Ranked #13 of 277 Brisbane suburbs for cafés. Every number below comes from open data — official crime statistics, ABS census and GPS activity traces — not opinion.
| Population | 9,063 |
| Area | 2.45 km² |
| Median household income | $2,775/wk |
| Median rent | $470/wk |
| Crime rate | 444.2 incidents per 1,000 people (Brisbane City police division — not suburb-level) |
| Parks | 8 (0.2 ha per 1,000 people) |
| Within 400m of a park | 46.0% of the suburb |
| Cafés | 15 |
| Gyms & sport venues | 19 |
It is on the less safe side of Brisbane, scoring 2/100 for safety and ranking #273 of 277 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 444 per 1,000 residents. That figure is reported for the Brisbane City police division, not for Paddington alone — Queensland does not publish suburb-level crime data, so neighbouring suburbs in the same division share it.
Mixed, and the weak spot is safety and green space. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 2/100, parks 36/100 and green space 8/100. 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 $470 a week, and household income ranks #31 of 277 in Brisbane. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 86/100 for value.
It scores 33/100 for transit, #197 of 277 in Brisbane. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.
46% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 0.2 hectares per 1,000 residents — 8/100 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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