Ranked #3 of 277 Brisbane suburbs for transit. Every number below comes from open data — official crime statistics, ABS census and GPS activity traces — not opinion.
| Population | 4,898 |
| Area | 1.72 km² |
| Median household income | $1,551/wk |
| Median rent | $390/wk |
| Crime rate | 332.9 incidents per 1,000 people (Fortitude Valley police division — not suburb-level) |
| Parks | 4 (1.28 ha per 1,000 people) |
| Within 400m of a park | 84.1% of the suburb |
| Cafés | 7 |
| Gyms & sport venues | 14 |
It is on the less safe side of Brisbane, scoring 4/100 for safety and ranking #264 of 277 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 333 per 1,000 residents. That figure is reported for the Fortitude Valley police division, not for Bowen Hills alone — Queensland does not publish suburb-level crime data, so neighbouring suburbs in the same division share it.
Mixed, and the weak spot is safety and parks. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 4/100, parks 26/100 and green space 31/100. We do not hold school catchment data, so this does not account for schools — see our Brisbane families ranking for the full method.
Median rent is $390 a week, and household income ranks #228 of 277 in Brisbane. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 12/100 for value.
It scores 99/100 for transit, #3 of 277 in Brisbane. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.
84% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 1.3 hectares per 1,000 residents — 31/100 for green space.
Scores are percentiles against every other suburb in Brisbane: 100 is the
best in the city, 50 is mid-table. Updated August 2026. Sources: open GPS activity traces,
official crime statistics, ABS census, OpenStreetMap.
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