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Marsden

Ranked #37 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
Marsden suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Brisbane
Parks76#37 of 277
Green space68#54 of 277
Transit51#136 of 277
Cafés46#143 of 277

Marsden suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
8
#271 of 277
Safety
33
#184 of 277
Wealth
13
#241 of 277
Value
14
#239 of 277
Parks
76
#37 of 277
Cafés
46
#143 of 277
Transit
51
#136 of 277
Green space
68
#54 of 277
Active & healthy
39
#211 of 277
Schools nearby (OSM)
46
#155 of 277

Marsden crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population14,795
Area6.17 km²
Postcode4132
Median household income$1,409/wk
Median rent$350/wk
Median house price (Apr 2025–Mar 2026)$860,000 (198 sales in the 12 months to March 2026; ABS SA2 area, not suburb-level)
Median unit price (Apr 2025–Mar 2026)$679,000 (87 sales in the 12 months to March 2026; ABS SA2 area, not suburb-level)
Crime rate136.3 incidents per 1,000 people (Crestmead police division — not suburb-level)
Parks34 (4.62 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)2 — 2 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 1.16 km, secondary 1.43 km
Families score58/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park99.2% of the suburb
Cafés2
Gyms & sport venues8
Public transport stops54 (54 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)2 schools in the suburb, plus 5 kindergartens — nearest is Burrowes State School (0.78 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 Marsden

Population
14,795
Median age
28 years
Median household income
$1,409/wk
Median rent
$350/wk
Median house price (Apr 2025–Mar 2026)
$860,000
Median unit price (Apr 2025–Mar 2026)
$679,000

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

Common questions about Marsden

What is the postcode for Marsden?

The postcode for Marsden, Brisbane is 4132.

Is Marsden a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Marsden is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is parks, ranking #37 of 277 Brisbane suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Brisbane for 3 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Marsden safe?

It is on the less safe side of Brisbane, scoring 33/100 for safety and ranking #184 of 277 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 136 per 1,000 residents. That figure is reported for the Crestmead police division, not for Marsden alone — Queensland does not publish suburb-level crime data, so neighbouring suburbs in the same division share it.

Is Marsden good for families?

It rates about average on the family measures we can compute — safety 33/100, parks 76/100 and green space 68/100, with a median age of 28. It has 2 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 1.2 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 Marsden expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $860,000 in Apr 2025–Mar 2026 (Queensland Regional Profiles (QGSO), ABS SA2 level — Marsden), . Median rent is $350 a week, and household income ranks #241 of 277 in Brisbane. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 14/100 for value.

Does Marsden have good public transport?

It scores 51/100 for transit, #136 of 277 in Brisbane. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Marsden?

99% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 4.6 hectares per 1,000 residents — 68/100 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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