Suburb overview
Lutwyche is a well-established middle-ring suburb of Brisbane, Australia, with a population of approximately 4,610, making it a boutique locality. Located 5 km from the Brisbane CBD, Lutwyche is a middle ring area in Queensland. The median household income is $97,344 per year.
Location
Key indicators
Postcode
4030
Postcode for Lutwyche, from a community postcode dataset cross-checked against Australia Post. A postcode may cover multiple suburbs.
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Population
4,610
Usual resident population at the most recent census.
Median weekly rent
$650/wk
Median weekly rent — as at Mar 2026, Residential Tenancies Authority (Qld) (CC BY 4.0).
Distance to CBD
5 km
Straight-line distance from the suburb centroid to the nearest capital city CBD. Actual driving distance will be longer.
Housing
Median monthly mortgage
$1,820/mo
Monthly median mortgage repayment for households currently paying off a mortgage.
Home type
17% houses
Proportion of separate houses versus units, townhouses, and other home types. Useful for investors assessing rental demand mix.
Why people like living in Lutwyche
- Short commute into Brisbane: ~5 km from the CBD.
- High-density unit mix (83% non-house dwellings) — urban, low-maintenance living.
- Established streets, local shops, and schools within the neighbourhood.
Who Lutwyche 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.
- Established middle-ring position between the CBD and the urban fringe.
Cons
- Traffic can build during peak hours, especially on arterial roads.
- Prices may rise further as demand continues.
Investment insight
4,610 residents places Lutwyche squarely in the middle of the Queensland suburb size distribution (state median 5,474), with market depth comparable to most QLD localities. Households here earn $97,344/year on average — 8% above the QLD suburb median of $90,298 — a modest premium that supports resilient owner-occupier demand. Median rent of $650/week (as at Mar 2026, Residential Tenancies Authority (Qld)) equates to roughly $2,817/month — about 155% of the $1,820/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 5 km from the Brisbane CBD, Lutwyche sits inside the high-demand inner ring — properties here compete directly with the city's employment, transport and amenity networks. Only 17% of dwellings are separate houses (vs 77% state median), so this is a unit-heavy market where body-corporate decisions and strata supply meaningfully shape investor returns.
Investment tip
Middle-ring locations like this one historically reward patient holders — focus on homes near catchment-zone schools and major transport. At the 2021 Census, local rents consumed roughly 21% of household income — a dated but useful sanity check on tenant affordability.
Lutwyche vs Queensland median
How Lutwyche stacks up against the median of all Queensland suburbs in our dataset. Positive values mean Lutwyche sits above the state median; negative means below.
| Metric | Lutwyche | QLD median | Δ vs state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 4,610 | 5,474 | -16% |
| Median household income | $97,344/yr | $90,298/yr | +8% |
| Median rent (weekly, 2021 Census) | $395 | $385 | +3% |
| Median mortgage (monthly, 2021 Census) | $1,820 | $1,733 | +5% |
| Distance to CBD | 5 km | 62 km | -92% |
| Separate houses | 17% | 77% | -60pp |
Investor checklist
Pre-inspection briefing for Lutwyche — every item is derived from public datasets, with full citations in our data sources page.
- Market depth: 4,610 residents — 84% of the QLD suburb median (5,474).
- Purchasing power: median household income $97,344/year (+8% vs Queensland suburb median of $90,298).
- Cash-flow coverage (2021 Census): $395/week rent (≈ $1,712/month) covered ~94% of the $1,820/month median mortgage at the 2021 Census — verify against current rents and rates.
- CBD access: 5 km straight-line from Brisbane (state suburb median 62 km).
- Dwelling mix: 17% separate houses — unit-heavy market (vs 77% state median).
- Rate stress-test: budget ~$182/month extra for a 1-percentage-point RBA rate rise on top of the $1,820/month median repayment.
- Tenant rent burden: 21% of the median household income is spent on rent — comfortably affordable.
Investment strategy
Moderate buy-and-hold potential: Lutwyche's 4,610-person market and $97,344 median household income work for investors who are selective on street location and property quality rather than counting on a suburb-wide rerating.
Strong rental coverage at the 2021 Census: $395/week (~$1,712/month) covered 94% of the $1,820/month median mortgage, a shortfall of just $108/month. Both rents and repayments have moved since 2021 — verify current figures, though this suburb has historically leaned cash-flow-friendly.
Only 17% of dwellings are separate houses (vs 77% QLD median) — this is a unit and townhouse market, where cosmetic flips struggle against body-corporate restrictions, thinner after-reno uplift and competing new supply.
Risk factors
- Interest-rate sensitivity: the $1,820/month median mortgage in Lutwyche means a 1-percentage-point RBA rate rise could add roughly $182/month to repayments, reducing buyer borrowing capacity and cooling prices.
- Liquidity risk: with 4,610 residents, Lutwyche has a thinner pool of buyers and tenants than larger suburbs. Expect longer days-on-market on resale and budget for potential vacancy gaps between tenancies.
- Strata exposure: only 17% of dwellings in Lutwyche are separate houses, so most investment stock is apartments or townhouses subject to body-corporate fees, sinking-fund levies and competing supply from new developments.
- Regulatory risk: changes to Australian tax settings (negative gearing, CGT discount, foreign-buyer surcharges, land-tax thresholds) could reshape after-tax returns in Lutwyche regardless of local market conditions.
- Market cycle risk: property markets are cyclical, so stress-test your projections in Lutwyche with a 10–15% price pullback scenario before committing capital — returns to date are not a guarantee of future performance.
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Capital-growth expectations for Lutwyche are modest for 2026 — incomes 8% above the QLD median of $90,298 and a population of 4,610 suggest gains will lag headline metro markets. At the 2021 Census, rental coverage ran at ~94% of the typical mortgage ($1,712/month rent vs $1,820/month repayment), keeping cash flow in positive or near-neutral territory. Verify against current rents and rates. Overall investor sentiment for Lutwyche 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 Lutwyche a good suburb for investment?
Whether Lutwyche suits you depends on your strategy, but the fundamentals are concrete: a population of 4,610, a median household income of $97,344/year and median weekly rent of $395. 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 Lutwyche?
The main demand drivers in Lutwyche are proximity to Brisbane (5 km), an above-state-median household income of $97,344/year, a dwelling mix that is 17% separate houses. Together these shape both owner-occupier and tenant demand.
What is the population of Lutwyche?
Lutwyche has a usual resident population of approximately 4,610, 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.
How far is Lutwyche from the Brisbane CBD?
Lutwyche sits 5 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 Lutwyche?
The median weekly rent in Lutwyche is $650 (as at Mar 2026, Residential Tenancies Authority (Qld)), equating to approximately $33,800/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 Lutwyche?
The median monthly mortgage repayment in Lutwyche is $1,820, or approximately $21,840/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 Lutwyche cash-flow positive for investors?
A median weekly rent of $395 works out to $1,712/month, covering 94% of the median mortgage repayment of $1,820/month. That leaves a $108/month shortfall (around $1,296/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 Lutwyche?
The main risks are a thin buyer pool (4,610 residents), interest-rate sensitivity on the $1,820 median mortgage, a unit-heavy dwelling mix (17% houses) where body-corporate costs and apartment supply affect resale, 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 Lutwyche 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.