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Wynnum West

Ranked #67 of 277 Brisbane suburbs for schools nearby (osm). 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
Wynnum West suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Brisbane
Schools nearby (OSM)75#67 of 277
Transit74#73 of 277
Safety67#96 of 277
Parks57#107 of 277

Wynnum West suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
53
#122 of 277
Safety
67
#96 of 277
Wealth
30
#195 of 277
Value
23
#215 of 277
Parks
57
#107 of 277
Cafés
14
#277 of 277
Transit
74
#73 of 277
Green space
40
#196 of 277
Active & healthy
47
#164 of 277
Schools nearby (OSM)
75
#67 of 277

Wynnum West crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population12,790
Area5.68 km²
Postcode4178
Median household income$1,791/wk
Median rent$413/wk
Median house price (Apr 2025–Mar 2026)$1,180,000 (266 sales in the 12 months to March 2026; SA2 "Wynnum West - Hemmant", not suburb-level)
Median unit price (Apr 2025–Mar 2026)$860,000 (137 sales in the 12 months to March 2026; SA2 "Wynnum West - Hemmant", not suburb-level)
Crime rate77.9 incidents per 1,000 people (Wynnum police division — not suburb-level)
Parks22 (3.72 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)2 — 1 primary, 1 secondary; nearest primary 0.58 km, secondary 1.39 km
Families score64/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park80.7% of the suburb
Cafés0
Gyms & sport venues40
Public transport stops90 (1 train station, 89 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)4 schools in the suburb, plus 1 kindergarten — nearest is Wynnum West State School (0.44 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 Wynnum West

Population
12,790
Median age
39 years
Median household income
$1,791/wk
Median rent
$413/wk
Median house price (Apr 2025–Mar 2026)
$1,180,000
Median unit price (Apr 2025–Mar 2026)
$860,000

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

Common questions about Wynnum West

What is the postcode for Wynnum West?

The postcode for Wynnum West, Brisbane is 4178.

Is Wynnum West a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Wynnum West is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is schools nearby (osm), ranking #67 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 Wynnum West safe?

It is around the middle of the pack for Brisbane, scoring 67/100 for safety and ranking #96 of 277 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 78 per 1,000 residents. That figure is reported for the Wynnum police division, not for Wynnum West alone — Queensland does not publish suburb-level crime data, so neighbouring suburbs in the same division share it.

Is Wynnum West good for families?

It rates about average on the family measures we can compute — safety 67/100, parks 57/100 and green space 40/100, with a median age of 39. 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 Wynnum West expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,180,000 in Apr 2025–Mar 2026 (Queensland Regional Profiles (QGSO), ABS SA2 level — Wynnum West - Hemmant), . Median rent is $413 a week, and household income ranks #195 of 277 in Brisbane. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 23/100 for value.

Does Wynnum West have good public transport?

It scores 74/100 for transit, #73 of 277 in Brisbane. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Wynnum West?

81% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 3.7 hectares per 1,000 residents — 40/100 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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