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Brookwater

Ranked #6 of 277 Brisbane suburbs for wealth. Every number below comes from open data — official crime statistics, ABS census and GPS activity traces — not opinion.

By BestSuburbs research · Updated October 2026 · Brisbane
Brookwater suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Brisbane
Wealth98#6 of 277
Value95#15 of 277
Parks84#22 of 277
Safety78#64 of 277

Brookwater suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
20
#246 of 277
Safety
78
#64 of 277
Wealth
98
#6 of 277
Value
95
#15 of 277
Parks
84
#22 of 277
Cafés
56
#121 of 277
Transit
32
#190 of 277
Green space
59
#90 of 277
Active & healthy
49
#149 of 277
Schools nearby (OSM)
26
#208 of 277

Brookwater crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population2,902
Area3.07 km²
Postcode4300
Median household income$3,637/wk
Median rent$565/wk
Median house price (Apr 2025–Mar 2026)$1,185,000 (187 sales in the 12 months to March 2026; SA2 "Augustine Heights - Brookwater", not suburb-level)
Median unit price (Apr 2025–Mar 2026)$1,124,000 (46 sales in the 12 months to March 2026; SA2 "Augustine Heights - Brookwater", not suburb-level)
Crime rate65.4 incidents per 1,000 people (Springfield police division — not suburb-level)
Parks12 (9.45 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)0 — 0 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 1.98 km, secondary 1.73 km
Families score59/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park84.2% of the suburb
Cafés1
Gyms & sport venues5
Public transport stops16 (16 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)0 schools in the suburb, plus 1 kindergarten — nearest is Saint Augustine's College (0.77 km)

Sale prices: Queensland Regional Profiles (QGSO), 12 months ending 31 March 2026 — © The State of Queensland (Queensland Treasury), Queensland Government Statistician's Office, Queensland Regional Profiles, CC BY 4.0; suburb-to-SA2 placement via ABS ASGS 2021 (CC BY 4.0). Queensland publishes sale medians per ABS Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2 — "broadly equivalent to suburb size"), not per suburb, so this is the median for the SA2 the suburb sits in (named next to each figure when it differs); detached dwellings = houses, attached = units. The window is the latest 12 months, not a quarter, and QGSO withholds medians under 10 sales.

Who lives in Brookwater

Population
2,902
Median age
38 years
Median household income
$3,637/wk
Median rent
$565/wk
Median house price (Apr 2025–Mar 2026)
$1,185,000
Median unit price (Apr 2025–Mar 2026)
$1,124,000

Source: ABS Census 2021; sale prices Queensland Regional Profiles (QGSO), 12 months ending 31 March 2026. We do not hold a suburb-level renter/owner split, families-with-children rate, born-overseas rate or dwelling-type breakdown for Brookwater — the fields above are everything the census data behind this site currently carries.

Common questions about Brookwater

What is the postcode for Brookwater?

The postcode for Brookwater, Brisbane is 4300.

Is Brookwater a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Brookwater is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is wealth, ranking #6 of 277 Brisbane suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Brisbane for 6 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Brookwater safe?

Yes — it is one of the safer parts of Brisbane, scoring 78/100 for safety and ranking #64 of 277 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 65 per 1,000 residents. That figure is reported for the Springfield police division, not for Brookwater alone — Queensland does not publish suburb-level crime data, so neighbouring suburbs in the same division share it.

Is Brookwater good for families?

It rates well on the family measures we can compute — safety 78/100, parks 84/100 and green space 59/100, with a median age of 38. It has 0 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 2.0 km from its centre. School counts and distances feed the families score; catchment zoning and school results do not (we cannot publish those) — see our Brisbane families ranking for the full method.

Is Brookwater expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,185,000 in Apr 2025–Mar 2026 (Queensland Regional Profiles (QGSO), ABS SA2 level — Augustine Heights - Brookwater), . Median rent is $565 a week, and household income ranks #6 of 277 in Brisbane. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 95/100 for value.

Does Brookwater have good public transport?

It scores 32/100 for transit, #190 of 277 in Brisbane. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Brookwater?

84% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 9.4 hectares per 1,000 residents — 59/100 for green space.

Scores are percentiles against every other suburb in Brisbane: 100 is the best in the city, 50 is mid-table. Updated October 2026 (last updated 2026-10-15). Sources: open GPS activity traces, official crime statistics, ABS census, OpenStreetMap.
About this data: every number on this page is computed from public sources — it is not an opinion or a sponsored placement. See how we rank suburbs for the full method.
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