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QLD · Moreton Bay Council
Samford Valley, 4520
Est. population · Jun 2025
3,415
Growth (1 yr)
+1.2%
Growth (5 yr)
+5.5%
Median age
45
Median income
$3,250/wk
Employment rate
62.8%
Languages at home
6%non-English
Most common: German, Afrikaans, Malayalam
2021 Census · usual residence
Desirability score
- National parks
- High desirability
- Excellent transport
- Education hub
Suburb profile
In Moreton Bay Council, Samford Valley is a settled mid-sized suburb with a familiar suburban feel and good links to the wider city. The city and surrounding suburbs are both within comfortable reach, which keeps daily life flexible. The area suits established families and long-term locals, with family life visible on every street.
Fitness and outdoor sport options are a real part of local life, not just a distant club trip away. Green space punches above what many metro suburbs offer, with parks and playgrounds woven through the suburb. A car helps for most daily errands, though buses still link the suburb further afield.
Homes cost more here than in most comparable suburbs. The streetscape feels settled and established, with older homes giving the area a familiar, lived-in look.
Against similar metro suburbs, community and employment, plus safety stand out and the overall desirability rating is good, with schools and education less decisive. Limited access to some essential local services also trimmed the result.
At a glance
Samford Valley snapshot
A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk
Median rent
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No data available
Population (ERP)
3,415
+1.2% annual growth
Dwelling vacancy
3.2%
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
#5
among Metro Brisbane · Mature
Safety
1st
percentile in state (higher = safer)
Pop. growth
51st
percentile in QLD
Advantage (IRSAD)
10/10
national SEIFA decile
School ICSEA
84th
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
- 57.5/100 — Good
- State standing
- Top 20% of Queensland's suburbs
- National rank
- 1289th in Australia
- State rank
- 294th in QLD
- Peer rank
- #5 among Metro Brisbane · Mature suburbs
- Cohort rank
- #185 among Metro Brisbane suburbs
- Data confidence
- 78%
Data sources & freshness
- Suburb Guide desirability index — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
Population
Estimated resident population
3,415(June 2025)
+1.2% annual · +5.5% over 5 years · 51th percentile in QLD
Growth figures & methodology
- Annual growth
- +1.2%
- 5-year growth
- +5.5%
- Change in 1 year
- +39
- Change in 5 years
- +179
- Growth rank in QLD
- 51th 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 (~3,600), extrapolated at +1.1% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.
2021 Census figures
2021 Census
- Population
- 3,208
- Median age
- 45
- Median household income / week
- $3,250
- Dwelling vacancy
- 3.2%
- Unoccupied private dwellings
- 33 of 1,018
- Median monthly mortgage
- $2,600
- Employment rate
- 62.8%
- Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
- 977 / 0 / 8
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)
- 27
- Against the person
- 3
- Against property
- 17
- Rate per 1,000 residents
- 7.9
- Person-crime prevalence
- About 1 in 1,069 residents
- State safety percentile
- 0.8th (lower crime is better)
- Decrease (daily rate, partial year)
- -10.6%
Most common offence types
- Other Theft (Excl. Unlawful Entry)42
- Unlawful Entry10
- Other Property Damage12
- Traffic And Related Offences14
- Drug Offences7
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
- 1
- Median school ICSEA
- 1,100
- Median ICSEA percentile
- 84th
School list
- Samford State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1100 · 84th percentile · LBOTE 8% · 587 students · Top SEA quarter 39% · 1.6 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
8 public transport stops in this suburb
- Mt Glorious Rd near Greggs Rd hail 'n' ride
- Mt Glorious Rd near Greggs Rd hail 'n' ride
- Mt Glorious Rd near Mt OReilly Rd hail 'n' ride
- Mt Glorious Rd near Mt OReilly Rd hail 'n' ride
- Mt Glorious Rd near Parkwood Dr hail 'n' ride
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
75 nearby amenities within ~1.5 km
1 cafes · 27 swimming pools
Local character & venue list
Local character
- Limited walkable amenities nearby
- Great for outdoor family life — 17 parks mapped in suburb
- Reasonable bus and transport access — 8 public transport stops
- Strong local sport and recreation — 30 sport and outdoor facilities nearby
- Walkability proxy
- 14/100
- Cafés per 1,000 residents
- 0.31
- Food & drink per 1,000 residents
- 0.31
- Parks per 1,000 residents
- 5.3
Food & drink(1)
- Café LagartoCafe
225 Mount Glorious Road, Samford Valley
Sport & outdoors(38)
- Head Heart Feet Yoga and Professional DevelopmentGym
225 Mount Glorious Road, Samford Valley
- Zen SpaceGym
225 Mount Glorious Road, Samford Valley
- Harboe ParkPark
- Joseph Marsh ParkPark
2 Sunset Grove, Samford Valley
- Park (4)
- Samford ParklandsPark
- Stu Currell ParkPark
- Sports field
- Swimming pool (27)
Transport(3)
3 bus stops
Other(15)
- Gleam O'Dawn Rural StoreAgrarian
230 Mount Glorious Road, Samford Valley
- That Yarn PlaceArt
225 Mount Glorious Road, Samford Valley
- Crafts CentreCraft
225 Mount Glorious Road, Samford Valley
- Brisbane Performing Arts AcademyDance
Unit 2 220 Mount Glorious Road, Samford Valley
- Garden (3)
- Mower Mart SamfordHardware
Unit 2-6 220 Mount Glorious Road, Samford Valley
- Brian Daley ReserveNature Reserve
- Parking (4)
- Parking Space (13)
- Enable Health ClinicPhysiotherapist
Unit 9 220 Mount Glorious Road, Samford Valley
- Pilates Lifestyle & WellbeingPhysiotherapist
Unit 11 220 Mount Glorious Road, Samford Valley
- Containers for ChangeRecycling
- Shelter (2)
- Herdz - Horse and RiderSports
Unit 13 225 Mount Glorious Road, Samford Valley
- Samford Transfer StationWaste Transfer Station
46 Gibbons Road, Samford Valley
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
12 parks and public open space in this suburb
- Brian Daley ReserveNature reserve
- Davidson ParkPark
- Harboe ParkPark
- Joseph Marsh ParkPark
- Keating ParkPark
- Private Frank Harold Cash ReservePark
- Samford Eco-CorridorNature reserve
- Samford ParklandsPark
- Stu Currell ParkPark
- Undambi Rotary ReservePark
Data sources & freshness
- Parks & reserves — State government + ABS LGA boundaries · current · Updated
Green cover
- Parks & woodland (OSM)
- 24
- Parks (OSM)
- 17
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
Health access
- Hospitals & GP clinics in suburb
- 2
- Nearest hospital
- North West Private Hospital (12.6 km)
- Nearest hospital type
- Hospital
- Nearest hospital emergency
- Emergency department
- Emergency department in suburb
- Not in suburb
- Enable Health ClinicMount Glorious RoadPhysiotherapist
- Pilates Lifestyle & WellbeingMount Glorious RoadPhysiotherapist
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)
- 68
- Participants per 1,000 residents
- 19.9
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
- 29° / 20°
- Rainfall
- 498 mm · ~62 rainy days
Autumn (Mar–May)
- Usual max / min
- 26° / 17°
- Rainfall
- 406 mm · ~51 rainy days
Winter (Jun–Aug)
- Usual max / min
- 21° / 10°
- Rainfall
- 196 mm · ~24 rainy days
Spring (Sep–Nov)
- Usual max / min
- 26° / 15°
- Rainfall
- 256 mm · ~32 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
- Dickson
- Member of Parliament
- Ali FRANCE (Australian Labor Party)
- Results from
- 2025 federal election
- Electorate enrolment (2025)
- 119,375
- Turnout (2025)
- 92.4%
- Swing since 2022 (2025)
- +7.7 pp toward Labor
Two-party preferred (2025)
Coalition 44.0%Labor 56.0%
Estimated suburb voting profile
Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 10.8 km away).
Coalition 50.5%Labor 49.5%
6.5 percentage points more Coalition-leaning than the electorate
Estimated swing since 2022: +4.5 pp toward Labor
Nearest polling places
- SamfordLabor 49.2% · Coalition 50.8% TPP (2025)0.4 km away
- Samford CentralLabor 51.0% · Coalition 49.0% TPP (2025)3.1 km away
- CloseburnLabor 48.1% · Coalition 51.9% TPP (2025)5.1 km away
- Mount NeboLabor 82.8% · Coalition 17.2% TPP (2025)7.7 km away
- Ferny Hills NorthLabor 61.3% · Coalition 38.7% TPP (2025)8.2 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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