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Newport

Ranked #3 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
Newport suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Brisbane
Parks98#3 of 277
Wealth80#57 of 277
Active48#140 of 277
Safety42#164 of 277

Newport suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
48
#140 of 277
Safety
42
#164 of 277
Wealth
80
#57 of 277
Value
32
#189 of 277
Parks
98
#3 of 277
Cafés
14
#249 of 277
Transit
29
#198 of 277
Green space
30
#224 of 277
Active & healthy
26
#273 of 277
Schools nearby (OSM)
12
#257 of 277

Newport crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population5,964
Area4.11 km²
Postcode4020
Median household income$2,418/wk
Median rent$530/wk
Median house price (Apr 2025–Mar 2026)$1,370,000 (349 sales in the 12 months to March 2026; SA2 "Scarborough - Newport", not suburb-level)
Median unit price (Apr 2025–Mar 2026)$1,170,000 (199 sales in the 12 months to March 2026; SA2 "Scarborough - Newport", not suburb-level)
Crime rate127.8 incidents per 1,000 people (Redcliffe police division — not suburb-level)
Parks40 (3.21 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)0 — 0 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 1.76 km, secondary 2.16 km
Families score44/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park70.9% of the suburb
Cafés0
Gyms & sport venues4
Public transport stops19 (19 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)0 schools in the suburb, plus 1 kindergarten — nearest is Hercules Road State School (1.76 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 Newport

Population
5,964
Median age
43 years
Median household income
$2,418/wk
Median rent
$530/wk
Median house price (Apr 2025–Mar 2026)
$1,370,000
Median unit price (Apr 2025–Mar 2026)
$1,170,000

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

Common questions about Newport

What is the postcode for Newport?

The postcode for Newport, Brisbane is 4020.

Is Newport a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Newport is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is parks, ranking #3 of 277 Brisbane suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Brisbane for 2 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Newport safe?

It is on the less safe side of Brisbane, scoring 42/100 for safety and ranking #164 of 277 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 128 per 1,000 residents. That figure is reported for the Redcliffe police division, not for Newport alone — Queensland does not publish suburb-level crime data, so neighbouring suburbs in the same division share it.

Is Newport good for families?

It rates about average on the family measures we can compute — safety 42/100, parks 98/100 and green space 30/100, with a median age of 43. It has 0 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 1.8 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 Newport expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,370,000 in Apr 2025–Mar 2026 (Queensland Regional Profiles (QGSO), ABS SA2 level — Scarborough - Newport), . Median rent is $530 a week, and household income ranks #57 of 277 in Brisbane. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 32/100 for value.

Does Newport have good public transport?

It scores 29/100 for transit, #198 of 277 in Brisbane. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Newport?

71% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 3.2 hectares per 1,000 residents — 30/100 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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