Median price trend for houses
Based on 214 sales in the preceding 12 months
$965,000
Up 14.2% over 12 months
- 2 bed
- $690k
- 3 bed
- $890k
- 4 bed
- $970k
- 5+ bed
- $1.3m
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The quick read on
Burpengary
QLD 4505 · Moreton Bay
What homes cost, how rents have moved, and a feel for the people who call it home.
- Median house
- $965,000
- Median unit
- $690,000
- Population
- 16,488
- Postcode
- 4505
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ABS 2021
Burpengary, Queensland
Property market insights for Burpengary
Median sale price and rental income of properties in Burpengary QLD
Median rent trend for houses
Based on 258 rental listings in the preceding 12 months
$650 per week
Up 8.3% over 12 months
Market data updated October 2026.
The median house price in Burpengary, QLD is currently $965,000, based on the latest 12 months of sales. Burpengary has a 12-month growth rate of 14.2% for houses and 24.3% for units.
Two-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $690,000, Three-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $890,000, Four-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $970,000, Larger houses have a median sale price of $1,300,000 in Burpengary.
If you're looking to lease, the median rent for houses in Burpengary is $650 per week. The median house rent has increased 8.3% over the last 12 months.
The median price of apartments and units for sale in Burpengary is $690,000, which has increased 24.3% since the same time last year. Two-bedroom apartments and units have a median sale price of $587,000, Three-bedroom apartments and units have a median sale price of $702,000, Four-bedroom apartments and units have a median sale price of $820,000 in Burpengary. The median rent for units and apartments in Burpengary is $525 per week and has increased 10.5% over the last 12 months.
Crime and safety
Is Burpengary safe?
The overall rate for Burpengary is 734 offences per 100,000 residents — 40% 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 Burpengary.
Overall crime rate
734
offences per 100,000 residents
40% belowGreater Brisbane
BurpengaryGreater Brisbane: 1,229
Suburb-wide estimate from Microburbs' public crime model; it is not an address-level measure.
The people behind the postcode
Who lives in Burpengary?
Burpengary QLD 4505 is in Queensland, within Greater Brisbane.
16,488 people call Burpengary home, with an average of 2.7 people per household and a median household income of $1,720 a week.
Public ABS 2021 Census figures. The bars compare the local share with the capital-region benchmark.
- Population
- 16,488
- Median age
- 36 years
- Median mortgage
- $1,733 / month
- 2021 household rent
- $350 / week
Above the benchmarkBelow the benchmarkIn lineGreater Brisbane benchmark
Age profile
Share of residents in each age band.
Under 1519.8%Above
15–3427.8%In line
35–5425.1%Below
55–7421.8%Above
75 and over5.5%Below
Homes
Share of occupied private dwellings.
Separate houses83.5%Above
Townhouses15.2%Above
Apartments0.5%Below
Ownership
Share of homes with a stated ownership or rental status.
Owned outright26.9%In line
Paying a mortgage41.9%Above
Renting31.2%Below
Cars at home
Vehicles available to occupied households.
No car3.8%Below
One car30.3%Below
Two cars37.3%Below
Three or more28.8%Above
Getting to work
Selected ways residents worked or travelled on Census day.
Worked from home11.2%Below
Drove to work63.2%Above
Train, tram or bus3.1%Below
Walked or cycled1.2%Below
What stands out in Burpengary
11.2% of workers in Burpengary worked from home on Census day — less common than across Greater Brisbane.
4.4% of Burpengary residents were born in New Zealand.
46.5% of people in Burpengary described themselves as having no religion in the 2021 Census.
A closer look at the Census
Questions people ask about Burpengary
Open any question for a plain-English reading of the public 2021 Census for Burpengary QLD 4505.
Is Burpengary family-friendly?Age, family structure and household size describe the community families would be joining.
19.8% of Burpengary's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.
4,601 family households lived in Burpengary; 42.3% were couple families and 19.0% were one-parent families.
39.1% 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.
What is the age profile of Burpengary?The balance between younger adults, families and older residents changes how a suburb feels day to day.
Burpengary had 16,488 residents at the 2021 Census.
26.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.
27.3% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.
Age shares use the suburb’s total Census population.
What kind of homes are in Burpengary?The dwelling mix shows whether the suburb is mostly detached homes, townhouses or apartments.
Separate houses made up 83.5% of occupied private dwellings in Burpengary.
Townhouses and other attached homes represented 15.2% of occupied private dwellings.
Flats and apartments accounted for 0.5% of occupied private dwellings.
All three shares use occupied private dwellings as the denominator.
Do people own or rent in Burpengary?Tenure shows how many households own outright, have a mortgage or rent.
26.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Brisbane.
41.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.
31.2% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Greater Brisbane average.
Tenure shares include households that stated one of these three arrangements.
How large are households in Burpengary?Household-size data shows the mix behind the suburb-wide average.
The average household in Burpengary had 2.7 people.
One-person households made up 20.1% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Greater Brisbane average.
Two-person households represented 34.4%, while 28.2% had four or more usual residents.
Household size counts usual residents in occupied homes.
How do people get to work in Burpengary?Census-day travel shows the balance between home, road, public transport and active travel.
11.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Brisbane average.
63.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.
3.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.2% walked or cycled.
Travel figures are a 2021 Census-day snapshot.
How many cars do households have in Burpengary?Vehicle availability helps describe the routines local households can support.
3.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat below the Greater Brisbane average.
One-car households formed 30.3% of the total.
66.0% of households had two or more vehicles.
Vehicle counts refer to occupied households, not individual residents.
Who's moving to Burpengary, and who stays?Address history shows how settled or recently mobile residents were at the Census date.
54.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 45.6% reported a different address.
16.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Brisbane average.
Mobility figures cover residents who answered the relevant Census question.
What languages are spoken in Burpengary?Language at home gives a direct view of the community’s everyday linguistic mix.
89.3% of residents used only English at home.
5.8% used a language other than English at home.
0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.
Home language is separate from English proficiency.
Where were Burpengary residents born?Birthplace adds another layer to the local story, separate from ancestry and language.
16.3% of Burpengary's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 83.7% was born in Australia.
0.1% of residents were born in China.
0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.9%.
Birthplace, citizenship and ancestry describe different parts of identity.
What ancestries shape Burpengary?Ancestry responses show how residents describe family and cultural background.
English ancestry accounted for 43.0% of ancestry responses in Burpengary.
Australian ancestry made up 41.3% of responses.
Chinese ancestry represented 0.9% of responses.
People may nominate more than one ancestry, so these are shares of responses.
What work do people do in Burpengary?Occupation describes a person’s role; industry describes the sector employing them.
13.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.
Managers accounted for 9.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.5%.
Health care and social assistance employed 14.8% of workers, and education and training employed 7.6%.
Occupation and industry figures describe employed residents of the suburb.
How active is the workforce in Burpengary?Participation, employment pattern and unemployment describe the resident labour force.
The labour-force participation rate was 64.1%, compared with 64.5% across Greater Brisbane.
35.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.3% worked part time.
Unemployment was 5.2%, compared with 5.5% across Greater Brisbane.
Labour-force figures come from the 2021 Census.
What does the health profile of Burpengary show?Selected long-term health conditions help describe community service needs.
54.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.
12.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.
10.8% reported asthma, 10.1% arthritis and 5.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.
These are self-reported suburb-wide Census figures, not address-level health risks.
How educated is Burpengary?Qualifications describe the study pathways represented among local residents.
15.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.
Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.8% of qualification responses.
Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 49.8%.
Qualification categories are reported separately and are not school ratings.
What do incomes and housing costs look like in Burpengary?Census income and household payments give historical context for local living costs.
Median household income was $1,720 per week in the 2021 Census.
The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.
Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $350 per week.
These household figures are from 2021; current sale and asking-rent medians appear in the market section.
How does Burpengary compare with Greater Brisbane?A few clear differences place the suburb in its wider metropolitan context.
Working from home was 11.2% in Burpengary, compared with 17.4% across Greater Brisbane.
Outright ownership was 26.9% locally and 26.7% across Greater Brisbane. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Brisbane.
Renting accounted for 31.2% in Burpengary, against 36.2% across Greater Brisbane.
Capital-region comparisons use the same Census definitions and year.
Three useful questions
A buyer’s quick guide to Burpengary
Is Burpengary expensive?
The median house price is $965,000, while units and apartments sit at $690,000. Bedroom count, land and condition still create a wide range around those suburb medians.
Is Burpengary good for families?
The Census counted 4,601 local families, and 19.8% of residents were under 15. That describes the community; school quality, travel times and the right fit for a particular family need separate research.
What can I get for $1.5m in Burpengary?
Larger houses have a median around $1,300,000, 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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Streets and suburbs around Burpengary
282 streets in Burpengary
Street-by-street reports are not published yet. The streets below are the ones this suburb covers.
- Acacia Street
- Acqua St
- Adsett Rd
- Aileen St
- Aitken Street
- Alkina Dr
- Amalthea Ct
- Amanda St
- Anna Ct
- Annette Ct
- Aquatic Centre Dr
- Ardisia Ct
- Ash Ct
- Aspen Ct
- Avocet Ct
- Axis Ct
- Bacchus St
- Baguette St
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- Bandt Cl
- Bantry Ave
- Barcoo St
- Barrett Cl
- Bartok St
- Beatrice Pl
- Belford Dr
- Bellini Rd
- Beverley St
- Binna Burra Pl
- Birch Ct
- Blackbutt Ct
- Bliss Ct
- Borodin Ct
- Boxwood Ct
- Brahms Ct
- Brampton Ct
- Bruce Hwy
- Brushbox Street
- Burpengary Rd
- Busoni Cr
- Caccini Cr
- Callisto St
- Candlebark Crescent
- Canopy Pl
- Carin Ct
- Carlow Ct
- Casino Ct
- Catherine Ct
- Cavalli Cr
- Cedar Drive
- Celine Ct
- Charmaine Ct
- Charon
- Chestnut Dr
- Chopin Ct
- Chrome Ct
- Claudia St
- Colleen Cr
- Commerce Pl
- Conondale Ct
- Convertible Ct
- Coojong Ct
- Copland Ct
- Corelli Ct
- Corsair St
- Coutts Dr
- Crendon St
- Cruiser St
- Currimundi Ct
- Cypress Crescent
- Dale St
- Daly Ct
- David St
- Dayana Ct
- Dean Dr
- Decora Ct
- Delaney Rd
- Delius Pl
- Derwent St
- Dreyfus Pl
- Dudley Ct
- Dufay Ct
- Dukas Ct
- Dunbeath Dr
- Dunne Rd
- Dussek Pl
- Edenberry Ct
- Eden Ct
- Elandra St
- Elara Pde
- Elata Street
- Eleanor St
- Elgar Pl
- Eloise Pl
- Europa St
- Facer Rd
- Fernando St
- Ferny Cr
- Fimbriata Street
- Findlay St
- Forest Rd
- Galatea St
- Garden Dr
- Gavin Ct
- George St
- Gibbons Ct
- Gleeson Rd
- Glorious Dr
- Grainger Cct
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- Gumtree Street
- Gundabluey Ct
- Habitat Ct
- Handel Pl
- Hauton Rd
- Havenwood St
- Hawthorn Rd
- Hedges Ave
- Henderson Rd
- Hera Ct
- Hewson St
- Hilton Ct
- Hinchinbrook Ct
- Hummel Pl
- Hunt Rd
- Hyland Close
- Hyperion St
- Icarus Cr
- Ironwood Rd
- Jane Pl
- Jarrah Way
- Jarvis Street
- Jasmine Pl
- Jillian Ct
- Jill St
- Jimbarri Ct
- Joyce Street
- Karri St
- Kaye St
- Keel Ln
- Kilkenny Dr
- Kimberley Dr
- Klim Pl
- Kurrajong Dr
- Lagoon Rd
- Landau Ct
- Landini Ct
- Lapetus St
- Lassus Ct
- Laurel Dr
- Leah St
- Lenton Ct
- Leonard Ct
- Lilly Pilly Ct
- Lindsay Rd
- Londonderry Ct
- Longford Ct
- Louise St
- Lucille Pl
- Luna Ln
- Luskin Pl
- Lycian St
- Maddick Ln
- Magnolia Boulevard
- Mahler Pl
- Mahogany Street
- Maia Cr
- Mancini Pl
- Mangium Street
- Manikato Ct
- Marks Rd
- Marney Ct
- Marscay Ct
- Mathew Cr
- Mayfield Cr
- Mayleen Ct
- Melinda St
- Merewyn St
- Merle St
- Mildura Ct
- Moogerah Pl
- Morayfield Rd
- Morgan Rd
- Motorway Dr
- Mozart Pl
- Mulberry Ct
- Myrtle Street
- Neri Pl
- New Settlement Rd
- Norma St
- North Shore Dr
- Oakey Fields Ct
- Oakey Flat Rd
- O'Brien Rd
- Ogilvy Rd
- Old Gympie Rd
- Orpheus Pl
- Osborne Dr
- Pamela St
- Pandanus Street
- Pandora St
- Paradise Road
- Patricia St
- Pedrell Ct
- Pendula Dr
- Phillips St
- Pitt Rd
- Plaintree St
- Princess Street
- Progress Rd
- Prometheus St
- Proteus St
- Puttini Ct
- Rainforest Dr
- Ravel St
- Rebecca St
- Redgum Dr
- Regatta Cct
- Reiner Cct
- Ribbon Gum Street
- Rivergum Dr
- Riviera St
- Robyn St
- Rosehill Dr
- Rosewood Ct
- Roslyn St
- Rossetta Rd
- Rossini St
- Rowley Rd
- Ruatoka Ct
- Ryan Ct
- Sacha St
- Samaya St
- Scarletti Ct
- Schubert Ct
- Scribbly Street
- Seabird St
- Seebohm St
- Serravalle Street
- Shangrila St
- Shannon Ct
- Sir Dapper Dr
- Skylark Ct
- Small St
- Sobar St
- Sophia St
- Spontini Ct
- Springfield Dr
- Staaten St
- Station Rd
- Steamview Ct
- Stern
- Stradella Ct
- Strauss Ct
- Sunreef St
- Sunseeker St
- Susan Ct
- Sycamore Ct
- Symphony Cr
- Tamarind Ct
- Teatree Ct
- Thorpe St
- Thunderbird Dr
- Titan St
- Tontonan Dr
- Torelli Dr
- Treefern Cl
- Turina Pl
- Uhlmann Rd
- Verdi Ct
- Wain Rd
- Walnut Ct
- Watergum Street
- Wattle Street
- Weber Ct
- Welsh St
- Wexford Ct
- Whitehaven St
- William Rd
- Winifred St
- Woodhaven St
- Zantuck St
- Zeus Dr
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