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QLD 4000 · Brisbane
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ABS 2021
Petrie Terrace, Queensland
Median sale price and rental income of properties in Petrie Terrace QLD
Based on 13 sales in the preceding 12 months
$1,550,000
Up 11.5% over 12 months
Based on 43 rental listings in the preceding 12 months
$800 per week
No change over 12 months
Market data updated September 2026.
The median house price in Petrie Terrace, QLD is currently $1,550,000, based on the latest 12 months of sales. Petrie Terrace has a 12-month growth rate of 11.5% for houses and 33.6% for units.
Two-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $1,190,000, Three-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $1,600,000 in Petrie Terrace.
If you're looking to lease, the median rent for houses in Petrie Terrace is $800 per week. The median house rent has remained unchanged over the last 12 months.
The median price of apartments and units for sale in Petrie Terrace is $915,000, which has increased 33.6% since the same time last year. Two-bedroom apartments and units have a median sale price of $885,000 in Petrie Terrace. The median rent for units and apartments in Petrie Terrace is $525 per week and has increased 23.5% over the last 12 months.
Crime and safety
The overall rate for Petrie Terrace is 3,055 offences per 100,000 residents — 149% above 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 Petrie Terrace.
Overall crime rate
3,055
offences per 100,000 residents
149% aboveGreater Brisbane
Suburb-wide estimate from Microburbs' public crime model; it is not an address-level measure.
The people behind the postcode
Petrie Terrace QLD 4000 is in Queensland, within Greater Brisbane.
1,168 people call Petrie Terrace home, with an average of 2.3 people per household and a median household income of $2,401 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.
21.7% of workers in Petrie Terrace worked from home on Census day — noticeably more common than across Greater Brisbane.
3.2% of Petrie Terrace residents were born in England.
54.3% of people in Petrie Terrace 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 Petrie Terrace QLD 4000.
7.1% of Petrie Terrace's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.
239 family households lived in Petrie Terrace; 32.2% were couple families and 10.5% were one-parent families.
23.4% 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.
Petrie Terrace had 1,168 residents at the 2021 Census.
42.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.
15.2% were 55 or older. That is well below the Greater Brisbane average.
Age shares use the suburb’s total Census population.
Separate houses made up 75.2% of occupied private dwellings in Petrie Terrace.
Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.5% of occupied private dwellings.
Flats and apartments accounted for 19.0% of occupied private dwellings.
All three shares use occupied private dwellings as the denominator.
19.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Greater Brisbane average.
23.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.
56.6% 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 Petrie Terrace had 2.3 people.
One-person households made up 29.6% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Greater Brisbane average.
Two-person households represented 34.3%, while 16.8% had four or more usual residents.
Household size counts usual residents in occupied homes.
21.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Greater Brisbane average.
32.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Greater Brisbane average.
7.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 16.5% walked or cycled.
Travel figures are a 2021 Census-day snapshot.
13.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Greater Brisbane rate.
One-car households formed 44.2% of the total.
42.6% of households had two or more vehicles.
Vehicle counts refer to occupied households, not individual residents.
33.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 67.0% reported a different address.
23.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Greater Brisbane average.
Mobility figures cover residents who answered the relevant Census question.
80.7% of residents used only English at home.
13.4% used a language other than English at home.
1.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.4% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.
Home language is separate from English proficiency.
23.2% of Petrie Terrace's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 76.8% was born in Australia.
1.2% of residents were born in China.
0.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 82.5%.
Birthplace, citizenship and ancestry describe different parts of identity.
English ancestry accounted for 35.4% of ancestry responses in Petrie Terrace.
Australian ancestry made up 28.7% of responses.
Chinese ancestry represented 3.6% of responses.
People may nominate more than one ancestry, so these are shares of responses.
36.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.
Managers accounted for 16.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.3%.
Health care and social assistance employed 11.7% of workers, and education and training employed 8.5%.
Occupation and industry figures describe employed residents of the suburb.
The labour-force participation rate was 77.5%, compared with 64.5% across Greater Brisbane.
44.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.7% worked part time.
Unemployment was 4.9%, compared with 5.5% across Greater Brisbane.
Labour-force figures come from the 2021 Census.
61.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.
13.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.
8.6% reported asthma, 3.2% arthritis and 2.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.
These are self-reported suburb-wide Census figures, not address-level health risks.
41.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.
Postgraduate degrees accounted for 13.2% of qualification responses.
Diploma-level qualifications represented 9.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 17.7%.
Qualification categories are reported separately and are not school ratings.
Median household income was $2,401 per week in the 2021 Census.
The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,665.
Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $435 per week.
These household figures are from 2021; current sale and asking-rent medians appear in the market section.
Working from home was 21.7% in Petrie Terrace, compared with 17.4% across Greater Brisbane.
Outright ownership was 19.9% locally and 26.7% across Greater Brisbane. That is well below the Greater Brisbane average.
Renting accounted for 56.6% in Petrie Terrace, against 36.2% across Greater Brisbane.
Capital-region comparisons use the same Census definitions and year.
Three useful questions
The median house price is $1,550,000, while units and apartments sit at $915,000. Bedroom count, land and condition still create a wide range around those suburb medians.
The Census counted 239 local families, and 7.1% of residents were under 15. That describes the community; school quality, travel times and the right fit for a particular family need separate research.
3-bedroom houses have a median around $1,600,000, 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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