Ranked #181 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 | 19,573 |
| Area | 19.08 km² |
| Median household income | $1,270/wk |
| Median rent | $325/wk |
| Crime rate | 224.2 incidents per 1,000 people (Deception Bay police division — not suburb-level) |
| Parks | 7 (2.62 ha per 1,000 people) |
| Within 400m of a park | 18.2% of the suburb |
| Cafés | 0 |
| Gyms & sport venues | 15 |
It is on the less safe side of Brisbane, scoring 12/100 for safety and ranking #245 of 277 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 224 per 1,000 residents. That figure is reported for the Deception Bay police division, not for Deception Bay 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 and green space. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 12/100, parks 8/100 and green space 16/100. 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 $325 a week, and household income ranks #261 of 277 in Brisbane. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 10/100 for value.
It scores 33/100 for transit, #181 of 277 in Brisbane. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.
18% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 2.6 hectares per 1,000 residents — 16/100 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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