Ranked #20 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 | 5,521 |
| Area | 15.96 km² |
| Median household income | $2,559/wk |
| Median rent | $400/wk |
| Crime rate | 181.8 incidents per 1,000 people (Karana Downs police division — not suburb-level) |
| Parks | 4 (6.73 ha per 1,000 people) |
| Within 400m of a park | 31.4% of the suburb |
| Cafés | 0 |
| Gyms & sport venues | 3 |
It is on the less safe side of Brisbane, scoring 15/100 for safety and ranking #236 of 277 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 182 per 1,000 residents. That figure is reported for the Karana Downs police division, not for Karalee 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. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 15/100, parks 8/100 and green space 34/100. 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 $400 a week, and household income ranks #45 of 277 in Brisbane. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 93/100 for value.
It scores 33/100 for transit, #104 of 277 in Brisbane. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.
31% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 6.7 hectares per 1,000 residents — 34/100 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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