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ABS 2021 Census · Updated 21 May 2026
Brisbane Airport is an inner-city suburb of Brisbane, Australia, with a population of approximately 22, making it a boutique locality. Located approximately 12 km from the Brisbane CBD, Brisbane Airport is a inner city area in Queensland. The median household income is $77,000 per year.
Brisbane Airport has a solid income profile that supports reliable occupancy rates. The short commute to the city centre is a key demand driver.
Official Australia Post postcode for Brisbane Airport. A postcode may cover multiple suburbs.
Australia Post Postcode Finder →Usual resident population at the most recent census.
Weekly median rent for occupied homes. Live rental data integration coming soon.
Annual median household income (before tax) across all households.
Straight-line distance from the suburb centroid to the nearest capital city CBD. Actual driving distance will be longer.
Estimated 1 school within or near this suburb.
Find schools near Brisbane Airport on My School →Estimated 1 park and green spaces near this suburb.
Monthly median mortgage repayment for households currently paying off a mortgage.
Proportion of separate houses versus units, townhouses, and other home types. Useful for investors assessing rental demand mix.
Brisbane Airport is a smaller community of 22 — about 0% of the Queensland suburb median (5,474) — so investors should factor in the narrower buyer pool and longer average time-on-market. Household income of $77,000/year is 15% below the Queensland median of $90,298, typically translating into lower entry prices and a tenant base more sensitive to rent increases. 12 km from Brisbane places Brisbane Airport in the middle commuter belt, close enough for daily trips by car or rail but at a materially lower price point than inner suburbs.
How Brisbane Airport stacks up against the median of all Queensland suburbs in our dataset. Positive values mean Brisbane Airport sits above the state median; negative means below.
| Metric | Brisbane Airport | QLD median | Δ vs state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 22 | 5,474 | -100% |
| Median household income | $77,000/yr | $90,298/yr | -15% |
| Distance to CBD | 12 km | 62 km | -81% |
Pre-inspection briefing for Brisbane Airport — every item is derived from public datasets, with full citations in our data sources page.
Limited buy-and-hold upside: a small population of 22 means liquidity is thin and capital growth tends to lag the wider Queensland market over full cycles.
Median rental data was not captured for Brisbane Airport. Use current realestate.com.au and Domain listings to triangulate a realistic weekly rent before committing, then feed that number into our rental yield calculator.
With a population of 22, the resale market in Brisbane Airport may not reliably reward cosmetic renovations — a longer hold is typically a better strategy at this scale, letting land-value appreciation do the work instead.
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Create free account →Capital-growth expectations for Brisbane Airport are modest for 2026 — incomes 15% below the QLD median of $90,298 and a population of 22 suggest gains will lag headline metro markets. Rental fundamentals will need to be verified against live listings, as a clean median rent was not recorded for Brisbane Airport. The EquitySight investment score of 61/100 places Brisbane Airport in the upper-middle tier of Australian suburbs we profile, and overall investor sentiment is balanced heading into the second half of 2026.
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Brisbane Airport scores 61/100 on our EquitySight investment framework — a good rating. That score is driven by a population of 22, median household income of $77,000/year. Whether it fits your portfolio depends on whether you are targeting cash flow, capital growth, or a value-add renovation — all three are scored with suburb-specific numbers elsewhere on this page.
The main demand drivers in Brisbane Airport are proximity to Brisbane (12 km), a median household income of $77,000/year, roughly 1 schools and 1 parks within the catchment. Together these shape both owner-occupier and tenant demand and are the factors we weight most heavily in the suburb's investment score.
Brisbane Airport has a usual resident population of approximately 22, compared with a Queensland suburb median of 5,474 — placing it in the lower half of the state's suburbs by size. Population is the clearest proxy for market depth: more residents mean more transactions and typically a shorter average days-on-market on resale.
Brisbane Airport sits 12 km straight-line from the Brisbane CBD. This is comfortable commuter territory, with reasonable rail and road access to the city.
A reliable median rent was not captured for Brisbane Airport. Benchmark expected weekly rent on realestate.com.au and Domain, or the state rental tribunal's rent dashboard. Most Australian investors target a 4–5% gross yield as a baseline.
A reliable median mortgage figure was not captured for Brisbane Airport. Use our loan serviceability calculator to estimate a realistic monthly repayment for your target purchase price and deposit.
Census data was not complete enough in Brisbane Airport to compute a clean rent-to-mortgage coverage. Use current listings to benchmark weekly rent, then plug your expected purchase price into our rental yield calculator to see whether the investment runs cash-flow positive or negative.
The main risks are a thin buyer pool (22 residents), interest-rate sensitivity, the broader Queensland market cycle. Each of these is covered in the Risk Factors section above with suburb-specific numbers rather than generic warnings.
Every number on this page comes from the ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing, Australia Post postcode reference data, and OpenStreetMap amenity tiles. The investment score, strategy verdicts, and comparison table are computed deterministically from those inputs — no opinion, no estimation. See our full methodology and the data sources and licences for the formulas we use.