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Wooloowin

Ranked #15 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
Wooloowin suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Brisbane
Transit95#15 of 277
Value89#31 of 277
Cafés87#33 of 277
Schools nearby (OSM)84#29 of 277

Wooloowin suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
54
#117 of 277
Safety
38
#175 of 277
Wealth
57
#118 of 277
Value
89
#31 of 277
Parks
60
#94 of 277
Cafés
87
#33 of 277
Transit
95
#15 of 277
Green space
21
#246 of 277
Active & healthy
36
#230 of 277
Schools nearby (OSM)
84
#29 of 277

Wooloowin crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population4,029
Area1.07 km²
Postcode4030
Median household income$2,113/wk
Median rent$350/wk
Median house price (Apr 2025–Mar 2026)$1,525,000 (105 sales in the 12 months to March 2026; SA2 "Wooloowin - Lutwyche", not suburb-level)
Median unit price (Apr 2025–Mar 2026)$820,000 (182 sales in the 12 months to March 2026; SA2 "Wooloowin - Lutwyche", not suburb-level)
Crime rate128.0 incidents per 1,000 people (Hendra police division — not suburb-level)
Parks6 (0.09 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)2 — 1 primary, 1 secondary; nearest primary 0.63 km, secondary 0.64 km
Families score67/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park79.4% of the suburb
Cafés4
Gyms & sport venues3
Public transport stops29 (1 train station, 28 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)2 schools in the suburb, plus 2 kindergartens — nearest is Wooloowin State School (0.47 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 Wooloowin

Population
4,029
Median age
35 years
Median household income
$2,113/wk
Median rent
$350/wk
Median house price (Apr 2025–Mar 2026)
$1,525,000
Median unit price (Apr 2025–Mar 2026)
$820,000

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

Common questions about Wooloowin

What is the postcode for Wooloowin?

The postcode for Wooloowin, Brisbane is 4030.

Is Wooloowin a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Wooloowin is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is transit, ranking #15 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 Wooloowin safe?

It is on the less safe side of Brisbane, scoring 38/100 for safety and ranking #175 of 277 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 128 per 1,000 residents. That figure is reported for the Hendra police division, not for Wooloowin alone — Queensland does not publish suburb-level crime data, so neighbouring suburbs in the same division share it.

Is Wooloowin good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is green space. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 38/100, parks 60/100 and green space 21/100, with a median age of 35. It has 2 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.6 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 Wooloowin expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,525,000 in Apr 2025–Mar 2026 (Queensland Regional Profiles (QGSO), ABS SA2 level — Wooloowin - Lutwyche), . Median rent is $350 a week, and household income ranks #118 of 277 in Brisbane. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 89/100 for value.

Does Wooloowin have good public transport?

It scores 95/100 for transit, #15 of 277 in Brisbane. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Wooloowin?

79% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 0.1 hectares per 1,000 residents — 21/100 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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