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Brisbane's best-value suburbs: rent vs commute

An original dataset from GoThere Brisbane, the free live journey planner for South East Queensland.

Does a quick commute have to cost a fortune in rent? We put every suburb's rent against its commute to find where you get both.

We took the latest Jun 2026 median weekly rents from Queensland's Residential Tenancies Authority and joined them to our door-to-door commute dataset for every suburb within 20km of the CBD. The result is a value map: cost against convenience, with the sweet spots and the traps called out.

The headline

Nundah: a 22-minute commute for $670/week. New Farm: $1200/week for 19 minutes.

You can pay $635/week more between the dearest and cheapest 3-bed house in this dataset. A short trip does not reliably cost more, and the map shows exactly where the value is.

89 suburbs with data · median $720/wk · median 41 min

Cheapest

$565

Inala, 53 min

Dearest

$1200

New Farm, 19 min

Sweet spots

14

cheap rent + quick commute

The trap

15

dear rent + slow commute

← sweet spot: cheap & quickthe trap: dear & slow →$500$675$850$1025$12000153045607590commute to the CBD (min)median weekly rent ($)Taringa — 17 min, $750/wk (from 14 rentals)Windsor — 18 min, $800/wk (from 17 rentals)New Farm — 19 min, $1200/wk (from 15 rentals)West End — 20 min, $1050/wk (from 9 rentals)Paddington — 21 min, $920/wk (from 19 rentals)Clayfield — 22 min, $900/wk (from 13 rentals)Indooroopilly — 22 min, $785/wk (from 20 rentals)Nundah — 22 min, $670/wk (from 14 rentals)Red Hill — 23 min, $850/wk (from 22 rentals)Alderley — 25 min, $750/wk (from 20 rentals)Toowong — 26 min, $750/wk (from 12 rentals)Zillmere — 26 min, $650/wk (from 39 rentals)Annerley — 28 min, $750/wk (from 29 rentals)Ashgrove — 28 min, $820/wk (from 18 rentals)Kedron — 28 min, $730/wk (from 32 rentals)Enoggera — 29 min, $740/wk (from 14 rentals)Graceville — 29 min, $750/wk (from 14 rentals)Mitchelton — 29 min, $680/wk (from 14 rentals)Norman Park — 29 min, $800/wk (from 14 rentals)Woolloongabba — 29 min, $730/wk (from 14 rentals)Greenslopes — 30 min, $800/wk (from 15 rentals)Bardon — 32 min, $800/wk (from 15 rentals)Banyo — 33 min, $750/wk (from 16 rentals)Geebung — 33 min, $675/wk (from 17 rentals)Holland Park West — 33 min, $750/wk (from 21 rentals)Chermside — 34 min, $730/wk (from 21 rentals)Gordon Park — 34 min, $750/wk (from 10 rentals)Cannon Hill — 35 min, $780/wk (from 15 rentals)Coorparoo — 35 min, $760/wk (from 27 rentals)Darra — 35 min, $590/wk (from 13 rentals)Holland Park — 36 min, $750/wk (from 24 rentals)Keperra — 36 min, $680/wk (from 31 rentals)Carina Heights — 37 min, $730/wk (from 13 rentals)Morningside — 37 min, $750/wk (from 27 rentals)Chermside West — 38 min, $700/wk (from 23 rentals)Oxley — 38 min, $695/wk (from 23 rentals)East Brisbane — 39 min, $850/wk (from 16 rentals)Stafford — 39 min, $670/wk (from 34 rentals)Tarragindi — 39 min, $720/wk (from 16 rentals)Upper Mount Gravatt — 39 min, $680/wk (from 34 rentals)Boondall — 40 min, $700/wk (from 12 rentals)Camp Hill — 40 min, $775/wk (from 27 rentals)Wavell Heights — 40 min, $750/wk (from 38 rentals)Deagon — 41 min, $600/wk (from 14 rentals)Strathpine — 41 min, $650/wk (from 44 rentals)Eight Mile Plains — 42 min, $690/wk (from 11 rentals)Everton Park — 42 min, $700/wk (from 29 rentals)Sunnybank — 42 min, $680/wk (from 22 rentals)Coopers Plains — 43 min, $650/wk (from 13 rentals)Hawthorne — 43 min, $1100/wk (from 14 rentals)Stafford Heights — 43 min, $725/wk (from 30 rentals)Moorooka — 44 min, $720/wk (from 13 rentals)The Gap — 44 min, $720/wk (from 3 rentals)Carseldine — 45 min, $750/wk (from 10 rentals)Jindalee — 45 min, $720/wk (from 11 rentals)Macgregor — 45 min, $700/wk (from 13 rentals)St Lucia — 45 min, $700/wk (from 10 rentals)Everton Hills — 46 min, $720/wk (from 14 rentals)Wishart — 46 min, $770/wk (from 19 rentals)Kenmore — 47 min, $720/wk (from 13 rentals)Mount Gravatt East — 47 min, $700/wk (from 25 rentals)Salisbury — 47 min, $650/wk (from 23 rentals)Wynnum — 47 min, $700/wk (from 19 rentals)Aspley — 49 min, $675/wk (from 32 rentals)Carindale — 49 min, $750/wk (from 13 rentals)Chapel Hill — 49 min, $800/wk (from 13 rentals)Mansfield — 49 min, $750/wk (from 19 rentals)Runcorn — 49 min, $650/wk (from 40 rentals)Carina — 50 min, $750/wk (from 24 rentals)Bald Hills — 51 min, $660/wk (from 19 rentals)Underwood — 51 min, $670/wk (from 12 rentals)Fitzgibbon — 53 min, $700/wk (from 14 rentals)Inala — 53 min, $565/wk (from 41 rentals)Mount Gravatt — 54 min, $750/wk (from 20 rentals)Bracken Ridge — 55 min, $675/wk (from 28 rentals)Ferny Hills — 56 min, $690/wk (from 22 rentals)Brighton — 57 min, $690/wk (from 17 rentals)Forest Lake — 57 min, $610/wk (from 43 rentals)Rochedale South — 57 min, $700/wk (from 42 rentals)Tingalpa — 57 min, $700/wk (from 18 rentals)Albany Creek — 58 min, $740/wk (from 13 rentals)Sunnybank Hills — 58 min, $675/wk (from 42 rentals)Acacia Ridge — 59 min, $630/wk (from 37 rentals)Wynnum West — 60 min, $700/wk (from 25 rentals)Calamvale — 62 min, $650/wk (from 11 rentals)Algester — 64 min, $675/wk (from 19 rentals)Woodridge — 64 min, $570/wk (from 48 rentals)Capalaba — 66 min, $700/wk (from 22 rentals)Birkdale — 76 min, $700/wk (from 28 rentals)
Each dot is a suburb. Hover for its name. Lines are the medians; the green corner is the value sweet spot, the red corner the trap.

🟢 Value sweet spots

Cheaper rent AND quicker commute than the median.

  • Nundah22 min · $670
  • Zillmere26 min · $650
  • Darra35 min · $590
  • Mitchelton29 min · $680
  • Deagon41 min · $600
  • Geebung33 min · $675
  • Keperra36 min · $680
  • Strathpine41 min · $650

🔴 The trap

Dearer rent AND slower commute than the median.

  • Hawthorne43 min · $1100
  • Albany Creek58 min · $740
  • Chapel Hill49 min · $800
  • Mount Gravatt54 min · $750
  • Carina50 min · $750
  • Carindale49 min · $750
  • Mansfield49 min · $750
  • Wishart46 min · $770
Sort:
SuburbCommute3-bed houseZone
Nundah22 min$67014 rentalssweet
Taringa17 min$75014 rentalsmid
Zillmere26 min$65039 rentalssweet
Windsor18 min$80017 rentalsmid
Darra35 min$59013 rentalssweet
Mitchelton29 min$68014 rentalssweet
Indooroopilly22 min$78520 rentalsmid
Alderley25 min$75020 rentalsmid
Toowong26 min$75012 rentalsmid
Kedron28 min$73032 rentalsmid
Geebung33 min$67517 rentalssweet
Woolloongabba29 min$73014 rentalsmid
Annerley28 min$75029 rentalsmid
Enoggera29 min$74014 rentalsmid
Graceville29 min$75014 rentalsmid
Deagon41 min$60014 rentalssweet
Red Hill23 min$85022 rentalsmid
Keperra36 min$68031 rentalssweet
Chermside34 min$73021 rentalsmid
Norman Park29 min$80014 rentalsmid
Banyo33 min$75016 rentalsmid
Holland Park West33 min$75021 rentalsmid
Stafford39 min$67034 rentalssweet
Clayfield22 min$90013 rentalsmid
Ashgrove28 min$82018 rentalsmid
Strathpine41 min$65044 rentalssweet
Paddington21 min$92019 rentalsmid
Greenslopes30 min$80015 rentalsmid
Upper Mount Gravatt39 min$68034 rentalssweet
Oxley38 min$69523 rentalssweet
Gordon Park34 min$75010 rentalsmid
Chermside West38 min$70023 rentalssweet
Carina Heights37 min$73013 rentalsmid
Coopers Plains43 min$65013 rentalsmid
Bardon32 min$80015 rentalsmid
Coorparoo35 min$76027 rentalsmid
Holland Park36 min$75024 rentalsmid
Boondall40 min$70012 rentalssweet
Tarragindi39 min$72016 rentalssweet
Sunnybank42 min$68022 rentalsmid
Morningside37 min$75027 rentalsmid
Cannon Hill35 min$78015 rentalsmid
Eight Mile Plains42 min$69011 rentalsmid
Everton Park42 min$70029 rentalsmid
Inala53 min$56541 rentalsmid
Salisbury47 min$65023 rentalsmid
Wavell Heights40 min$75038 rentalsmid
Stafford Heights43 min$72530 rentalstrap
Macgregor45 min$70013 rentalsmid
St Lucia45 min$70010 rentalsmid
Runcorn49 min$65040 rentalsmid
Moorooka44 min$72013 rentalstrap
The Gap44 min$7203 rentalstrap
Camp Hill40 min$77527 rentalsmid
West End20 min$10509 rentalsmid
Jindalee45 min$72011 rentalstrap
Mount Gravatt East47 min$70025 rentalsmid
Wynnum47 min$70019 rentalsmid
Aspley49 min$67532 rentalsmid
Everton Hills46 min$72014 rentalstrap
Bald Hills51 min$66019 rentalsmid
Kenmore47 min$72013 rentalstrap
Carseldine45 min$75010 rentalstrap
Underwood51 min$67012 rentalsmid
East Brisbane39 min$85016 rentalsmid
Forest Lake57 min$61043 rentalsmid
Wishart46 min$77019 rentalstrap
Carindale49 min$75013 rentalstrap
Mansfield49 min$75019 rentalstrap
Fitzgibbon53 min$70014 rentalsmid
Bracken Ridge55 min$67528 rentalsmid
Carina50 min$75024 rentalstrap
Acacia Ridge59 min$63037 rentalsmid
Woodridge64 min$57048 rentalsmid
Ferny Hills56 min$69022 rentalsmid
Sunnybank Hills58 min$67542 rentalsmid
Brighton57 min$69017 rentalsmid
New Farm19 min$120015 rentalsmid
Chapel Hill49 min$80013 rentalstrap
Rochedale South57 min$70042 rentalsmid
Tingalpa57 min$70018 rentalsmid
Mount Gravatt54 min$75020 rentalstrap
Calamvale62 min$65011 rentalsmid
Wynnum West60 min$70025 rentalsmid
Albany Creek58 min$74013 rentalstrap
Algester64 min$67519 rentalsmid
Capalaba66 min$70022 rentalsmid
Hawthorne43 min$110014 rentalstrap
Birkdale76 min$70028 rentalsmid

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How it was made & cite this

Rent: median weekly rent for new bonds, Jun 2026, from the RTA's open dataset (CC BY 4.0 (Queensland Government)), a strict 3-bedroom house and 2-bedroom unit median so suburbs compare like for like. These are new-lease medians: what you'd pay to move in now, which sits above what long-settled tenants pay, and a median hides the spread within a suburb. Available for 89 suburbs (houses) and 65 (units); the rest the RTA did not publish for that quarter. Each rent shows its sample size, the number of new leases the median is drawn from, so you can weigh a thin one yourself. The typical house median rests on 19 leases. 2 are thinner than 10 and worth treating as indicative rather than firm: The Gap (3) and West End (9). Commute: our own door-to-door figure (walk + wait + ride to Brisbane Central), from the commute dataset.

Free to cite with a link to this page. Data © GoThere Brisbane (commute) and the State of Queensland, RTA (rent), CC BY 4.0.

Questions

What are the best-value suburbs to rent in Brisbane?+

On our data, the value sweet spots are suburbs with both below-median rent and a below-median commute. Nundah is a standout: a 22-minute commute to the CBD for a $670/week 3-bed house, well under the New Farm premium of $1200. There are 14 such sweet-spot suburbs in the map above.

Do you pay more rent for a shorter commute in Brisbane?+

Not reliably. Some inner suburbs charge a big premium for the last few minutes, but plenty of well-connected suburbs a little further out cost far less for a commute that's only marginally longer. The value map shows exactly where that trade-off is worth paying and where it isn't.

Where does the rent data come from?+

Median weekly rents for new bonds, published by Queensland's Residential Tenancies Authority (Jun 2026), joined to our own door-to-door commute dataset. It's free, authoritative open data (CC BY 4.0 (Queensland Government)). We use a strict 3-bedroom house and 2-bedroom unit median, so the figures are consistent across suburbs.

Why are some suburbs missing?+

The RTA suppresses the median where too few bonds were lodged in the quarter, which mostly affects industrial estates and acreage suburbs with thin rental markets. We show those as gaps rather than guessing.

The full commute dataset: Brisbane's best and worst suburbs for public transport →

Commute time, connectivity and the car comparison for all 205 suburbs.