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Milton

Ranked #5 of 277 Brisbane suburbs for cafés. 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
Milton suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Brisbane
Cafés98#5 of 277
Transit98#6 of 277
Parks96#4 of 277
Active82#25 of 277

Milton suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
82
#25 of 277
Safety
2
#272 of 277
Wealth
55
#126 of 277
Value
43
#158 of 277
Parks
96
#4 of 277
Cafés
98
#5 of 277
Transit
98
#6 of 277
Green space
28
#231 of 277
Active & healthy
64
#48 of 277
Schools nearby (OSM)
70
#81 of 277

Milton crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population3,144
Area1.2 km²
Postcode4064
Median household income$2,087/wk
Median rent$435/wk
Median house price (Apr 2025–Mar 2026)$2,150,000 (169 sales in the 12 months to March 2026; SA2 "Paddington - Milton", not suburb-level)
Median unit price (Apr 2025–Mar 2026)$841,500 (230 sales in the 12 months to March 2026; SA2 "Paddington - Milton", not suburb-level)
Crime rate444.2 incidents per 1,000 people (Brisbane City police division — not suburb-level)
Parks13 (2.05 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)1 — 1 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.51 km, secondary 2.07 km
Families score50/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park78.3% of the suburb
Cafés14
Gyms & sport venues19
Public transport stops40 (1 train station, 38 bus stops, 1 ferry wharf)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)1 school in the suburb — nearest is Milton State School (0.59 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 Milton

Population
3,144
Median age
30 years
Median household income
$2,087/wk
Median rent
$435/wk
Median house price (Apr 2025–Mar 2026)
$2,150,000
Median unit price (Apr 2025–Mar 2026)
$841,500

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

Common questions about Milton

What is the postcode for Milton?

The postcode for Milton, Brisbane is 4064.

Is Milton a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Milton is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is cafés, ranking #5 of 277 Brisbane suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Brisbane for 7 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Milton safe?

It is on the less safe side of Brisbane, scoring 2/100 for safety and ranking #272 of 277 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 444 per 1,000 residents. That figure is reported for the Brisbane City police division, not for Milton alone — Queensland does not publish suburb-level crime data, so neighbouring suburbs in the same division share it.

Is Milton good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is safety and green space. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 2/100, parks 96/100 and green space 28/100, with a median age of 30. It has 1 school in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.5 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 Milton expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $2,150,000 in Apr 2025–Mar 2026 (Queensland Regional Profiles (QGSO), ABS SA2 level — Paddington - Milton), . Median rent is $435 a week, and household income ranks #126 of 277 in Brisbane. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 43/100 for value.

Does Milton have good public transport?

It scores 98/100 for transit, #6 of 277 in Brisbane. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Milton?

78% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 2.0 hectares per 1,000 residents — 28/100 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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