PROPERTY X-RAY
Scarborough · 4020 · Moreton Bay

Scarborough, 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, 40 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
116
Active listings
Listings climbing. More properties chasing the same buyers.
of land parcels
1.7%
Stock on market
Within the balanced band of choice for buyers.
to go under offer
30days
Median days on market · houses
A steady pace to sell a house, neither hot nor cold. From 10 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
Scarborough in four numbers

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

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

+15%
House median
2023 to 2025
PXR sales
As at Jul 2026
$1.3M
Median pace
2026 (38 sales)
PXR sales
As at Jul 2026
5
Lots being subdivided
last 12 months
DA register
As at Jul 2026
2.9%
Gross yield
3BR house
RTA bonds
As at Aug 2026
What it is becoming · the development register

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

Every buyer judges Scarborough as it is today. The council register shows what is already approved on these streets. 40 applications in the last 12 months, 0 refused.

Lot subdivision 5 Townhouse / multi-dwelling 10 Site works & minor 25
Each dot is a real approved application at its actual spot · 5 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.

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.
10 Townhouse / multi-dwelling
8 New houses
5 Lot subdivision
2 Earthworks / site prep
24 of 40 applications approved, 100% approval rate.
Approved or proposed, not yet built. From the council development register. Checked daily; latest application 28 Jul 2026.
Flood

Does Scarborough 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 Scarborough safe? The crime numbers, plainly.

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

Other Theft (excl. Unlawful Entry)
67
Unlawful Entry
33
Drug Offences
28
Other Property Damage
28
Traffic and Related Offences
20
Good Order Offences
14
Fraud
12
Assault
11
Weapons Act Offences
8
Trespassing and Vagrancy
7
Unlawful Use of Motor Vehicle
6
Other Offences Against the Person
5
Handling Stolen Goods
3
Miscellaneous Offences
2
Robbery
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 Scarborough? 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 Scarborough. 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 Scarborough. 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 Scarborough.
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 Scarborough? And what it rents for.

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

Schools in Scarborough

ICSEA index. The line is the national average of 1000.
Southern Cross Catholic Collegecatholic · 1,653 students
Australian Trade College North Brisbaneindependent · 286 students
Scarborough State Schoolgovernment · 776 students

Value & yield

House sales in Scarborough, and the rent it returns.
2023 median house only (131 sales)As at Jul 2026
$1.0M
2024 median house only (141 sales)As at Jul 2026
$1.0M
2025 median house only (152 sales)As at Jul 2026
$1.1M
2026 median house only (38 sales)As at Jul 2026
$1.3M
3BR house rent (asking, 21 live listings)As at Aug 2026
$650/wk
Gross yield (latest median)As at Aug 2026
2.9%
Scarborough · answered by the data

The questions buyers ask about Scarborough.

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

What is the median house price in Scarborough?

The median house in Scarborough is about $1.15M (2026), a notch above the Moreton Bay house median. Over two years that is a rise of about 15%.

Does Scarborough flood?

Flood risk in Scarborough 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 Scarborough a good place to invest?

For a 3-bedroom house, gross rental yield runs about 2.9% in Scarborough, 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 Scarborough a safe suburb?

Over the past year there were roughly 245 recorded offences in Scarborough, 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 Scarborough?

In the last twelve months the council logged 40 applications around Scarborough, 24 of them approved. That includes 5 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 Scarborough 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