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Rochedale South

Ranked #72 of 277 Brisbane suburbs for transit. 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
Rochedale South suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Brisbane
Transit74#72 of 277
Parks66#67 of 277
Safety53#131 of 277
Schools nearby (OSM)52#133 of 277

Rochedale South suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
6
#274 of 277
Safety
53
#131 of 277
Wealth
41
#165 of 277
Value
47
#148 of 277
Parks
66
#67 of 277
Cafés
44
#157 of 277
Transit
74
#72 of 277
Green space
23
#243 of 277
Active & healthy
27
#267 of 277
Schools nearby (OSM)
52
#133 of 277

Rochedale South crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population15,228
Area6.42 km²
Postcode4123
Median household income$1,924/wk
Median rent$395/wk
Median house price (Apr 2025–Mar 2026)$1,102,000 (245 sales in the 12 months to March 2026; SA2 "Rochedale South - Priestdale", not suburb-level)
Median unit price (Apr 2025–Mar 2026)$707,500 (42 sales in the 12 months to March 2026; SA2 "Rochedale South - Priestdale", not suburb-level)
Crime rate109.4 incidents per 1,000 people (Springwood police division — not suburb-level)
Parks29 (2.29 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)2 — 2 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 1.0 km, secondary 1.6 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 park69.2% of the suburb
Cafés2
Gyms & sport venues9
Public transport stops106 (106 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)3 schools in the suburb, plus 3 kindergartens — nearest is Rochedale South State School (0.8 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 Rochedale South

Population
15,228
Median age
37 years
Median household income
$1,924/wk
Median rent
$395/wk
Median house price (Apr 2025–Mar 2026)
$1,102,000
Median unit price (Apr 2025–Mar 2026)
$707,500

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

Common questions about Rochedale South

What is the postcode for Rochedale South?

The postcode for Rochedale South, Brisbane is 4123.

Is Rochedale South a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Rochedale South is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is transit, ranking #72 of 277 Brisbane suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Brisbane for 4 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Rochedale South safe?

It is around the middle of the pack for Brisbane, scoring 53/100 for safety and ranking #131 of 277 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 109 per 1,000 residents. That figure is reported for the Springwood police division, not for Rochedale South alone — Queensland does not publish suburb-level crime data, so neighbouring suburbs in the same division share it.

Is Rochedale South good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is green space. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 53/100, parks 66/100 and green space 23/100, with a median age of 37. It has 2 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 1.0 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 Rochedale South expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,102,000 in Apr 2025–Mar 2026 (Queensland Regional Profiles (QGSO), ABS SA2 level — Rochedale South - Priestdale), . Median rent is $395 a week, and household income ranks #165 of 277 in Brisbane. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 47/100 for value.

Does Rochedale South have good public transport?

It scores 74/100 for transit, #72 of 277 in Brisbane. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Rochedale South?

69% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 2.3 hectares per 1,000 residents — 23/100 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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