Herston QLD 4006
Herston is in Brisbane LGA, QLD, postcode 4006, with population 2,311.
Strong evidence
Herston has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.
Direct signals include Market rent, Crime, Hospitals, and Transport. Missing or weaker areas are still shown so the page does not overstate precision.
Herston has usable rent context. No strong rent pressure, affordability stress, or investor-rent signal is visible from the provided context.
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Rent context available
Herston has usable rent context. Snapshot rent $299/wk.
No strong rent pressure, affordability stress, or investor-rent signal is visible from the provided context.
Herston has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.
Direct signals include Market rent, Crime, Hospitals, and Transport. Missing or weaker areas are still shown so the page does not overstate precision.
Use compare to test the suburb against another candidate, then validate financial assumptions in the calculator where available.
Market rent, Crime, Hospitals, Transport
No fallback or lower-precision signals flagged.
Property prices, Schools
Herston currently reads as a livability-led candidate.
Transport coverage adds a practical access signal. Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read. Missing evidence to verify: Property prices, Schools.
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Transport coverage adds a practical access signal. Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.
No major caution is visible beyond the normal source checks.
Property prices, Schools
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Price history
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Full data detail
Herston QLD
Herston is a smaller suburb in Queensland within the Brisbane local government area (postcode 4006). With a population of 2,311, the suburb has a young professional demographic with a median age of 31. Households earn a median income of $108K per year, with an average household size of 2.4 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.6% year-on-year at the LGA level. QLD employment has moved +0.9% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. QLD also had 32 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 12 underway, and 50 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are professionals, community & personal service, managers. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and professional services. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.
The current median weekly rent is $299. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,300.
Public transport access includes 3 rail stations, 20 bus stops. Healthcare facilities include 2 public hospitals. The crime rate in the Brisbane LGA is moderate at 6,244 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +1.6% year-on-year indicates stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Herston is a smaller suburb in Queensland within the Brisbane local government area (postcode 4006). With a population of 2,311, the suburb has a young professional demographic with a median age of 31. Households earn a median income of $108K per year, with an average household size of 2.4 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.6% year-on-year at the LGA level. QLD employment has moved +0.9% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. QLD also had 32 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 12 underway, and 50 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are professionals, community & personal service, managers. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and professional services. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.
The current median weekly rent is $299. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,300.
Public transport access includes 3 rail stations, 20 bus stops. Healthcare facilities include 2 public hospitals. The crime rate in the Brisbane LGA is moderate at 6,244 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +1.6% year-on-year indicates stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Herston FAQ
Common questions-
What LGA is Herston in?
Herston is in the Brisbane Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4006. Council-level context for Brisbane LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
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What is the typical weekly rent in Herston?
The median weekly rent in Herston is $299/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.
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What does the rent signal say about Herston?
Rent context available: Herston has usable rent context. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.
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Is Herston a good investment?
QuickProperty's investment signals for Herston show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
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Where does QuickProperty get its data for Herston?
Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.
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How often is the Herston data updated?
Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.