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QLD 4066 · Brisbane
What homes cost, how rents have moved, and a feel for the people who call it home.
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ABS 2021
Auchenflower, Queensland
Median sale price and rental income of properties in Auchenflower QLD
Based on 41 sales in the preceding 12 months
$2,110,000
Up 13.8% over 12 months
Based on 60 rental listings in the preceding 12 months
$1,100 per week
Up 46.7% over 12 months
Market data updated September 2026.
The median house price in Auchenflower, QLD is currently $2,110,000, based on the latest 12 months of sales. Auchenflower has a 12-month growth rate of 13.8% for houses and 13.1% for units.
Two-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $1,500,000, Three-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $1,700,000, Four-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $2,180,000, Larger houses have a median sale price of $3,340,000 in Auchenflower.
If you're looking to lease, the median rent for houses in Auchenflower is $1,100 per week. The median house rent has increased 46.7% over the last 12 months.
The median price of apartments and units for sale in Auchenflower is $871,000, which has increased 13.1% since the same time last year. One-bedroom apartments and units have a median sale price of $646,000, Two-bedroom apartments and units have a median sale price of $850,000, Three-bedroom apartments and units have a median sale price of $1,300,000 in Auchenflower. The median rent for units and apartments in Auchenflower is $675 per week and has increased 12.5% over the last 12 months.
Crime and safety
The overall rate for Auchenflower is 829 offences per 100,000 residents — 33% below the Greater Brisbane benchmark.
That is the clearest suburb-wide answer. Open the detailed profile to see how the pattern changes across offence types and different parts of Auchenflower.
Overall crime rate
829
offences per 100,000 residents
33% belowGreater Brisbane
Suburb-wide estimate from Microburbs' public crime model; it is not an address-level measure.
The people behind the postcode
Auchenflower QLD 4066 is in Queensland, within Greater Brisbane.
6,053 people call Auchenflower home, with an average of 2.3 people per household and a median household income of $2,208 a week.
Public ABS 2021 Census figures. The bars compare the local share with the capital-region benchmark.
Share of residents in each age band.
Share of occupied private dwellings.
Share of homes with a stated ownership or rental status.
Vehicles available to occupied households.
Selected ways residents worked or travelled on Census day.
27.0% of workers in Auchenflower worked from home on Census day — noticeably more common than across Greater Brisbane.
4.0% of Auchenflower residents were born in England.
49.0% of people in Auchenflower described themselves as having no religion in the 2021 Census.
A closer look at the Census
Open any question for a plain-English reading of the public 2021 Census for Auchenflower QLD 4066.
12.6% of Auchenflower's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Greater Brisbane average.
1,459 family households lived in Auchenflower; 37.8% were couple families and 9.5% were one-parent families.
30.3% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Greater Brisbane average.
These are suburb-wide household figures, not school or childcare ratings.
Auchenflower had 6,053 residents at the 2021 Census.
34.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.
21.4% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Greater Brisbane average.
Age shares use the suburb’s total Census population.
Separate houses made up 40.4% of occupied private dwellings in Auchenflower.
Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.3% of occupied private dwellings.
Flats and apartments accounted for 57.8% of occupied private dwellings.
All three shares use occupied private dwellings as the denominator.
24.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.
28.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.
47.1% rented their home. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.
Tenure shares include households that stated one of these three arrangements.
The average household in Auchenflower had 2.3 people.
One-person households made up 30.2% of occupied homes. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.
Two-person households represented 37.7%, while 18.5% had four or more usual residents.
Household size counts usual residents in occupied homes.
27.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.
36.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Greater Brisbane average.
10.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 7.5% walked or cycled.
Travel figures are a 2021 Census-day snapshot.
9.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Greater Brisbane average.
One-car households formed 46.3% of the total.
44.9% of households had two or more vehicles.
Vehicle counts refer to occupied households, not individual residents.
40.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 59.2% reported a different address.
25.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.
Mobility figures cover residents who answered the relevant Census question.
82.7% of residents used only English at home.
13.9% used a language other than English at home.
1.8% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.6% spoke Cantonese and 0.4% spoke Hindi.
Home language is separate from English proficiency.
25.4% of Auchenflower's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 74.6% was born in Australia.
1.4% of residents were born in China.
1.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 85.3%.
Birthplace, citizenship and ancestry describe different parts of identity.
English ancestry accounted for 38.3% of ancestry responses in Auchenflower.
Australian ancestry made up 32.8% of responses.
Chinese ancestry represented 3.9% of responses.
People may nominate more than one ancestry, so these are shares of responses.
40.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.
Managers accounted for 14.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.3%.
Health care and social assistance employed 15.4% of workers, and education and training employed 10.0%.
Occupation and industry figures describe employed residents of the suburb.
The labour-force participation rate was 74.9%, compared with 64.5% across Greater Brisbane.
42.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.5% worked part time.
Unemployment was 4.4%, compared with 5.5% across Greater Brisbane.
Labour-force figures come from the 2021 Census.
64.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.
10.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.
8.8% reported asthma, 4.3% arthritis and 2.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.
These are self-reported suburb-wide Census figures, not address-level health risks.
45.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.
Postgraduate degrees accounted for 18.3% of qualification responses.
Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 12.9%.
Qualification categories are reported separately and are not school ratings.
Median household income was $2,208 per week in the 2021 Census.
The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,167.
Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $390 per week.
These household figures are from 2021; current sale and asking-rent medians appear in the market section.
Working from home was 27.0% in Auchenflower, compared with 17.4% across Greater Brisbane.
Outright ownership was 24.4% locally and 26.7% across Greater Brisbane. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.
Renting accounted for 47.1% in Auchenflower, against 36.2% across Greater Brisbane.
Capital-region comparisons use the same Census definitions and year.
Three useful questions
The median house price is $2,110,000, while units and apartments sit at $871,000. Bedroom count, land and condition still create a wide range around those suburb medians.
The Census counted 1,459 local families, and 12.6% of residents were under 15. That describes the community; school quality, travel times and the right fit for a particular family need separate research.
2-bedroom houses have a median around $1,500,000, the closest bedroom benchmark we hold to a $1.5m budget. Individual homes can differ substantially with block size, renovation and location.
Medians describe recorded market activity across the suburb; they are historical context, not a valuation or forecast for an individual home.
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