Free market report · Data to July 2026
Eastern Brisbane property market
Eastern Brisbane is one of the 453 council areas we track on the Australian property clock. This page is the plain-numbers read: where it sits in the cycle, who lives there, what's being built, and the suburbs inside it.
Brisbane is one council, so the population, tenure and building figures on this page cover the whole Brisbane LGA. The cycle readings are specific to this part of it.
Houses · cycle position
Slowing
The Eastern Brisbane house market is still growing, but the pace has come off its fastest point. Slowing markets often keep rising for years, just less quickly.
-4% to +14%
Modelled 12-month price range
+2.7%
Modelled 12-month rent change
Units · cycle position
Slowing
The unit market is still growing, but the pace has come off its fastest point. Slowing markets often keep rising for years, just less quickly.
-1% to +12%
Modelled 12-month price range
+2.2%
Modelled 12-month rent change
The clock measures growth momentum, not price. Peak means growing fastest, not about to fall. See Eastern Brisbane on the clock.
The people
Who lives in Eastern Brisbane.
Population · ABS estimates
1,375,301
People (2025)
+1.7%
Growth per year, last 5 years
Growing faster than most of the country. People arriving is the rawest form of housing demand.
Households · Census 2021
36
Median age
$2,068
Median household income per week
59% own or are paying off their home, 38% rent. A deep rental pool for landlords, and more investor competition when stock is tight.
New supply
What's being approved to build.
Building approvals are tomorrow's supply. A market where approvals are falling while population grows is a market where pressure builds. The reverse deserves caution.
Dwellings approved · ABS
2,822 of the latest year's approvals were houses. Approvals are trending up: more supply is coming.
Jobs and investment
Who's working, and what's being spent.
Jobs pay mortgages and rents. Government and commercial building spend is where future jobs come from: schools, hospitals, shops and factories all get approved before they get built.
Jobs · SALM, March 2026
815,800
Employed residents
4.0%
Unemployment (national 4.2%)
146,644 more residents are in work than five years ago (+21.9%). That is strong jobs growth, and it usually shows up in housing demand with a lag.
Non-residential building approved · ABS
$4.1b
All sectors, FY26
$944m
Public sector (government projects)
| Year | Government | All non-residential |
|---|---|---|
| FY24 | $1.1b | $5.8b |
| FY25 | $596m | $4.4b |
| FY26 | $944m | $4.1b |
Public building spend has eased from its recent peak. Worth checking what was just completed versus what is next. For the named projects behind these numbers, ask for the full report below.
Inside the LGA
The suburbs of Eastern Brisbane.
All 193 suburbs and localities in Eastern Brisbane
Acacia Ridge · Albion · Alderley · Algester · Annerley · Anstead · Archerfield · Ascot · Ashgrove · Aspley · Auchenflower · Bald Hills · Balmoral · Banks Creek · Banyo · Bardon · Bellbowrie · Belmont · Boondall · Bowen Hills · Bracken Ridge · Bridgeman Downs · Brighton · Brisbane Airport · Brisbane City · Brookfield · Bulimba · Bulwer · Burbank · Calamvale · Camp Hill · Cannon Hill · Carina · Carina Heights · Carindale · Carseldine · Chandler · Chapel Hill · Chelmer · Chermside · Chermside West · Clayfield · Coopers Plains · Coorparoo · Corinda · Cowan Cowan · Darra · Deagon · Doolandella · Drewvale · Durack · Dutton Park · Eagle Farm · East Brisbane · Eight Mile Plains · Ellen Grove · England Creek · Enoggera · Enoggera Reservoir · Everton Park · Fairfield · Ferny Grove · Fig Tree Pocket · Fitzgibbon · Forest Lake · Fortitude Valley · Gaythorne · Geebung · Gordon Park · Graceville · Grange · Greenslopes · Gumdale · Hamilton · Hawthorne · Heathwood · Hemmant · Hendra · Herston · Highgate Hill · Holland Park · Holland Park West · Inala · Indooroopilly · Jamboree Heights · Jindalee · Kalinga · Kangaroo Point · Karana Downs · Karawatha · Kedron · Kelvin Grove · Kenmore · Kenmore Hills · Keperra · Kholo · Kooringal · Kuraby · Lake Manchester · Larapinta · Lota · Lutwyche · Lytton · Macgregor · Mackenzie · Manly · Manly West · Mansfield · McDowall · Middle Park · Milton · Mitchelton · Moggill · Moorooka · Moreton Island · Morningside · Mount Coot-tha · Mount Crosby · Mount Gravatt · Mount Gravatt East · Mount Ommaney · Murarrie · Nathan · New Farm · Newmarket · Newstead · Norman Park · Northgate · Nudgee · Nudgee Beach · Nundah · Oxley · Paddington · Pallara · Parkinson · Petrie Terrace · Pinjarra Hills · Pinkenba · Port Of Brisbane · Pullenvale · Ransome · Red Hill · Richlands · Riverhills · Robertson · Rochedale · Rocklea · Runcorn · Salisbury · Sandgate · Seven Hills · Seventeen Mile Rocks · Sherwood · Shorncliffe · Sinnamon Park · South Brisbane · Spring Hill · St Lucia · Stafford · Stafford Heights · Stones Corner · Stretton · Sumner · Sunnybank · Sunnybank Hills · Taigum · Taringa · Tarragindi · Teneriffe · Tennyson · The Gap · Tingalpa · Toowong · Upper Brookfield · Upper Kedron · Upper Mount Gravatt · Virginia · Wacol · Wakerley · Wavell Heights · West End · Westlake · Willawong · Wilston · Windsor · Wishart · Woolloongabba · Wooloowin · Wynnum · Wynnum West · Yeerongpilly · Yeronga · Zillmere
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This page is the public data. The full report is the licensed feed: 10 years of prices, rents and vacancy over time, days on market, demand, and the supply pipeline, for Eastern Brisbane or any suburb in it. Same data we run for clients. I pull it and email it through, usually within a business day. No charge, and no 14-part email sequence after it.
General information only, not financial or investment advice. Cycle positions and projections are modelled LGA-level figures to July 2026 (licensed market analytics). Population and approvals are ABS estimates; employment is SALM smoothed data; income, age and tenure are Census 2021. None of it can see street quality, flood maps, zoning or the contract, which is where deals are actually won and lost. Get advice on your own situation before acting.
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