Brisbane's most viewed postcodes revealed: Where everyone wants to live

The Brisbane postcodes where everyone is aspiring to live has been revealed as the latest Domain data shows the areas that have been searched for the most.

Postcode 4000, which includes Brisbane CBD and Spring Hill was the most searched postcode on Domain during July, with more than double the searches of the next most popular postcode.

The second-highest searched postcode was 4152, which includes Camp Hill, Carina, Carina Heights, and Carindale. 

The highly sought-after postcode of 4101, which includes South Brisbane, West End and Highgate Hill, came in a close third, just a few hundred searches behind 4152.

Urbis director Paul Riga said it was clear the innermost Brisbane suburbs would be the most popular with would-be buyers. “The CBD has an attractiveness as being our city core and city centre,” he said. Lots of amenities and proximity to commercial businesses drove continued interest in the CBD.

But because the next few postcodes were grouped within a few hundred searches of each other, he said it was a clear indication that interest in the housing market was healthy and diverse.

“You’d expect there’ll be a reasonable spread between your family areas north and south,” Mr Riga said. “They offer similar and accessible price points for people wanting to move into those areas.”

WJ Tobin Real Estate‘s Craig Loudon said his home’s postcode of 4152 had increasing and enduring popularity with buyers.

“Individually, they’re four very popular suburbs, for different reasons,” he said. “You’ve got families buying their first property, which would be a unit or a townhouse, and there’s a lot of executive homes there as well.”

As Camp Hill and Carindale grew in value and pushed out of the more-affordable price brackets, Carina and Carina Heights were also growing in popularity and buoyed the whole postcode’s appeal, Mr Loudon said.

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The mix of properties in 4152 was heavily skewed towards house and land packages as well, which were still the clear favourite with Brisbane buyers, Mr Loudon said.

“It’d be heading toward 70 to 80 per cent of the properties,” he said.

Mr Riga agreed a consistent market for free-standing houses would continue to drive interest in areas with greater space available for houses and land.

“There’s more of a look toward traditional housing,” he said. “The house market in Brisbane is consistently solid.”

Mr Loudon said the 4053 postcode, which included Mitchelton, Everton Park, Everton Hills, Stafford, Stafford Heights, and McDowall, shared similarities with 4152.

“I had a feeling you’d mention those suburbs because I feel they’re very similar to 4152,” Mr Loudon said.

Strong yet affordable house and land sales in the area offered buyers a good and fairly safe buy, he said.

“They want to feel like they’ve bought into a suburb that has potential for growth over the next few years.”