PROPERTY X-RAY
Wakerley · 4154 · Brisbane

Wakerley, 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, 14 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
36
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
43days
Median days on market · houses
A steady pace to sell a house, neither hot nor cold. From 4 recorded house sales.
last 90 days
6
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
Wakerley in four numbers

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

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

+30%
House median
2023 to 2025
PXR sales
As at May 2026
$1.6M
Median pace
2026 (34 sales)
PXR sales
As at May 2026
5
Lots being subdivided
last 12 months
DA register
As at Jun 2026
2.2%
Gross yield
3BR house
RTA bonds
As at Aug 2026
What it is becoming · the development register

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

Every buyer judges Wakerley as it is today. The council register shows what is already approved on these streets. 14 applications in the last 12 months, 0 refused.

Lot subdivision 5 Townhouse / multi-dwelling 1 Site works & minor 8
Each dot is a real approved application at its actual spot · 5 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. Light on lifestyle amenity.

What's arriving

Recent applications near these streets.
5 Lot subdivision
1 Earthworks / site prep
1 Townhouse / multi-dwelling
11 of 14 applications approved, 100% approval rate.
Approved or proposed, not yet built. From the council development register. Checked daily; latest application 26 Jun 2026.

What's coming: the approved projects

The actual developments approved on these streets, with the read on each.
  • Apartments / use 39 units Townhouses neutralA 10.65 sqm open patio approved on one townhouse in a fully built-out, 20-year-old 39-unit community: administratively necessary for the owners, invisible to the market and the street.
  • New lots subdivision Manly Views
  • New lots 2 lots 10 Colvin Court, Wakerley
From approved council records. Owner and contact details are deliberately not shown.
Flood

Does Wakerley 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 Wakerley safe? The crime numbers, plainly.

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

Other Theft (excl. Unlawful Entry)
30
Traffic and Related Offences
13
Unlawful Entry
12
Other Property Damage
10
Assault
6
Drug Offences
5
Good Order Offences
4
Trespassing and Vagrancy
3
Fraud
3
Weapons Act Offences
1
Handling Stolen Goods
1
Unlawful Use of Motor Vehicle
1
Other Offences Against the Person
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 Wakerley? 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
78%
of dwellings are lived in by their owner, not rented out.
Owner-held suburb
Professionals
30%
of workers are in professional roles, the largest occupation group here.
Professional base
Median income
$1,220/wk
per person, before tax. Not a household figure.
Median lot size
512
a typical parcel here, across 3,424 lots.

How homes are held

Share of occupied dwellings by tenure. A high owner share usually means residents stay put.
Owned outright
21%
Owned with a loan
56%
Rented
21%
Other / not stated
1%
Owner-occupier share is 78% of dwellings in Wakerley. 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
30%
Managers
20%
Clerical and Administrative Workers
15%
Technicians and Trades Workers
9%
Community and Personal Service Workers
9%
Sales Workers
8%
Professionals are the largest group at 30% of workers in Wakerley. 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 Wakerley.
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 Wakerley? And what it rents for.

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

Schools in Wakerley

ICSEA index. The line is the national average of 1000.
OneSchool Global QLDindependent · 285 students

Value & yield

House sales in Wakerley, and the rent it returns.
2023 median house only (103 sales)As at May 2026
$1.2M
2024 median house only (108 sales)As at May 2026
$1.3M
2025 median house only (111 sales)As at May 2026
$1.5M
2026 median house only (34 sales)As at May 2026
$1.6M
3BR house rent (RTA bonds (postcode))As at Aug 2026
$660/wk
Gross yield (latest median)As at Aug 2026
2.2%
Is Wakerley a good suburb? · answered by the data

The questions buyers ask about Wakerley.

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

Is Wakerley a good suburb?

What catches the eye in Wakerley is the yield, about 2.2% gross on a house. It reads as a steady, settled suburb. The typical house runs $1.53M, a notch above the Brisbane house median. Distance-wise it sits roughly 13 km 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. 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 Wakerley?

A typical house in Wakerley sits around $1.53M (2026), a notch above the Brisbane house median. That is up roughly 30% over two years.

Does Wakerley flood?

Flood risk in Wakerley 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 Wakerley a good place to invest?

Wakerley's gross yield on a 3-bedroom house is around 2.2%, right around the Brisbane house average of about 2.7%. With prices climbing, the play here is capital growth rather than cashflow. You would probably top up the holding costs from your own pocket. We lay out the numbers and leave the call to you; this is information, not investment advice.

Is Wakerley a safe suburb?

Across Wakerley, police recorded about 90 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 Wakerley?

Wakerley had 14 development applications on the council register in the past year, 11 of them approved. That includes 5 lot subdivisions and 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 Wakerley 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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