PROPERTY X-RAY
Thornlands · 4164 · Redland

Thornlands, 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, 113 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
111
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
27days
Median days on market · houses
Houses selling quickly. Demand is outrunning supply on these streets. From 30 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 Sep 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
Thornlands in four numbers

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

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

+29%
House median
2023 to 2025
PXR sales
As at Jul 2026
$1.3M
Median pace
2026 (84 sales)
PXR sales
As at Jul 2026
16
Lots being subdivided
last 12 months
DA register
As at Jul 2026
3.3%
Gross yield
3BR house
RTA bonds
As at Aug 2026
What it is becoming · the development register

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

Every buyer judges Thornlands as it is today. The council register shows what is already approved on these streets. 113 applications in the last 12 months, 0 refused.

Lot subdivision 6 Townhouse / multi-dwelling 4 Shops, services & community 8 Site works & minor 42
Each dot is a real approved application at its actual spot · 16 lots being subdivided · 7 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.
16 Lot subdivision
12 Earthworks / site prep
11 New houses
8 Park / recreation
7 Townhouse / multi-dwelling
2 School works
74 of 113 applications approved, 100% approval rate.
Approved or proposed, not yet built. From the council development register. Checked daily; latest application 24 Jul 2026.
Flood

Does Thornlands 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 Redland 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 Thornlands safe? The crime numbers, plainly.

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

Other Theft (excl. Unlawful Entry)
92
Traffic and Related Offences
70
Drug Offences
50
Other Property Damage
33
Assault
30
Unlawful Entry
30
Good Order Offences
27
Unlawful Use of Motor Vehicle
16
Fraud
15
Other Offences Against the Person
9
Miscellaneous Offences
8
Weapons Act Offences
5
Trespassing and Vagrancy
5
Handling Stolen Goods
2
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 Thornlands? 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
71%
of dwellings are lived in by their owner, not rented out.
Owner-held suburb
Professionals
19%
of workers are in professional roles, the largest occupation group here.
Median income
$920/wk
per person, before tax. Not a household figure.
Median lot size
651
a typical parcel here, across 7,303 lots.

How homes are held

Share of occupied dwellings by tenure. A high owner share usually means residents stay put.
Owned outright
25%
Owned with a loan
47%
Rented
26%
Other / not stated
3%
Owner-occupier share is 71% of dwellings in Thornlands. 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
19%
Clerical and Administrative Workers
16%
Technicians and Trades Workers
15%
Managers
14%
Community and Personal Service Workers
12%
Sales Workers
10%
Professionals are the largest group at 19% of workers in Thornlands. 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 Thornlands.
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 Thornlands? And what it rents for.

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

Schools in Thornlands

ICSEA index. The line is the national average of 1000.
Carmel Collegecatholic · 1,220 students
Thornlands State Schoolgovernment · 800 students
Bay View State Schoolgovernment · 809 students
Redland District Special Schoolgovernment · 236 students

Value & yield

House sales in Thornlands, and the rent it returns.
2023 median house only (289 sales)As at Jul 2026
$865K
2024 median house only (359 sales)As at Jul 2026
$966K
2025 median house only (326 sales)As at Jul 2026
$1.1M
2026 median house only (84 sales)As at Jul 2026
$1.3M
3BR house rent (asking, 17 live listings)As at Aug 2026
$700/wk
Gross yield (latest median)As at Aug 2026
3.3%
Is Thornlands a good suburb? · answered by the data

The questions buyers ask about Thornlands.

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

Is Thornlands a good suburb?

There is plenty of change underway in Thornlands, 113 applications on the register over the past year. The typical house runs $1.12M, roughly in line with the Redland house median. Distance-wise it sits roughly 26 km south-east 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 Thornlands?

A typical house in Thornlands sits around $1.12M (2026), roughly in line with the Redland house median. That is up roughly 29% over two years.

Does Thornlands flood?

Flood risk in Thornlands 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 Thornlands a good place to invest?

Thornlands's gross yield on a 3-bedroom house is around 3.3%, right around the Redland house average of about 3.3%. We lay out the numbers and leave the call to you; this is information, not investment advice.

Is Thornlands a safe suburb?

Across Thornlands, police recorded about 393 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 Thornlands?

Thornlands had 113 development applications on the council register in the past year, 74 of them approved. That includes 16 lot subdivisions and 7 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 Thornlands 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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