Ranked #11 of 277 Brisbane suburbs for parks. Every number below comes from open data — official crime statistics, ABS census and GPS activity traces — not opinion.
| Population | 22,676 |
| Area | 9.53 km² |
| Median household income | $1,921/wk |
| Median rent | $390/wk |
| Crime rate | 110.2 incidents per 1,000 people (Inala police division — not suburb-level) |
| Parks | 68 (5.82 ha per 1,000 people) |
| Within 400m of a park | 98.8% of the suburb |
| Cafés | 2 |
| Gyms & sport venues | 33 |
It is around the middle of the pack for Brisbane, scoring 47/100 for safety and ranking #144 of 277 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 110 per 1,000 residents. That figure is reported for the Inala police division, not for Forest Lake alone — Queensland does not publish suburb-level crime data, so neighbouring suburbs in the same division share it.
It rates about average on the family measures we can compute — safety 47/100, parks 90/100 and green space 72/100. 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 #163 of 277 in Brisbane. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 49/100 for value.
It scores 33/100 for transit, #123 of 277 in Brisbane. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.
99% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 5.8 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 August 2026. Sources: open GPS activity traces,
official crime statistics, ABS census, OpenStreetMap.
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