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Dakabin

Ranked #91 of 277 Brisbane suburbs for cafés. 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
Dakabin suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Brisbane
Cafés66#91 of 277
Schools nearby (OSM)64#101 of 277
Active & healthy61#60 of 277
Green space50#141 of 277

Dakabin suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
46
#148 of 277
Safety
44
#158 of 277
Wealth
23
#214 of 277
Value
39
#169 of 277
Parks
38
#194 of 277
Cafés
66
#91 of 277
Transit
29
#197 of 277
Green space
50
#141 of 277
Active & healthy
61
#60 of 277
Schools nearby (OSM)
64
#101 of 277

Dakabin crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population5,275
Area5.83 km²
Postcode4503
Median household income$1,689/wk
Median rent$360/wk
Median house price (Apr 2025–Mar 2026)$863,250 (333 sales in the 12 months to March 2026; ABS SA2 area, not suburb-level)
Median unit price (Apr 2025–Mar 2026)$715,000 (228 sales in the 12 months to March 2026; ABS SA2 area, not suburb-level)
Crime rate115.6 incidents per 1,000 people (Petrie police division — not suburb-level)
Parks10 (7.34 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)1 — 0 primary, 1 secondary; nearest primary 1.95 km, secondary 0.91 km
Families score51/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park75.7% of the suburb
Cafés3
Gyms & sport venues21
Public transport stops23 (1 train station, 22 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)2 schools in the suburb, plus 2 kindergartens — nearest is Northpine Adventist College (0.41 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 Dakabin

Population
5,275
Median age
30 years
Median household income
$1,689/wk
Median rent
$360/wk
Median house price (Apr 2025–Mar 2026)
$863,250
Median unit price (Apr 2025–Mar 2026)
$715,000

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 Dakabin — the fields above are everything the census data behind this site currently carries.

Common questions about Dakabin

What is the postcode for Dakabin?

The postcode for Dakabin, Brisbane is 4503.

Is Dakabin a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Dakabin is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is cafés, ranking #91 of 277 Brisbane suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Brisbane for 3 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Dakabin safe?

It is on the less safe side of Brisbane, scoring 44/100 for safety and ranking #158 of 277 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 116 per 1,000 residents. That figure is reported for the Petrie police division, not for Dakabin alone — Queensland does not publish suburb-level crime data, so neighbouring suburbs in the same division share it.

Is Dakabin good for families?

It rates below average on the family measures we can compute — safety 44/100, parks 38/100 and green space 50/100, with a median age of 30. It has 1 school in the suburb, with the nearest primary 1.9 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 Dakabin expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $863,250 in Apr 2025–Mar 2026 (Queensland Regional Profiles (QGSO), ABS SA2 level — Dakabin), . Median rent is $360 a week, and household income ranks #214 of 277 in Brisbane. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 39/100 for value.

Does Dakabin have good public transport?

It scores 29/100 for transit, #197 of 277 in Brisbane. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Dakabin?

76% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 7.3 hectares per 1,000 residents — 50/100 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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