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QLD 4055 · Moreton Bay
What homes cost, how rents have moved, and a feel for the people who call it home.
latest suburb median
ABS 2021
Ferny Hills, Queensland
Median sale price and rental income of properties in Ferny Hills QLD
Based on 100 sales in the preceding 12 months
$1,210,000
Up 19.9% over 12 months
Based on 90 rental listings in the preceding 12 months
$725 per week
Up 7.4% over 12 months
Market data updated September 2026.
The median house price in Ferny Hills, QLD is currently $1,210,000, based on the latest 12 months of sales. Ferny Hills has a 12-month growth rate of 19.9% for houses.
Three-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $1,180,000, Four-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $1,300,000, Larger houses have a median sale price of $1,550,000 in Ferny Hills.
If you're looking to lease, the median rent for houses in Ferny Hills is $725 per week. The median house rent has increased 7.4% over the last 12 months.
The median rent for units and apartments in Ferny Hills is $650 per week and has increased 36.8% over the last 12 months.
Crime and safety
The overall rate for Ferny Hills is 375 offences per 100,000 residents — 69% 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 Ferny Hills.
Overall crime rate
375
offences per 100,000 residents
69% belowGreater Brisbane
Suburb-wide estimate from Microburbs' public crime model; it is not an address-level measure.
The people behind the postcode
Ferny Hills QLD 4055 is in Queensland, within Greater Brisbane.
8,726 people call Ferny Hills home, with an average of 2.8 people per household and a median household income of $2,271 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.
23.5% of workers in Ferny Hills worked from home on Census day — noticeably more common than across Greater Brisbane.
4.2% of Ferny Hills residents were born in England.
47.5% of people in Ferny Hills 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 Ferny Hills QLD 4055.
20.7% of Ferny Hills's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.
2,551 family households lived in Ferny Hills; 49.1% were couple families and 13.8% were one-parent families.
41.5% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.
These are suburb-wide household figures, not school or childcare ratings.
Ferny Hills had 8,726 residents at the 2021 Census.
26.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.
26.6% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.
Age shares use the suburb’s total Census population.
Separate houses made up 95.0% of occupied private dwellings in Ferny Hills.
Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.8% of occupied private dwellings.
Flats and apartments accounted for 0.1% of occupied private dwellings.
All three shares use occupied private dwellings as the denominator.
33.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.
52.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.
13.8% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.
Tenure shares include households that stated one of these three arrangements.
The average household in Ferny Hills had 2.8 people.
One-person households made up 16.4% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Brisbane average.
Two-person households represented 33.9%, while 32.1% had four or more usual residents.
Household size counts usual residents in occupied homes.
23.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.
50.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Greater Brisbane average.
4.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.0% walked or cycled.
Travel figures are a 2021 Census-day snapshot.
1.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.
One-car households formed 30.5% of the total.
67.6% of households had two or more vehicles.
Vehicle counts refer to occupied households, not individual residents.
67.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 32.3% reported a different address.
15.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Brisbane average.
Mobility figures cover residents who answered the relevant Census question.
91.7% of residents used only English at home.
6.0% used a language other than English at home.
0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.
Home language is separate from English proficiency.
15.9% of Ferny Hills's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 84.1% was born in Australia.
0.1% of residents were born in China.
0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.7%.
Birthplace, citizenship and ancestry describe different parts of identity.
English ancestry accounted for 43.8% of ancestry responses in Ferny Hills.
Australian ancestry made up 40.7% of responses.
Chinese ancestry represented 1.1% of responses.
People may nominate more than one ancestry, so these are shares of responses.
30.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Greater Brisbane average.
Managers accounted for 13.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.9%.
Health care and social assistance employed 15.7% of workers, and education and training employed 12.2%.
Occupation and industry figures describe employed residents of the suburb.
The labour-force participation rate was 68.0%, compared with 64.5% across Greater Brisbane.
39.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.9% worked part time.
Unemployment was 3.6%, compared with 5.5% across Greater Brisbane.
Labour-force figures come from the 2021 Census.
59.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.
11.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.
8.8% reported asthma, 8.2% arthritis and 4.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.
These are self-reported suburb-wide Census figures, not address-level health risks.
31.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Greater Brisbane average.
Postgraduate degrees accounted for 9.2% of qualification responses.
Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 30.9%.
Qualification categories are reported separately and are not school ratings.
Median household income was $2,271 per week in the 2021 Census.
The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,972.
Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $448 per week.
These household figures are from 2021; current sale and asking-rent medians appear in the market section.
Working from home was 23.5% in Ferny Hills, compared with 17.4% across Greater Brisbane.
Outright ownership was 33.8% locally and 26.7% across Greater Brisbane. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.
Renting accounted for 13.8% in Ferny Hills, against 36.2% across Greater Brisbane.
Capital-region comparisons use the same Census definitions and year.
Three useful questions
The median house price is $1,210,000. Bedroom count, land and condition still create a wide range around those suburb medians.
The Census counted 2,551 local families, and 20.7% of residents were under 15. That describes the community; school quality, travel times and the right fit for a particular family need separate research.
Larger houses have a median around $1,550,000, 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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