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Upper Kedron

Ranked #11 of 277 Brisbane suburbs for value. 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
Upper Kedron suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Brisbane
Value96#11 of 277
Wealth94#16 of 277
Safety83#45 of 277
Parks69#54 of 277

Upper Kedron suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
24
#235 of 277
Safety
83
#45 of 277
Wealth
94
#16 of 277
Value
96
#11 of 277
Parks
69
#54 of 277
Cafés
38
#174 of 277
Transit
15
#235 of 277
Green space
58
#92 of 277
Active & healthy
41
#194 of 277
Schools nearby (OSM)
16
#238 of 277

Upper Kedron crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population5,800
Area8.82 km²
Postcode4055
Median household income$2,980/wk
Median rent$455/wk
Median house price (Apr 2025–Mar 2026)$1,339,000 (139 sales in the 12 months to March 2026; SA2 "Upper Kedron - Ferny Grove", not suburb-level)
Median unit price (Apr 2025–Mar 2026)$928,500 (12 sales in the 12 months to March 2026; SA2 "Upper Kedron - Ferny Grove", not suburb-level)
Crime rate59.0 incidents per 1,000 people (Ferny Grove police division — not suburb-level)
Parks23 (14.87 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)0 — 0 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 2.08 km, secondary 2.01 km
Families score55/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park74.7% of the suburb
Cafés1
Gyms & sport venues7
Public transport stops18 (18 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)0 schools in the suburb, plus 1 kindergarten — nearest is St Andrews School (1.27 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 Upper Kedron

Population
5,800
Median age
34 years
Median household income
$2,980/wk
Median rent
$455/wk
Median house price (Apr 2025–Mar 2026)
$1,339,000
Median unit price (Apr 2025–Mar 2026)
$928,500

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

Common questions about Upper Kedron

What is the postcode for Upper Kedron?

The postcode for Upper Kedron, Brisbane is 4055.

Is Upper Kedron a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Upper Kedron is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is value, ranking #11 of 277 Brisbane suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Brisbane for 5 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Upper Kedron safe?

Yes — it is one of the safer parts of Brisbane, scoring 83/100 for safety and ranking #45 of 277 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 59 per 1,000 residents. That figure is reported for the Ferny Grove police division, not for Upper Kedron alone — Queensland does not publish suburb-level crime data, so neighbouring suburbs in the same division share it.

Is Upper Kedron good for families?

It rates well on the family measures we can compute — safety 83/100, parks 69/100 and green space 58/100, with a median age of 34. It has 0 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 2.1 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 Upper Kedron expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,339,000 in Apr 2025–Mar 2026 (Queensland Regional Profiles (QGSO), ABS SA2 level — Upper Kedron - Ferny Grove), . Median rent is $455 a week, and household income ranks #16 of 277 in Brisbane. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 96/100 for value.

Does Upper Kedron have good public transport?

It scores 15/100 for transit, #235 of 277 in Brisbane. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Upper Kedron?

75% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 14.9 hectares per 1,000 residents — 58/100 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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