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North Booval

Ranked #131 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
North Booval suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Brisbane
Parks52#131 of 277
Transit41#163 of 277
Green space37#201 of 277
Value29#196 of 277

North Booval suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
10
#267 of 277
Safety
0
#277 of 277
Wealth
9
#252 of 277
Value
29
#196 of 277
Parks
52
#131 of 277
Cafés
14
#212 of 277
Transit
41
#163 of 277
Green space
37
#201 of 277
Active & healthy
28
#266 of 277
Schools nearby (OSM)
12
#255 of 277

North Booval crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population3,041
Area2.97 km²
Postcode4304
Median household income$1,327/wk
Median rent$295/wk
Median house price (Apr 2025–Mar 2026)$750,000 (452 sales in the 12 months to March 2026; SA2 "Ipswich - East", not suburb-level)
Median unit price (Apr 2025–Mar 2026)$602,500 (62 sales in the 12 months to March 2026; SA2 "Ipswich - East", not suburb-level)
Crime rate865.5 incidents per 1,000 people (Ipswich police division — not suburb-level)
Parks7 (7.31 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)0 — 0 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 1.81 km, secondary 2.73 km
Families score28/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park52.3% of the suburb
Cafés0
Gyms & sport venues2
Public transport stops15 (1 train station, 14 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)0 schools in the suburb, plus 1 kindergarten — nearest is Ipswich East State School (1.7 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 North Booval

Population
3,041
Median age
33 years
Median household income
$1,327/wk
Median rent
$295/wk
Median house price (Apr 2025–Mar 2026)
$750,000
Median unit price (Apr 2025–Mar 2026)
$602,500

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

Common questions about North Booval

What is the postcode for North Booval?

The postcode for North Booval, Brisbane is 4304.

Is North Booval a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- North Booval is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is parks, ranking #131 of 277 Brisbane suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Brisbane for 1 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is North Booval safe?

It is on the less safe side of Brisbane, scoring 0/100 for safety and ranking #277 of 277 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 866 per 1,000 residents. That figure is reported for the Ipswich police division, not for North Booval alone — Queensland does not publish suburb-level crime data, so neighbouring suburbs in the same division share it.

Is North Booval good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is safety. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 0/100, parks 52/100 and green space 37/100, with a median age of 33. 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 North Booval expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $750,000 in Apr 2025–Mar 2026 (Queensland Regional Profiles (QGSO), ABS SA2 level — Ipswich - East), . Median rent is $295 a week, and household income ranks #252 of 277 in Brisbane. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 29/100 for value.

Does North Booval have good public transport?

It scores 41/100 for transit, #163 of 277 in Brisbane. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in North Booval?

52% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 7.3 hectares per 1,000 residents — 37/100 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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