Ranked #81 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 | 5,905 |
| Area | 8.68 km² |
| Median household income | $1,371/wk |
| Median rent | $320/wk |
| Crime rate | 115.6 incidents per 1,000 people (Petrie police division — not suburb-level) |
| Parks | 13 (2.58 ha per 1,000 people) |
| Within 400m of a park | 48.7% of the suburb |
| Cafés | 0 |
| Gyms & sport venues | 8 |
It is on the less safe side of Brisbane, scoring 44/100 for safety and ranking #154 of 277 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 116 per 1,000 residents. That figure is reported for the Petrie police division, not for Lawnton alone — Queensland does not publish suburb-level crime data, so neighbouring suburbs in the same division share it.
Mixed, and the weak spot is green space. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 44/100, parks 44/100 and green space 20/100. 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 $320 a week, and household income ranks #248 of 277 in Brisbane. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 20/100 for value.
It scores 71/100 for transit, #81 of 277 in Brisbane. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.
49% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 2.6 hectares per 1,000 residents — 20/100 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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