Capalaba QLD 4157
Capalaba is a suburb in Queensland, 23 km from Brisbane CBD, around 32 minutes by car. Population is 18,002; the median age is 39 and the median household income is $90,844 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the middle range nationally. The suburb grew 3.9% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $385 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,785. Capalaba is characterised by high crime risk and no recorded bushfire exposure. 3 schools sit within the suburb boundary, and walkability is high.
Is Capalaba a good suburb?
Capalaba scores a B (52/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit, weaker on schools and safety.
Below the state average
3 schools · Bottom 1% in QLD
Very walkable
Walkability 80/100 · 22.8 km · 32 min drive to Brisbane
Median available
Median $1.05M
High crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 72/100
Mid-range socio-economic
SEIFA decile 5/10 · median age 39 · 18,002 residents
Liveability Rating
52 / 100 · Ranked #474 in QLDEach bar is Capalaba's rank among QLD suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better).
Flood data for Queensland covers only the areas mapped there — a blank here is not an all-clear.
How do you rate the liveability in Capalaba?
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Our score
52 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median House Price
Public listings dataCapalaba's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $1.05 million, roughly 12% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$1,050,000
12% below its 6 neighbours (median $1,200,000)
Based on 228 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 13 days — median across 123 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 7 sales $700K
- 3 bed 95 sales $972K
- 4 bed 97 sales $1.11M
- 5 bed 22 sales $1.45M
- 6 bed 5 sales $1.3M
Units
$716,250
Based on 12 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 13 days — median across 7 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 9 sales $715K
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Capalaba are currently listed at around $990,000 on average. Based on 69 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$990K
69 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$800K
7 units listed in the last 6 months.
76 of the suburb's 6,716 dwellings (1.1%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Capalaba rent for around $750 a week on average, based on 82 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$750/wk
5% below its 3 neighbours (median $790/wk)
82 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
84 rentals advertised against an estimated 1,773 rented homes (4.7%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- 3-bed houses
- $700/wk
- 29 bonds
- +51% since 2021
- 2-bed units
- $550/wk
- 10 bonds
- +29% since 2021
Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies. Change since 2021 compares the median of the first four quarters with the last four. Asking rents above come from advertised listings.
Rental affordability
June quarter 202597 Unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 31% of its income on the median rent in postcode 4157.
SGS Rental Affordability Index: a score of 100 means rent takes 30% of income, the usual housing-stress line; lower scores are less affordable. "Region" is the capital city or the rest of the state.
Gross rental yield
Indicative$750/week ($39,000 a year) on a $990,000 median
Gross yield — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. Calculated from median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.
Is Capalaba safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Capalaba sits in the high band, with 428 incidents recorded in 2025 — down roughly 10% on the prior year.
428 offences
10.5% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2020–2024116 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 3 of them fatal
Where they happened
Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the suburb carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.
Schools
Three schools serve Capalaba, and the cohort is trailing peer-suburb performance.
- • 1,709 students across 3 schools (avg 570)
- • Sectors: 2 Government, 1 Catholic
- • ICSEA 982-1057, median 988 (around the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Capalaba State College (1,022 students)
Primary
Combined
Walkability
Capalaba is very walkable on foot — at 80/100, most daily errands can be done on foot. Within the suburb there are 9 supermarkets, 45 parks and 32 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Capalaba.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 223.8 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 126.8 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 73.4 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 0 min
- Span of service
- 18.8 hours
Scheduled service only, based on the 21 October 2026 timetable. Reliability (delays, cancellations) not measured.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Capalaba.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 15%
- Premises covered
- 8,970
NBN Co fixed-line and fixed-wireless premises, as at 30 December 2025. Higher-quality technologies (full fibre) score above copper, wireless, and satellite. Actual speeds depend on your plan.
Amenities
Redland: council population
The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this suburb alone — this suburb's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
The ABS scores 44 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 9 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Capalaba is home to about 18,000 residents, with a median age of 39, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $91,000 a year, with unemployment at 4.5%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
18,002
Median Age
39
Median Household Income
$90,844/yr
Census Median Rent
$385/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,785/mo
Avg Household Size
2.6
Median Personal Income
$41,808/yr
Unemployment Rate
4.5%
Unoccupied Dwellings
4.1%
Total Dwellings
6,716
Owner-Occupier Rate
73.6%
Houses
77.7%
Rental Stress
22.0%
Mortgage Stress
23.6%
Work From Home
15.4%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
293 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 38 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 1,742 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 74.3%
- English Spoken at Home
- 86.0%
- Employment Rate
- 62.1%
- Completed Year 12
- 44.2%
Occupations
Religion
Country of Birth (overseas)
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.
When They Arrived
Share of all residents by the year they arrived in Australia. Periods cover different numbers of years, so compare the shape rather than the bar widths.
344 residents (1.9%) arrived since 2016. Australia’s borders were closed to most arrivals from March 2020, so the last two years of that period are much smaller than the ones before them — nationally 260,799 people arrived in 2019 against 28,521 in 2021.
Where New Residents Came From
Where residents aged five and over lived five years before the 2021 Census, for those who lived somewhere else.
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 16,943 residents aged five and over. Areas are ABS statistical regions. Small counts are approximate: the ABS adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Languages Spoken at Home
Top languages other than English, as a share of all residents.
Age Distribution
Family & Household Composition
Commute to Work
10% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (915 of 9,128).
City centre: the ABS area around each capital's CBD, such as Sydney Inner City or Perth City (which takes in Subiaco and Leederville). 2021 Census place of work.
Local Jobs
People who work in this suburb against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 11,318 people work here; 9,128 employed residents live here.
Roughly as many jobs as working residents (1.2 per resident). At least 19% of the people who work here must live elsewhere.
Counts are by place of work and place of usual residence. The ABS counts jobs in zones; where a zone spans several places, its jobs are shared out by land use. The ABS also adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,879 a year through Redland based on 2025 figures.
Building Approvals: Redland
In the year to August 2026, 1,598 new dwellings were approved across Redland. That mix is 1,243 houses and 355 units. Approvals are down 26.3% on the same period a year earlier.
New Homes Planned
New homes planned in this suburb: 292 to 730 homes
- In 2 to 5 years 12 to 40 homes
- In 5 to 10 years 105 to 240 homes
- In 10 years or more 173 to 440 homes
- No timeframe set 2 to 10 homes
Land the Queensland Government's residential land supply study identifies for future housing (22 parcels), by when it expects lots to be registered. Yields are published in ranges, so these are too.
Aboriginal Cultural Heritage
The Aboriginal party for this area is Quandamooka Coast Claim.
Under Queensland's Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003 the Aboriginal party for an area follows native title. A native title claim over this area is registered with the Federal Court.
Air Quality
MODERATEPM2.5 averaged 5.3 µg/m³ in 2025 — below Australia's NEPM annual standard (8 µg/m³), slightly above the stricter WHO guideline (5 µg/m³).
PM10 averaged 14.6 µg/m³ · NO₂ averaged 0.48 pphm. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 0 · NO₂ 0 · ozone 0.
From the Springwood (South East Queensland) monitoring station, 10.1 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Archerfield Airport, 19.6 kmHigh rainfall — warm summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 26 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 6.6 km
- Near high-voltage lines
- 2.4% of addresses
- 237 within 100 m of an overhead line of 110 kV or more
- Annual rainfall
- 1,032 mm
- 84 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 30.5°C
- 6 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 8.9°C
- 0 frost days ≤ 0°C
Elevation is the ground at the suburb centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.
Industrial Emissions Nearby
3 facilities within 5 km- 1.8 kmSewerage and Drainage ServicesTop reported: Total Nitrogen · Ammonia (total) · Total Phosphorus
- 3.7 kmSewerage and Drainage ServicesTop reported: Total Nitrogen · Ammonia (total) · Total Phosphorus
- 4.4 kmOther Electricity GenerationTop reported: Carbon monoxide · Oxides of Nitrogen · Sulfur dioxide
EV adoption
In postcode 4157, 177 of 18,184 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.4% (439 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 3.4%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 4157, 5,599 rooftop-solar systems totalling 34.5 MW have been installed since 2001, against 7,546 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 393 went up in the last year.
Counts every system certified since 2001, so a roof re-fitted with a newer system is counted twice, and small commercial systems are included alongside houses — useful for comparing postcodes, not an estimate of how many homes have working panels today.
2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.
First Home Owner Grant
FY2026-27$30,000 for new homes priced up to $750,000.
$30,000 for contracts signed on or after 20 November 2023, with no end date. IT DID NOT REVERT TO $15,000: the tier was due to end 30 June 2026 and the 2026-27 Queensland Budget (23 June 2026) continued it for contracts signed from 1 July 2026. This file carried a "due to revert" note until 2026-09-18 — it was never true, and a note predicting a change is not the same as a change. Cap is "less than $750,000" including land and contract variations — less than, not up to. New homes only: "There are no home owner grants for established homes."
Mortgage repayments
9 mortgage brokers are registered in this suburb.
Transfer duty at the owner-occupier rate, and it excludes first home buyer concessions — those can cut it substantially or remove it entirely. Excludes legal, inspection and lender fees. Check with Queensland Revenue Office
The First Home Owner Grant applies to newly built homes only, so it isn't available on an established purchase. A first home buyer building or buying new under $750,000 may qualify for $30,000 — see what qualifies with Queensland Revenue Office.
At $1,050,000 this is $300,000 above the $750,000 First Home Owner Grant cap. A first home buyer may qualify for $30,000 on a newly built home — check eligibility with Queensland Revenue Office.
A deposit under 20% usually attracts Lenders Mortgage Insurance, which this doesn't include.
Principal and interest over 30 years, fixed rate. Excludes fees, offset, redraw and LMI. Default rate is the median comparison rate across 1788 advertised products as at 2026-10-26 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.
Federal Electorate
Currently held by Henry Pike Liberal National Party of Queensland
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Henry Pike | 47.6% | 52.4% | +3.1 |
| 2022 | Henry Pike | 44.5% | 55.5% | -4.7 |
| 2019 | Andrew Laming | 39.8% | 60.2% | +3.2 |
Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact suburb's voters across time.
State Electorate
Currently held by Russell Field Liberal National Party of Queensland
Next state election: 28 October 2028.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Russell Field LNP | 51.9% |
| 2020 | Don Brown ALP | 59.8% |
Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2017, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this suburb's voters. Results: Electoral Commission of Queensland.
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- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
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Common questions about Capalaba
Is Capalaba a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Capalaba is high (72/100, ranked against other QLD suburbs on offences per resident). Offences against shops, venues and visitors are divided by the people who live here, so suburbs with large daytime or visitor populations rank higher than living there may feel.
What natural hazards affect Capalaba?
Capalaba has no recorded bushfire history. These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Capalaba a good place to live?
Capalaba has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of B (52/100), ranked against other QLD suburbs on school quality (25%), safety (25%), SEIFA socio-economic advantage (25%), walkability (15%) and CBD access (10%). Whether it suits you depends on what you weigh — each of those is on this page.
What is the population of Capalaba?
Capalaba, QLD had a population of 18,002 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Capalaba, QLD?
The postcode for Capalaba, QLD is 4157.
How far is Capalaba from Brisbane?
Capalaba is 23 km from Brisbane CBD by road, about 32 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Capalaba?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Capalaba was $90,844 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.
What is the median weekly rent in Capalaba?
The median advertised rent in Capalaba is $750 a week for houses (82 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Capalaba?
The median age of residents in Capalaba was 39 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in Capalaba?
There are 3 schools inside the Capalaba boundary: 1 at and 2 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Capalaba walkable?
Capalaba scores 80/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it very walkable. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.
What is the air quality in Capalaba?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Capalaba (Springwood (South East Queensland)) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 5.3 µg/m³ and PM10 of 14.6 µg/m³. That puts Capalaba below the Australian NEPM annual standard of 8 µg/m³ but above the stricter WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.
What is the weather like in Capalaba?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Capalaba, Archerfield Airport (19.6 km away), summer days average 30.5°C, winter nights 8.9°C, 1,032 mm of rain a year over 84 rainy days, and 6 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Capalaba?
First-home buyers in QLD may be eligible for $30,000 towards new homes with a purchase price up to $750,000. The grant is administered by Queensland Revenue Office; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.
What council does Capalaba belong to?
Capalaba sits within the Redland local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Capalaba?
The average residential rates bill through Redland is $1,879 a year (2025). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Capalaba?
Across Redland, 1,598 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 26.3% on the same period a year earlier. These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.
Which federal electorate is Capalaba in?
Capalaba sits within the federal Division of Bowman, currently held by Henry Pike (Liberal National Party of Queensland).
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Data freshness
- Census · 2021
- Median sale prices · Oct 2026
- For-sale & rental market · Oct 2026
- Council rates · FY 2025–26
- Building approvals · Aug 2026
- Schools · 2025
- Public transport · Oct 2026
- NBN connectivity · Dec 2025
- Crime · 2025
- Road crashes · 2020–2024
- Air quality · 2025
- Climate · 2006–2026
- Socio-economic (SEIFA) · 2021
- EV adoption · Jan 2025
- First Home Owner Grant · Sep 2026
- Federal electorate · 2025
- State electorate · 2024
- Amenities · Sep 2026
- Health & emergency facilities · Sep 2026
- Industrial emissions (NPI) · 2024/2025
- Coastal erosion · 1988–2025
- Aircraft noise · 2024
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