Median rent trend for houses
Based on 2 rental listings in the preceding 12 months
$575 per week
Up 9.5% over 12 months
Property market insights for Springfield Central
Median sale price and rental income of properties in Springfield Central QLD
The quick read on
QLD 4300 · Ipswich
What homes cost, how rents have moved, and a feel for the people who call it home.
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ABS 2021
Springfield Central, Queensland
Median sale price and rental income of properties in Springfield Central QLD
Based on 2 rental listings in the preceding 12 months
$575 per week
Up 9.5% over 12 months
Market data updated September 2026.
Springfield Central has a 12-month growth rate of 16.2% for houses and 19.1% for units.
If you're looking to lease, the median rent for houses in Springfield Central is $575 per week. The median house rent has increased 9.5% over the last 12 months.
The median price of apartments and units for sale in Springfield Central is $678,000, which has increased 19.1% since the same time last year.
Crime and safety
The overall rate for Springfield Central is 3,851 offences per 100,000 residents — 213% 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 Springfield Central.
Overall crime rate
3,851
offences per 100,000 residents
213% aboveGreater Brisbane
Suburb-wide estimate from Microburbs' public crime model; it is not an address-level measure.
The people behind the postcode
Springfield Central QLD 4300 is in Queensland, within Greater Brisbane.
234 people call Springfield Central home, with an average of 1.4 people per household and a median household income of $1,089 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.
10.0% of workers in Springfield Central worked from home on Census day — less common than across Greater Brisbane.
3.8% of Springfield Central residents were born in England.
38.0% of people in Springfield Central 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 Springfield Central QLD 4300.
1.3% of Springfield Central's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.
29 family households lived in Springfield Central; 17.2% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.
10.3% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.
These are suburb-wide household figures, not school or childcare ratings.
Springfield Central had 234 residents at the 2021 Census.
31.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.
29.5% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Greater Brisbane average.
Age shares use the suburb’s total Census population.
Separate houses made up 8.8% of occupied private dwellings in Springfield Central.
Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.
Flats and apartments accounted for 88.2% of occupied private dwellings.
All three shares use occupied private dwellings as the denominator.
22.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Greater Brisbane average.
10.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.
67.4% rented their home. That is about twice the Greater Brisbane rate.
Tenure shares include households that stated one of these three arrangements.
The average household in Springfield Central had 1.4 people.
One-person households made up 68.8% of occupied homes. That is about twice the Greater Brisbane rate.
Two-person households represented 29.2%, while 0.0% had four or more usual residents.
Household size counts usual residents in occupied homes.
10.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Brisbane average.
58.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Greater Brisbane average.
0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 11.0% walked or cycled.
Travel figures are a 2021 Census-day snapshot.
28.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Greater Brisbane rate.
One-car households formed 61.5% of the total.
15.6% of households had two or more vehicles.
Vehicle counts refer to occupied households, not individual residents.
9.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 91.0% reported a different address.
28.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.
Mobility figures cover residents who answered the relevant Census question.
70.9% of residents used only English at home.
16.2% used a language other than English at home.
1.7% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.7% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.
Home language is separate from English proficiency.
28.2% of Springfield Central's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 71.8% was born in Australia.
1.3% of residents were born in China.
2.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 75.6%.
Birthplace, citizenship and ancestry describe different parts of identity.
English ancestry accounted for 41.0% of ancestry responses in Springfield Central.
Australian ancestry made up 24.8% of responses.
Chinese ancestry represented 5.1% of responses.
People may nominate more than one ancestry, so these are shares of responses.
13.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.
Managers accounted for 13.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.0%.
Health care and social assistance employed 12.0% of workers, and education and training employed 8.0%.
Occupation and industry figures describe employed residents of the suburb.
The labour-force participation rate was 49.1%, compared with 64.5% across Greater Brisbane.
23.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 13.9% worked part time.
Unemployment was 9.8%, compared with 5.5% across Greater Brisbane.
Labour-force figures come from the 2021 Census.
49.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.
15.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.
9.0% reported asthma, 13.2% arthritis and 6.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.
These are self-reported suburb-wide Census figures, not address-level health risks.
20.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Brisbane average.
Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.8% of qualification responses.
Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 34.1%.
Qualification categories are reported separately and are not school ratings.
Median household income was $1,089 per week in the 2021 Census.
The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,645.
Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $300 per week.
These household figures are from 2021; current sale and asking-rent medians appear in the market section.
Working from home was 10.0% in Springfield Central, compared with 17.4% across Greater Brisbane.
Outright ownership was 22.5% locally and 26.7% across Greater Brisbane. That is somewhat below the Greater Brisbane average.
Renting accounted for 67.4% in Springfield Central, against 36.2% across Greater Brisbane.
Capital-region comparisons use the same Census definitions and year.
Three useful questions
There is not yet enough consistent market data for a dependable house median. The nearby suburb links make it easier to compare the wider market while local observations build.
The Census counted 29 local families, and 1.3% of residents were under 15. That describes the community; school quality, travel times and the right fit for a particular family need separate research.
The free data does not have a dependable bedroom breakdown for this suburb. Compare the current house and unit medians above, then use live listings to see what a $1.5m budget buys today.
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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