools in Runcorn

ICSEA index. The line is the national average of 1000.
Runcorn Heights State Schoolgovernment · 553 students
Runcorn State High Schoolgovernment · 838 students

Value & yield

House sales in Runcorn, and the rent it returns.
2023 median house only (86 sales)As at Aug 2026
$850K
2024 median house only (93 sales)As at Aug 2026
$980K
2025 median house only (97 sales)As at Aug 2026
$1.1M
2026 median house only (16 sales)As at Aug 2026
$1.3M
3BR house rent (asking, 19 live listings)As at Aug 2026
$685/wk
Gross yield (latest median)As at Aug 2026
3.2%
Is Runcorn a good suburb? · answered by the data

The questions buyers ask about Runcorn.

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

Is Runcorn a good suburb?

Right now Runcorn is a suburb being actively reshaped: 58 development applications landed in the last twelve months. The typical house runs $1.12M, below the Brisbane house median. Distance-wise it sits roughly 15 km south 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 Runcorn?

A typical house in Runcorn sits around $1.12M (2026), below the Brisbane house median. That is up roughly 32% over two years.

Does Runcorn flood?

Flood risk in Runcorn 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 Runcorn a good place to invest?

Runcorn's gross yield on a 3-bedroom house is around 3.2%, 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 Runcorn a safe suburb?

Across Runcorn, police recorded about 507 offences over the last year, most commonly other theft. The complete mix is on the page. We do not slap a score on it, that judgment is yours.

What is being built in Runcorn?

Runcorn had 58 development applications on the council register in the past year, 42 of them approved. That includes 14 lot subdivisions and 3 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 Runcorn 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