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Suburb profile ·Brisbane LGA · QLD ·4069

Upper Brookfield QLD 4069

Upper Brookfield is in Brisbane LGA, QLD, postcode 4069, with population 857.

The read

Verify-first

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Why it fits

Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

What to check

Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$463/wk
Market rent signal
D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
857
857 local footprint
D8 vs AU
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Solar
8,626
591 added 12mo · 61MW

Price history

No price history available

Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.

Median mortgage · mth$2,600
Median rent · wk$463

Affordability

16%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $2,600/mo, while renters pay about $2,006/mo — owning runs $594/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$151K
Median rent · wk
$463
Owner mortgage · mo
$2,600

Household income

$151K household · yr+89.9% vs QLD suburb median
Personal
$54K
Family
$169K
Household
$151K

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA1106
Students56
Government1
  • Upper Brookfield State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1106
Crime Year ending Apr 2026
6,340
6,340 per 100k
D8 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k6,340
Total incidents6,340· Year ending Apr 2026
  • Assault70721%
  • Break And Enter73722%
  • Drug Offences1,47444%
  • Fraud41312%

Full data detail

Upper Brookfield QLD — Property Data and Demographics

Upper Brookfield is a small community in Queensland within the Brisbane local government area (postcode 4069). It is home to about 857 residents, with an established demographic and a median age of 43. Households earn a median income of $151K per year, with an average household size of 3 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.6% year-on-year at the LGA level. QLD employment has moved +0.9% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. QLD also had 32 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 12 underway, and 50 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are professionals, managers, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward professional services and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.

The median weekly rent is $463 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,600.

Upper Brookfield is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 1106, which is well above the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Brisbane LGA is moderate at 6,340 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +1.6% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+1.6%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentQLD
Mortgage · mth$2,600
Rent · wk(Census)$463
Population growth · Brisbane LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)1,375,301
5-year growth+1.7% CAGR
YoY change+1.6%
20012025
Development · Brisbane LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)6,357
Houses2,020
Units4,338
YoY change+0%
Employment · Brisbane LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3.9%
YoY change+0.2pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 4069ATO
Negatively geared2,101 (8.9% of filers)
Avg rental loss$9,351/yr
Landlords (rental income)4,606
Reported capital gains4,072
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population857
Median age43
Household size3
HH income · wk$2,908
Personal income · wk$1,044
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)10/10
Education (IEO)10/10
Economic (IER)10/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)10/10
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Much of Upper Brookfield rests on evidence that should be verified before a decision.

QuickProperty mixes release files, Census baselines, and matched local services on this page. Read the status panel before treating every metric as equally fresh.

PRICE POSTURE
Prices come from release-based suburb series.

QVAS residential dwelling sales aggregated to SA2 and mapped to suburb pages

RENT POSTURE
Rent is falling back to Census, not a market feed.

This gives you directional coverage, but it is weaker than a current rent release.

SERVICE POSTURE
Service coverage is matched locally, not inferred nationally.

Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.

Data status
Property prices
QGSO Housing Profiles · QVAS residential dwelling sales aggregated to SA2 and mapped to suburb pages
medium stability · automated · every update · quarterly
Missing
Market rent
ABS Census 2021 · Using Census rent fallback
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Verify
Crime
State crime dataset · Year ending Apr 2026 · Area-level release dataset
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025 · 1 schools matched
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
Hospitals
AIHW · No linked local hospital coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Transport
GTFS feeds · No matched local transport stops
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Population growth
ABS ERP · 2025 · Annual estimate series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · 2026 · Annual release series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
Available means a direct local dataset is linked. Verify means coverage exists but freshness or precision is weaker, such as ABS price fallback, Census rent fallback, or low-confidence hospital matching.

Upper Brookfield FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Upper Brookfield in?

    Upper Brookfield is in the Brisbane Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4069. Council-level context for Brisbane LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Upper Brookfield?

    The median weekly rent in Upper Brookfield is $463/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Upper Brookfield a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Upper Brookfield show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Upper Brookfield?

    Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.

  5. How often is the Upper Brookfield data updated?

    Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.