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Fairfield

Ranked #1 of 277 Brisbane suburbs for parks. 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
Fairfield suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Brisbane
Parks100#1 of 277
Transit97#10 of 277
Cafés89#27 of 277
Active84#19 of 277

Fairfield suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
84
#19 of 277
Safety
35
#181 of 277
Wealth
72
#78 of 277
Value
77
#65 of 277
Parks
100
#1 of 277
Cafés
89
#27 of 277
Transit
97
#10 of 277
Green space
72
#44 of 277
Active & healthy
69
#23 of 277
Schools nearby (OSM)
21
#223 of 277

Fairfield crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population3,106
Area1.29 km²
Postcode4103
Median household income$2,267/wk
Median rent$410/wk
Median house price (Apr 2025–Mar 2026)$1,300,000 (58 sales in the 12 months to March 2026; SA2 "Fairfield - Dutton Park", not suburb-level)
Median unit price (Apr 2025–Mar 2026)$810,000 (47 sales in the 12 months to March 2026; SA2 "Fairfield - Dutton Park", not suburb-level)
Crime rate130.4 incidents per 1,000 people (Annerley police division — not suburb-level)
Parks25 (4.76 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)0 — 0 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 1.12 km, secondary 1.17 km
Families score55/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park100.0% of the suburb
Cafés4
Gyms & sport venues12
Public transport stops35 (2 train stations, 33 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)0 schools in the suburb — nearest is Queensland School of Film and Television (0.95 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 Fairfield

Population
3,106
Median age
32 years
Median household income
$2,267/wk
Median rent
$410/wk
Median house price (Apr 2025–Mar 2026)
$1,300,000
Median unit price (Apr 2025–Mar 2026)
$810,000

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

Common questions about Fairfield

What is the postcode for Fairfield?

The postcode for Fairfield, Brisbane is 4103.

Is Fairfield a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Fairfield is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is parks, ranking #1 of 277 Brisbane suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Brisbane for 8 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Fairfield safe?

It is on the less safe side of Brisbane, scoring 35/100 for safety and ranking #181 of 277 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 130 per 1,000 residents. That figure is reported for the Annerley police division, not for Fairfield alone — Queensland does not publish suburb-level crime data, so neighbouring suburbs in the same division share it.

Is Fairfield good for families?

It rates about average on the family measures we can compute — safety 35/100, parks 100/100 and green space 72/100, with a median age of 32. It has 0 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 1.1 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 Fairfield expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,300,000 in Apr 2025–Mar 2026 (Queensland Regional Profiles (QGSO), ABS SA2 level — Fairfield - Dutton Park), . Median rent is $410 a week, and household income ranks #78 of 277 in Brisbane. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 77/100 for value.

Does Fairfield have good public transport?

It scores 97/100 for transit, #10 of 277 in Brisbane. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Fairfield?

100% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 4.8 hectares per 1,000 residents — 72/100 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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