Ranked #2 of 277 Brisbane suburbs for value. Every number below comes from open data — official crime statistics, ABS census and GPS activity traces — not opinion.
| Population | 1,979 |
| Area | 23.87 km² |
| Median household income | $3,143/wk |
| Median rent | $425/wk |
| Crime rate | 59.0 incidents per 1,000 people (Ferny Grove police division — not suburb-level) |
| Parks | 2 (14.4 ha per 1,000 people) |
| Within 400m of a park | 23.3% of the suburb |
| Cafés | 0 |
| Gyms & sport venues | 9 |
Yes — it is one of the safer parts of Brisbane, scoring 83/100 for safety and ranking #43 of 277 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 59 per 1,000 residents. That figure is reported for the Ferny Grove police division, not for Highvale alone — Queensland does not publish suburb-level crime data, so neighbouring suburbs in the same division share it.
Mixed, and the weak spot is parks. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 83/100, parks 10/100 and green space 42/100. 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 $425 a week, and household income ranks #11 of 277 in Brisbane. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 99/100 for value.
It scores 33/100 for transit, #95 of 277 in Brisbane. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.
23% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 14.4 hectares per 1,000 residents — 42/100 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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