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QLD · Brisbane Council
Chapel Hill, 4069
Est. population · Jun 2025
10,741
Growth (1 yr)
+0.0%
Growth (5 yr)
+2.2%
Median age
42
Median income
$2,969/wk
Employment rate
62.6%
Languages at home
23.7%non-English
Most common: Mandarin, Persian, Cantonese
2021 Census · usual residence
Desirability score
- High desirability
- Education hub
- Excellent transport
- Green suburb
- Café precinct
Suburb profile
Chapel Hill is a practical established suburb in Brisbane Council, well placed for families who want metro access without the inner-city squeeze. Established families and long-term residents give the suburb a settled feel, with plenty of young families in the mix. Many residents were born overseas or speak a language other than English at home.
Education outcomes and school provision stand out relative to comparable suburbs. Green space punches above what many metro suburbs offer, with parks and playgrounds woven through the suburb. Buses connect the area to surrounding suburbs, keeping the wider city within easy reach.
Homes cost more here than in most comparable suburbs. Tree-lined streets and established homes set the tone, with little pressure to reinvent the neighbourhood.
Community and employment, plus safety push the suburb to a excellent desirability read, even as local dining and lifestyle amenities look more ordinary among similar metro suburbs. Limited access to some essential local services also trimmed the result.
At a glance
Chapel Hill snapshot
A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk
Median rent
$870/wk
Population (ERP)
10,741
+0.0% annual growth
Dwelling vacancy
3.9%
Census unoccupied dwellings
Livability profile
Desirability pillars vs the peer median (50th percentile)
How it compares
Relative standing using percentiles, ranks, and national deciles
Desirability
#26
among Metro Brisbane · Established
Safety
2nd
percentile in state (higher = safer)
Pop. growth
23rd
percentile in QLD
Advantage (IRSAD)
10/10
national SEIFA decile
School ICSEA
97th
percentile among schools with ICSEA
Population growth
Recent ERP change over 1 and 5 years
Housing mix
Dwelling types from the 2021 Census
Risks & flags
Quick scan — open a section below for full context
Living here
Desirability
Ranks & confidence
- Desirability score
- 72.6/100 — Excellent
- State standing
- Top 3% of Queensland's suburbs
- National rank
- 113th in Australia
- State rank
- 43rd in QLD
- Peer rank
- #26 among Metro Brisbane · Established suburbs
- Cohort rank
- #31 among Metro Brisbane suburbs
- Data confidence
- 78%
Data sources & freshness
- Suburb Guide desirability index — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
Housing
- All types (Mar 2026)
- $870
Median weekly rent from Queensland RTA rental bond data. Figures can be unreliable where few bonds were lodged in the quarter.
Contributes to desirability score · Housing (15%) · Future Growth (7%)
Median price, rental yield and vacancy Recent price momentum
Data sources & freshness
- RTA bond statistics — Residential Tenancies Authority (Queensland) · Mar 2026 · Updated · Quarterly releases
Population
Estimated resident population
10,741(June 2025)
+0.0% annual · +2.2% over 5 years · 23th percentile in QLD
Growth figures & methodology
- Annual growth
- +0.0%
- 5-year growth
- +2.2%
- Change in 1 year
- +2
- Change in 5 years
- +233
- Growth rank in QLD
- 23th percentile
ABS Estimated Resident Population allocated to this suburb from SA2-level data. Not an official ABS suburb count.
Methodology
Figures are allocated from ABS Estimated Resident Population at Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2), using 2021 Census share within overlapping SA2 regions. Where Census data is unavailable, area overlap is used instead.
The dashed chart line is a simple growth-trend estimate to June 2030 (~10,900), extrapolated at +0.3% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.
2021 Census figures
2021 Census
- Population
- 10,511
- Median age
- 42
- Median household income / week
- $2,969
- Dwelling vacancy
- 3.9%
- Unoccupied private dwellings
- 142 of 3,676
- Median monthly mortgage
- $2,427
- Employment rate
- 62.6%
- Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
- 3,451 / 69 / 11
Contributes to desirability score · Community (5%)
Employment, household income and age diversity (2021 Census)
Data sources & freshness
- 2021 Census — General Community Profile — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
The 2026 Census runs in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.
- Estimated Resident Population — Australian Bureau of Statistics · 2025 · Updated · SA2 ERP allocated to suburb boundaries
Community & culture
No 2021 Census cultural diversity data for this suburb yet.
Data sources & freshness
- 2021 Census — General Community Profile — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
The 2026 Census runs in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.
Crime & safety
Reported offences are running lower than the same point last year.
Offence counts & rates
- Total offences (Jan 2026 to Aug 2026)
- 99
- Against the person
- 12
- Against property
- 67
- Rate per 1,000 residents
- 9.2
- Person-crime prevalence
- About 1 in 876 residents
- State safety percentile
- 1.6th (lower crime is better)
- Decrease (daily rate, partial year)
- -7.7%
Most common offence types
- Fraud21
- Other Theft (Excl. Unlawful Entry)106
- Traffic And Related Offences26
- Unlawful Entry60
- Unlawful Use Of Motor Vehicle22
Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)
Crime rate and year-on-year trend
Data sources & freshness
- QPS Online Crime Map — Queensland Police Service · Jan 2025 to Dec 2025 → Jan 2026 to Aug 2026; Jan 2026 to Aug 2026 · Updated · Calendar-year aggregates
Family & Lifestyle
Schools & preschools
- Schools within 2 km
- 4
- Median school ICSEA (4 schools)
- 1,161.5
- Median ICSEA percentile
- 97th
School list
- Chapel Hill State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1171 · 98th percentile · LBOTE 40% · 772 students · Top SEA quarter 70% · 0.4 km awayView on My School →
- Kenmore State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1158 · 96th percentile · LBOTE 48% · 520 students · Top SEA quarter 64% · 1.5 km awayView on My School →
- Indooroopilly State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1165 · 97th percentile · LBOTE 73% · 1,326 students · Top SEA quarter 68% · 1.7 km awayView on My School →
- Our Lady of the Rosary SchoolPrimary · Catholic · ICSEA 1126 · 90th percentile · LBOTE 12% · 221 students · Top SEA quarter 50% · 1.8 km awayView on My School →
Contributes to desirability score · Education (15%)
School and preschool counts, median school ICSEA
Data sources & freshness
- ACARA school locations — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority · 2025 · Updated · Annual release
- School ICSEA scores — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority · 2025 · Updated · Annual release
Public transport
44 public transport stops in this suburb
- Chapel Hill Rd near Neptune St, stop 1
- Greenford St at Merri Merri Park
- Ironbark Rd near Birchley St
- Ironbark Rd near Birchley St
- Moggill Rd at Bredden Street, stop 32
Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (15%)
Public transport stop coverage
Data sources & freshness
- GTFS public transport stops — State transport authority open-data feeds · current · Updated
Amenities
104 nearby amenities within ~1.5 km
1 restaurants · 2 cafes · 1 bars · 1 places of worship · 10 playgrounds · 2 dog parks · 1 swimming pools · 1 petrol stations
Local character & venue list
Local character
- A car helps for daily errands
- Great for outdoor family life — 18 parks mapped in suburb, 10 playgrounds nearby
- Well connected by public transport — 44 public transport stops
- Strong local sport and recreation — 14 sport and outdoor facilities nearby
- Walkability proxy
- 38/100
- Cafés per 1,000 residents
- 0.19
- Food & drink per 1,000 residents
- 0.38
- Parks per 1,000 residents
- 1.71
Food & drink(4)
- Suburban SocialBar
- Cafe
- Peach & BillyCafe
- Restaurant
Shopping(3)
- Captain ConvenienceConvenience store
- Convenience store
- Reddy ExpressConvenience store
Community(1)
- Chapel Hill State SchoolSchool
Health & services(1)
- Medical clinic
Sport & outdoors(31)
- Dog park
- Green Hill Dog Off Leash AreaDog park
- Ardes Street ParkPark
- Boblynne Street ParkPark
- Cicada ParkPark
- Clarina Street ParkPark
2A Clarina Street
- Dillingen Street ParkPark
- Green Hill Reservoir ParkPark
- Maculata Drive ParkPark
- Marminde Street ParkPark
- Moordale Street ParkPark
- Nankoor Street Park (no. 9)Park
- Park (3)
- Rebecca Street ParkPark
- Robin Powell ParkPark
- Sleaford Street ParkPark
16 Sleaford Street, Chapel Hill
- Picnic area
- Brisbane City CouncilPlayground
- Playground (9)
- Sports field
- Swimming pool
Transport(35)
35 bus stops
Other(19)
- Bench (3)
- Taylor CyclesBicycle
5 Moordale Street, Chapel Hill
- Mind and Body GamesCollector
- Common (2)
- Drinking water (2)
- Chapel Hill Community GardenGarden
- Garden
- Parking
- Parking Entrance
- Coles ExpressPetrol station
- Picnic Table
- Chapel Hill Uniting ChurchPlace of worship
- Australian PostPost Box
- Post Box (2)
- Shelter (6)
- Salvation ArmySocial Facility
730 Moggill Road
- Telephone
- TelstraTelephone
- Waste Basket
Names and addresses from OpenStreetMap. Unnamed venues show as their type (e.g. Cafe). Transport stops are summarised by type rather than listed individually.
Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (15%)
Food, shopping, recreation and sport (OpenStreetMap)
Data sources & freshness
- Local amenity insights — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
- OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated
Parks & reserves
15 parks and public open space in this suburb
- Ardes Street ParkPark
- Boblynne Street ParkPark
- Cicada ParkPark
- Clarina Street ParkPark
- Dillingen Street ParkPark
- Green Hill Reservoir ParkPark
- Maculata Drive ParkPark
- Marminde Street ParkPark
- Merri Merri ParkPark
- Moordale Street ParkPark
Data sources & freshness
- Parks & reserves — State government + ABS LGA boundaries · current · Updated
Green cover
- Parks & woodland (OSM)
- 25
- Parks (OSM)
- 18
OpenStreetMap parks and natural woodland features mapped within the suburb boundary.
Contributes to desirability score · Environment (10%)
Parks and green cover (OpenStreetMap)
Data sources & freshness
- OpenStreetMap green cover — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated
Places of worship
1 places of worship within ~1.5 km
- Chapel Hill Uniting Church
From OpenStreetMap within ~1.5 km of the suburb centre.
Data sources & freshness
- OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated
Health access
- Hospitals & GP clinics in suburb
- 1
- Nearest hospital
- Westside Private Hospital (3.3 km)
- Nearest hospital type
- Hospital
- Nearest hospital emergency
- Emergency department
- Emergency department in suburb
- Not in suburb
- DoctorDoctor
Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (15%)
Hospitals and GP clinics
Data sources & freshness
- Hospitals & clinics — OpenStreetMap + state health datasets · current · Updated
NDIS participation
- NDIS participants (31 March 2026)
- 222
- Participants per 1,000 residents
- 20.7
Active NDIS participants allocated from NDIA Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2, ASGS 2016) counts to this suburb boundary. Not an official suburb-level NDIS figure · as at 31 March 2026.
For NDIS spend and service-demand exploration by SA2 or postcode, see the Care Sector Demand Map.
Data sources & freshness
- NDIS participants by SA2 — National Disability Insurance Agency · 2026-Q1 · Updated · Quarterly SA2 counts allocated to suburb boundaries
Weather
Typical conditions by season for suburbs in the same ~44 km climate area. Rainfall totals are summed from monthly WorldClim layers; rainy-day counts are approximate.
Summer (Dec–Feb)
- Usual max / min
- 28° / 18°
- Rainfall
- 493 mm · ~62 rainy days
Autumn (Mar–May)
- Usual max / min
- 25° / 14°
- Rainfall
- 343 mm · ~43 rainy days
Winter (Jun–Aug)
- Usual max / min
- 20° / 7°
- Rainfall
- 144 mm · ~18 rainy days
Spring (Sep–Nov)
- Usual max / min
- 25° / 12°
- Rainfall
- 249 mm · ~31 rainy days
Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (15%)
Temperature and humidity comfort
Data sources & freshness
- Seasonal climate normals — WorldClim 2.1 · Updated
Future & Planning
Hazards
- Bushfire planning zone
- No overlay at centroid
Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid via Queensland Bushfire Prone Area mapping.
Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)
Bushfire hazard overlays
Data sources & freshness
- Hazard planning overlays — State government hazard layers · current · Updated
Politics & representation
- Federal electorate
- Ryan
- Member of Parliament
- Elizabeth WATSON-BROWN (The Greens)
- Results from
- 2025 federal election
- Electorate enrolment (2025)
- 114,860
- Turnout (2025)
- 92.8%
- Swing since 2022 (2025)
- +5.4 pp toward Labor
Two-party preferred (2025)
Coalition 42.2%Labor 57.8%
Estimated suburb voting profile
Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 3.1 km away).
Coalition 42.9%Labor 57.1%
0.7 percentage points more Coalition-leaning than the electorate
Estimated swing since 2022: +8.1 pp toward Labor
Nearest polling places
- Chapel HillLabor 55.1% · Coalition 44.9% TPP (2025)0.5 km away
- Chapel Hill SouthLabor 56.9% · Coalition 43.1% TPP (2025)1.0 km away
- KenmoreLabor 56.6% · Coalition 43.4% TPP (2025)1.4 km away
- Indooroopilly WestLabor 64.7% · Coalition 35.4% TPP (2025)1.8 km away
- Kenmore SouthLabor 60.2% · Coalition 39.8% TPP (2025)2.1 km away
Federal electorate from AEC federal division boundaries (2025 redistribution). Division-level results are official AEC figures from the latest general election, with by-election updates where applicable. The estimated suburb profile blends up to eight nearest ordinary polling booths in the same electorate using inverse-distance weighting from the suburb centroid — an approximation, not official AEC data. Nearest polling places are shown for reference.
Data sources & freshness
- Federal election results — Australian Electoral Commission · Updated · 2025 election with by-election overlays
Socio-economic
- IRSAD decile (2021)
- 10/10
- IRSD decile (2021)
- 10/10
ABS Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), 2021 release — the latest available, derived from the 2021 Census. Deciles rank suburbs nationally from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest).
What do IRSAD and IRSD measure?
IRSAD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage. Combines indicators of advantage (e.g. high income, skilled occupations) and disadvantage. Higher decile = more advantaged relative to other Australian areas.
IRSD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage. Focuses on disadvantage only (e.g. low income, unemployment, limited education). Higher decile = less disadvantage nationally.
A new SEIFA edition typically follows each census; the ABS has not announced a release date beyond 2021.
Contributes to desirability score · Community (5%)
Socio-economic advantage (IRSAD decile)
Data sources & freshness
- SEIFA 2021 (IRSAD / IRSD) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
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