Suburb overview
Camp Hill is an outer-metropolitan suburb of Brisbane, Australia, with a population of approximately 12,254, making it a smaller community. Located approximately 6 km from the Brisbane CBD, Camp Hill is a outer metro area in Queensland. The median household income is $160,420 per year.
Location
Key indicators
Postcode
4152
Postcode for Camp Hill, from a community postcode dataset cross-checked against Australia Post. A postcode may cover multiple suburbs.
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Population
12,254
Usual resident population at the most recent census.
Median weekly rent
$800/wk
Median weekly rent — as at Mar 2026, Residential Tenancies Authority (Qld) (CC BY 4.0).
Distance to CBD
6 km
Straight-line distance from the suburb centroid to the nearest capital city CBD. Actual driving distance will be longer.
Housing
Median monthly mortgage
$2,600/mo
Monthly median mortgage repayment for households currently paying off a mortgage.
Home type
80% houses
Proportion of separate houses versus units, townhouses, and other home types. Useful for investors assessing rental demand mix.
Why people like living in Camp Hill
- Close to Brisbane — roughly 6 km from the CBD, ideal for city workers.
- Predominantly separate houses (80%) — suburban lifestyle with more land.
- Newer estates with modern homes and family-sized blocks.
Who Camp Hill suits
Pros and cons
Pros
- Rent sits within an affordable share of local incomes, supporting tenant demand.
- Short distance to the CBD makes commuting straightforward.
- Affordable entry point compared with inner-city suburbs.
Cons
- Median mortgage sits above the Queensland state median — entry costs are stretched.
- New-estate oversupply risk — many similar homes can compete for the same buyers.
Investment insight
With 12,254 residents, Camp Hill is one of Queensland's more populous suburbs — roughly 2.2× the state median of 5,474 — giving it a deep buyer and tenant pool that typically supports higher transaction volumes and shorter average days on market. Median household income of $160,420/year runs 78% above the Queensland suburb median of $90,298, indicating strong purchasing power and the type of demographic profile that tends to sustain premium property prices through market cycles. Median rent of $800/week (as at Mar 2026, Residential Tenancies Authority (Qld)) equates to roughly $3,467/month — about 133% of the $2,600/month median mortgage repayment recorded at the 2021 Census. On those figures rental income covers most or all of the recorded repayment, but repayments on new loans have risen with interest rates since 2021, so re-run the coverage at today's rates before treating this as a cash-flow suburb. At 6 km from the Brisbane CBD, Camp Hill sits inside the high-demand inner ring — properties here compete directly with the city's employment, transport and amenity networks.
Investment tip
This suburb suits long-term investors due to steady population growth and affordable entry prices. Look for established streets close to schools and shops rather than raw new-estate land. At the 2021 Census, local rents consumed roughly 15% of household income — a dated but useful sanity check on tenant affordability.
Camp Hill vs Queensland median
How Camp Hill stacks up against the median of all Queensland suburbs in our dataset. Positive values mean Camp Hill sits above the state median; negative means below.
| Metric | Camp Hill | QLD median | Δ vs state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 12,254 | 5,474 | +124% |
| Median household income | $160,420/yr | $90,298/yr | +78% |
| Median rent (weekly, 2021 Census) | $460 | $385 | +19% |
| Median mortgage (monthly, 2021 Census) | $2,600 | $1,733 | +50% |
| Distance to CBD | 6 km | 62 km | -90% |
| Separate houses | 80% | 77% | +3pp |
Investor checklist
Pre-inspection briefing for Camp Hill — every item is derived from public datasets, with full citations in our data sources page.
- Market depth: 12,254 residents — 224% of the QLD suburb median (5,474).
- Purchasing power: median household income $160,420/year (+78% vs Queensland suburb median of $90,298).
- Cash-flow coverage (2021 Census): $460/week rent (≈ $1,993/month) covered ~77% of the $2,600/month median mortgage at the 2021 Census — verify against current rents and rates.
- CBD access: 6 km straight-line from Brisbane (state suburb median 62 km).
- Dwelling mix: 80% separate houses — house-dominant market (vs 77% state median).
- Rate stress-test: budget ~$260/month extra for a 1-percentage-point RBA rate rise on top of the $2,600/month median repayment.
- Tenant rent burden: 15% of the median household income is spent on rent — comfortably affordable.
Investment strategy
Strong buy-and-hold fundamentals: household incomes run 78% above the Queensland suburb median ($160,420 vs $90,298), and the 6 km CBD distance keeps this suburb in the primary demand zone. In Queensland, suburbs with this profile have historically clustered in the upper tercile of 10-year capital growth.
Moderate rental coverage at the 2021 Census: rent of $460/week covered 77% of a $2,600/month mortgage, a $607/month gap bridged with equity, depreciation and tax benefits. Re-check with current rents and rates before committing.
With 80% houses in a 12,254-person market, renovation margins depend on individual street and aspect rather than any suburb-wide story — do comparable-sales analysis before committing capital.
Risk factors
- Interest-rate sensitivity: the $2,600/month median mortgage in Camp Hill means a 1-percentage-point RBA rate rise could add roughly $260/month to repayments, reducing buyer borrowing capacity and cooling prices.
- Premium-pricing risk: incomes 78% above the Queensland median ($160,420 vs $90,298) correlate with elevated purchase prices and compressed gross yields — enter only with a clear capital-growth thesis and a comfortable deposit.
- Regulatory risk: changes to Australian tax settings (negative gearing, CGT discount, foreign-buyer surcharges, land-tax thresholds) could reshape after-tax returns in Camp Hill regardless of local market conditions.
- Market cycle risk: property markets are cyclical, so stress-test your projections in Camp Hill with a 10–15% price pullback scenario before committing capital — returns to date are not a guarantee of future performance.
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Camp Hill enters 2026 with a demographic tailwind — household incomes 78% above the Queensland suburb median of $90,298 and a population of 12,254 give it the depth and purchasing power to outperform the wider QLD market over the next 12–18 months. At the 2021 Census, rental coverage ran at ~77% of the typical mortgage ($1,993/month rent vs $2,600/month repayment), leaving a manageable top-up for most investors. Verify against current rents and rates. Overall investor sentiment for Camp Hill is constructive heading into the second half of 2026, based on its income, rent and mortgage profile relative to the Queensland median.
Frequently asked questions
Is Camp Hill a good suburb for investment?
Whether Camp Hill suits you depends on your strategy, but the fundamentals are concrete: a population of 12,254, a median household income of $160,420/year and median weekly rent of $460. Weigh those against your goal — cash flow, capital growth, or a value-add renovation — each of which we break down with suburb-specific ABS numbers elsewhere on this page.
What drives property demand in Camp Hill?
The main demand drivers in Camp Hill are proximity to Brisbane (6 km), an above-state-median household income of $160,420/year, a dwelling mix that is 80% separate houses. Together these shape both owner-occupier and tenant demand.
What is the population of Camp Hill?
Camp Hill has a usual resident population of approximately 12,254, compared with a Queensland suburb median of 5,474 — placing it in the upper 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.
How far is Camp Hill from the Brisbane CBD?
Camp Hill sits 6 km straight-line from the Brisbane CBD. This is inner-ring territory — pricing competes directly with established Brisbane employment nodes.
What is the median rent in Camp Hill?
The median weekly rent in Camp Hill is $800 (as at Mar 2026, Residential Tenancies Authority (Qld)), equating to approximately $41,600/year in gross rental income. Confirm against current listings on realestate.com.au and Domain before making an offer.
What is the typical mortgage repayment in Camp Hill?
The median monthly mortgage repayment in Camp Hill is $2,600, or approximately $31,200/year (vs $1,733/month state median). Stress-test your own borrowing at rates 1–2 percentage points above today's to make sure you can still service the loan through an RBA tightening cycle.
Is Camp Hill cash-flow positive for investors?
A median weekly rent of $460 works out to $1,993/month, covering 77% of the median mortgage repayment of $2,600/month. That leaves a $607/month shortfall (around $7,284/year before tax benefits), so a typical owner-occupier-priced property here is negatively geared. Actual cash flow depends on your deposit, loan terms, ownership costs and marginal tax rate — run the full numbers in our rental yield calculator.
What are the main risks of investing in Camp Hill?
The main risks are interest-rate sensitivity on the $2,600 median mortgage, the broader Queensland market cycle. Each of these is covered in the Risk Factors section above with suburb-specific numbers rather than generic warnings.
How we built this Camp Hill profile
The population figure on this page comes from the ABS 2021 Census. The postcode comes from a community postcode dataset cross-checked against Australia Post. The dwelling mix is from the ABS 2021 Census. The median household income is the ABS 2021 Census median weekly household income, annualised. Distance to the CBD is calculated from the suburb's ABS centroid. The Census median rent and mortgage figures are 2021 figures and are labelled as such wherever they appear — they are five years old and have moved substantially since. The current median weekly rent in Key indicators is a genuine recent figure from Residential Tenancies Authority (Qld) (Mar 2026), published under a Creative Commons licence and dated on the page. We do not publish an investment score or school/park counts for this suburb. See our methodology and data sources for exactly what's measured and what's estimated.