Middle Park QLD 4074
Located in Queensland, Middle Park sits 18 km from Brisbane CBD, around 24 minutes by car. The suburb has 3,845 residents, a median age of 42, and a median household income of $115,388 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the top 20% nationally. The suburb fell 2.8% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $450 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,950. Middle Park is characterised by no recorded bushfire exposure. All 2 schools within the suburb boundary rank above the state average, and walkability is high.
Is Middle Park a good suburb?
Middle Park scores a A+ (88/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit, safety, and community.
Mixed results
2 schools · 2 above peer schools
Very walkable
Walkability 78/100 · 18.1 km · 24 min drive to Brisbane
Median available
Median $1.24M
Low all-round risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 31/100
Very advantaged
SEIFA decile 10/10 · median age 42 · 3,845 residents
Liveability Rating
88 / 100 · Ranked #11 in QLDEach bar is Middle Park's rank among QLD suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better). Scored on 4 of 5 factors: no school data, so the other factors carry its weight.
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Our score
88 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median House Price
Public listings dataMiddle Park's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $1.24 million, about 8% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$1,240,000
21% above its 5 neighbours (median $1,022,500)
Based on 90 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 22 days — median across 24 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 18 sales $1.06M
- 4 bed 55 sales $1.26M
- 5 bed 9 sales $1.57M
Units
$759,250
Based on only 4 sales — small sample, take as indicative.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Middle Park rent for around $800 a week on average, based on 14 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$800/wk
6% above its 3 neighbours (median $755/wk)
14 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
14 rentals advertised against an estimated 233 rented homes (6.0%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- All rentals
- $795/wk
- 13 bonds
- +66% 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 202595 Unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 32% of its income on the median rent in postcode 4074.
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.
Short-Stay Rentals
1 active Airbnb listing: 0 whole homes and 1 room. Whole homes are about 0.0% of the suburb's homes.
Airbnb only, as at Jun 2026; other platforms are not included. Active means reviewed in the past 12 months. The share is against private dwellings at the 2021 Census.
Is Middle Park safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Middle Park sits in the low band, with 11 incidents recorded in 2025 — down roughly 21% on the prior year.
11 offences
21.4% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2020–20245 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 1 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
Two schools serve Middle Park, and the cohort skews above peer-suburb performance. Good News Lutheran School and Middle Park State School lead the pack.
- • 944 students across 2 schools (avg 472)
- • Sectors: 1 Independent, 1 Government
- • ICSEA 1070-1181, median 1126 (well above the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Middle Park State School (578 students)
Primary
Walkability
Middle Park is very walkable on foot — at 78/100, most daily errands can be done on foot. Within the suburb there are 1 supermarket, 5 parks and 3 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Middle Park.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 25.0 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 7.6 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 6.5 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 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 Middle Park.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 0%
- Premises covered
- 1,493
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
Brisbane: 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 10 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 3 different deciles — a narrow range, so the average describes the suburb closely.
Middle Park is home to about 3,800 residents, with a median age of 42, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $115,000 a year, with unemployment at 4.2%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
3,845
Median Age
42
Median Household Income
$115,388/yr
Census Median Rent
$450/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,950/mo
Avg Household Size
2.8
Median Personal Income
$44,928/yr
Unemployment Rate
4.2%
Unoccupied Dwellings
2.9%
Total Dwellings
1,363
Owner-Occupier Rate
82.9%
Houses
94.6%
Rental Stress
20.3%
Mortgage Stress
20.3%
Work From Home
25.1%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 61.9%
- English Spoken at Home
- 72.0%
- Employment Rate
- 63%
- Completed Year 12
- 59.0%
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.
80 residents (2.1%) 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 3,665 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
20% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (406 of 1,982).
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 682 people work here; 1,982 employed residents live here.
Mostly a place people commute from: 0.3 jobs per working resident. At least 65% of employed residents must work outside the suburb.
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 $1,519 a year through Brisbane based on 2025 figures.
Building Approvals: Brisbane
In the year to August 2026, 9,382 new dwellings were approved across Brisbane. That mix is 2,948 houses and 6,434 units. Approvals are up 9.0% on the same period a year earlier.
Aboriginal Cultural Heritage
Two native title parties cover this area: Jagera People #2 and Turrbal People.
Under Queensland's Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003 the Aboriginal party for an area follows native title. No native title claim is currently registered here, so the last registered claimant remains the Aboriginal party.
Air Quality
MODERATEPM2.5 averaged 6.5 µg/m³ in 2025 — below Australia's NEPM annual standard (8 µg/m³), slightly above the stricter WHO guideline (5 µg/m³).
PM10 averaged 17.3 µg/m³ · NO₂ averaged 0.99 pphm. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 1 · NO₂ 0 · ozone 0.
From the Rocklea (South East Queensland) monitoring station, 8.8 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Archerfield Airport, 8.5 kmHigh rainfall — warm summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 22 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 24.1 km
- 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
12 facilities within 5 km- 1.6 km
- 3.1 kmSewerage and Drainage ServicesTop reported: Total Phosphorus · Acetic acid (ethanoic acid) · Total Nitrogen
- 3.7 kmOther Food Product Manufacturing n.e.c.Top reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Ethanol · Acetic acid (ethanoic acid)
- 3.9 kmPolymer Foam Product ManufacturingTop reported: Carbon monoxide · Oxides of Nitrogen · Total Volatile Organic Compounds
- 3.9 kmCured Meat and Smallgoods ManufacturingTop reported: Carbon monoxide · Oxides of Nitrogen · Total Volatile Organic Compounds
EV adoption
In postcode 4074, 393 of 18,711 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 4.0% (755 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 6.1%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 4074, 6,747 rooftop-solar systems totalling 41.2 MW have been installed since 2001, against 8,757 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 503 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
1 mortgage broker is registered in this suburb, 14 across postcode 4074.
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 $1,240,000 this is $490,000 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 Milton Dick Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Milton Dick | 69.2% | 30.8% | +7.6 |
| 2022 | Milton Dick | 61.6% | 38.4% | -5.2 |
| 2019 | Milton Dick | 56.4% | 43.6% | +2.6 |
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 Jess Pugh Australian Labor Party (State of Queensland)
Next state election: 28 October 2028.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Jess Pugh ALP | 57.4% |
| 2020 | Jess Pugh ALP | 62.6% |
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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- #4 in Brisbane's most owner-occupied suburbs
- #12 in Brisbane suburbs where the most homes are owned outright
- #14 in Where the Malaysian community lives in Brisbane
- #15 in The most liveable suburbs in Brisbane
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Common questions about Middle Park
Is Middle Park a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Middle Park is low (31/100, ranked against other QLD suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Middle Park?
Middle Park has no recorded bushfire history. These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Middle Park a good place to live?
Middle Park has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of A+ (88/100), 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 Middle Park?
Middle Park, QLD had a population of 3,845 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Middle Park, QLD?
The postcode for Middle Park, QLD is 4074.
How far is Middle Park from Brisbane?
Middle Park is 18 km from Brisbane CBD by road, about 24 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Middle Park?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Middle Park was $115,388 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 Middle Park?
The median advertised rent in Middle Park is $800 a week for houses (14 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Middle Park?
The median age of residents in Middle Park was 42 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in Middle Park?
There are 2 schools inside the Middle Park boundary: 2 above similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Middle Park walkable?
Middle Park scores 78/100 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 Middle Park?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Middle Park (Rocklea (South East Queensland)) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 6.5 µg/m³ and PM10 of 17.3 µg/m³. That puts Middle Park 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 Middle Park?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Middle Park, Archerfield Airport (8.5 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 Middle Park?
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 Middle Park belong to?
Middle Park sits within the Brisbane local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Middle Park?
The average residential rates bill through Brisbane is $1,519 a year (2025). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Middle Park?
Across Brisbane, 9,382 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 9.0% 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 Middle Park in?
Middle Park sits within the federal Division of Oxley, currently held by Milton Dick (Australian Labor Party).
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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
- Short-stay rentals · Jun 2026
- 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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