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Runcorn

Ranked #39 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
Runcorn suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Brisbane
Parks74#39 of 277
Transit63#103 of 277
Schools nearby (OSM)60#116 of 277
Active & healthy58#83 of 277

Runcorn suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
56
#114 of 277
Safety
50
#137 of 277
Wealth
27
#202 of 277
Value
24
#211 of 277
Parks
74
#39 of 277
Cafés
44
#156 of 277
Transit
63
#103 of 277
Green space
54
#114 of 277
Active & healthy
58
#83 of 277
Schools nearby (OSM)
60
#116 of 277

Runcorn crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population14,199
Area6.52 km²
Postcode4113
Median household income$1,742/wk
Median rent$400/wk
Median house price (Apr 2025–Mar 2026)$1,187,500 (112 sales in the 12 months to March 2026; ABS SA2 area, not suburb-level)
Median unit price (Apr 2025–Mar 2026)$785,000 (109 sales in the 12 months to March 2026; ABS SA2 area, not suburb-level)
Crime rate109.6 incidents per 1,000 people (Upper Mount Gravatt police division — not suburb-level)
Parks32 (4.05 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)2 — 1 primary, 1 secondary; nearest primary 1.08 km, secondary 0.47 km
Families score61/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park91.2% of the suburb
Cafés2
Gyms & sport venues60
Public transport stops75 (2 train stations, 73 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)3 schools in the suburb, plus 3 kindergartens — nearest is Runcorn State High School (0.61 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 Runcorn

Population
14,199
Median age
34 years
Median household income
$1,742/wk
Median rent
$400/wk
Median house price (Apr 2025–Mar 2026)
$1,187,500
Median unit price (Apr 2025–Mar 2026)
$785,000

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

Common questions about Runcorn

What is the postcode for Runcorn?

The postcode for Runcorn, Brisbane is 4113.

Is Runcorn a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Runcorn is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is parks, ranking #39 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 Runcorn safe?

It is around the middle of the pack for Brisbane, scoring 50/100 for safety and ranking #137 of 277 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 110 per 1,000 residents. That figure is reported for the Upper Mount Gravatt police division, not for Runcorn alone — Queensland does not publish suburb-level crime data, so neighbouring suburbs in the same division share it.

Is Runcorn good for families?

It rates about average on the family measures we can compute — safety 50/100, parks 74/100 and green space 54/100, with a median age of 34. It has 2 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 1.1 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 Runcorn expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,187,500 in Apr 2025–Mar 2026 (Queensland Regional Profiles (QGSO), ABS SA2 level — Runcorn), . Median rent is $400 a week, and household income ranks #202 of 277 in Brisbane. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 24/100 for value.

Does Runcorn have good public transport?

It scores 63/100 for transit, #103 of 277 in Brisbane. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Runcorn?

91% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 4.0 hectares per 1,000 residents — 54/100 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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