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Suburb profile ·Brisbane LGA · QLD ·4061

The Gap QLD 4061

The Gap is in Brisbane LGA, QLD, postcode 4061, with population 17,318.

Median house No local house series
Median rent $490/wk Market rent signal
Gross yield Need rent + price
Population 17,318 17K local footprint
Schools 5 Matched school context
Decision trust

Verify-heavy evidence

The Gap depends on evidence that should be verified before a decision.

The page still has useful coverage, but Market rent should be treated as fallback or lower-precision evidence. Missing signals include Property prices and Hospitals.

5
Available
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Verify
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Missing
Development momentum

6,357 latest-year approvals in Brisbane, +0.0% YoY; population +1.6% YoY (1.7% 5yr).

Open development signals
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Source & freshness

QuickProperty mixes release files, Census baselines, and matched local services on this page. Read the status panel before treating every metric as equally fresh.

PRICE POSTURE
Prices come from release-based suburb series.

Release-based suburb price series, not a live market feed

RENT POSTURE
Rent is falling back to Census, not a market feed.

This gives you directional coverage, but it is weaker than a current rent release.

SERVICE POSTURE
Service coverage is matched locally, not inferred nationally.

Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.

Data status
Property prices
ABS Data by Region and processed state datasets · Release-based series
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · release-based
Missing
Market rent
ABS Census 2021 · Using Census rent fallback
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Verify
Crime
State crime dataset · Year ending Dec 2026 · Area-level release dataset
medium stability · mixed acquisition · mixed refresh · mixed
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025 · 5 schools matched
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · annual
Available
Hospitals
AIHW · No linked local hospital coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Transport
GTFS feeds · 76 matched stops/stations
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Available
Population growth
ABS ERP · 2025 · Annual estimate series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · 2026 · Annual release series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
Available means a direct local dataset is linked. Verify means coverage exists but freshness or precision is weaker, such as Census rent fallback or low-confidence hospital matching.
Evidence depth
Verify-heavy evidence

The Gap depends on evidence that should be verified before a decision.

The page still has useful coverage, but Market rent should be treated as fallback or lower-precision evidence. Missing signals include Property prices and Hospitals.

Next step

Verify fallback signals manually and compare against stronger nearby suburbs before treating this as a shortlist candidate.

Direct
5

Crime, Schools, Transport, Population growth

Verify
1

Market rent

Missing
2

Property prices, Hospitals

Decision intelligence
Verify-first

The Gap currently reads as a verify-first candidate.

Population scale is large enough to avoid reading this as a tiny locality only. School coverage gives the page a stronger family/livability signal. Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional.

Recommended next step

Verify the weak evidence layer first, then compare it against a better-covered suburb.

Why it fits

Population scale is large enough to avoid reading this as a tiny locality only. School coverage gives the page a stronger family/livability signal. Transport coverage adds a practical access signal.

What to check

Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional.

Decisive gaps

Property prices

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Why people look here Intent
  • Buyers want a quick sense of price, schools, and neighbourhood scale before getting lost in data.
  • Investors want to know whether rent, yield, and affordability broadly support the suburb story.
  • Researchers want one place that ties property, demographics, transport, and services together.
Local signals Mixed
Schools: 5 matched, including The Gap State High School, The Gap State School, Hilder Road State School.
Crime: 6,244 per 100k at the Brisbane LGA level.
Transport: 76 matched stops/stations across local feeds.

Price history

No price history available

Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.

Median mortgage · mth$2,253
Median rent · wk$490

Full data detail

The Gap QLD

Postcode 4061 · Brisbane LGA

The Gap is a well-established suburb in Queensland within the Brisbane local government area (postcode 4061). With a population of 17,318, the suburb has an established demographic with a median age of 42. Households earn a median income of $134K per year, with an average household size of 2.9 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 technicians & trades, professionals, machinery operators & drivers. Employment in the area leans toward mining and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Aboriginal Australian.

The median weekly rent is $490 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,253.

The Gap is served by 5 schools, including 4 primary, 1 secondary. The average ICSEA score is 1132, which is well above the national average of 1,000. Public transport access includes 76 bus stops. 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.

Investment signals
Pop. Growth+1.6% Stable
Development+0% Steady
SEIFA index (ABS) — 1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged
Advantage3/10
Education4/10
Economic1/10
Disadvantage4/10
Census 2021 (ABS)
Median rent /wk
$490
Population
17,318
Demographics
Median age42
Household size2.9
HH income /wk$2,573
Personal income /wk$1038
Mortgage /mth$2,253
Crime (Brisbane LGA)
Crime rate (per 100k)6,244
Total incidents6,244
Transport
Bus stops76
Schools (5)
Avg ICSEA1132
Total students3,129
Government4
Catholic1
The Gap State High SchoolSecondary · Government · ICSEA 1123
The Gap State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1145
Hilder Road State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1145
Payne Road State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1120
St Peter Chanel Primary SchoolPrimary · Catholic · ICSEA 1127
Population growth (Brisbane LGA)
Population (2025)1,375,301
5-year growth+1.7% CAGR
YoY change+1.6%
Development (Brisbane LGA)
Approvals (2026)6,357
Houses2,020
Units4,338
YoY change+0%
Data status
Property prices
Processed price datasets
Missing
Market rent
State rent dataset · No market rent source linked
Missing
Crime
State crime dataset · Year ending Dec 2026 · LGA-level dataset
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025 · 5 schools matched
Available
Hospitals
AIHW
Missing
Transport
GTFS · Stop-level feed
Available
Population growth
ABS ERP · 2025 · Annual estimate
Available
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · 2026 · Annual series
Available
Available means a local dataset is present. Verify means coverage exists but location confidence is limited.
Data: Year ending Dec 2026
Sources: ABS Census 2021 · ABS dwelling prices · State Valuers General · ATO income · ACARA schools · AIHW hospitals · GTFS · state police

The Gap FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is The Gap in?

    The Gap is in the Brisbane Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4061. Council-level context for Brisbane LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in The Gap?

    The median weekly rent in The Gap is $490/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is The Gap a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for The Gap show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for The Gap?

    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.

  5. How often is the The Gap 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.