Is Beenleigh a nice place to live?

Beenleigh's compact historic town centre sits beside the Logan River, with a village-style main street of cafes, pubs and local shops and nearby river parkland. It is a community with a large share of renters, incomes below the Queensland median and couples without children as the largest family group, and 8,425 people live in Beenleigh. The suburb has a rail link on the Gold Coast line, nearby motorway access, walking paths and boating access along the river, a steady programme of community events and facilities, and the station precinct is being upgraded and the station relocated as part of the Logan and Gold Coast Faster Rail project.

Is it expensive to live in Beenleigh?

On the figures, housing in Beenleigh sits well above what a typical local household earned. A typical local household earned about $1,155 a week at the most recent Census. Renting a house at $580 a week would take about 50% of that weekly income, and renting a unit at $493 a week would take about 43% of it, so both rents represent a large share of a typical local household's income. Buying is further from local incomes: the median house price of $852,500 is about 14.2 times a typical local annual household income, and the median unit price of $616,750 is about 10.3 times that annual income. Everyone's financial situation is different, so it's important to consider your own circumstances when deciding which suburb is right for you.

Is Beenleigh a good place to invest?

Over the past 12 months Beenleigh's median house value rose 19.7% while median unit value rose 20.4%. House rents increased 9.4% and unit rents rose 17.4%. For houses, capital growth outpaced rental growth by a wide margin; for units, capital growth also outpaced rents but by a more modest margin. This information has been prepared without taking your objectives, needs and overall financial situation into account. It is not meant to be a substitute for professional financial advice. For this reason, you should consider the appropriateness of the information and, if necessary, seek appropriate professional advice.

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Beenleigh suburb profile

Beenleigh sits in Logan, between Brisbane and the Gold Coast, with a compact historic town centre beside the Logan River. The centre has a village-style main street of cafes, pubs and local shops, and parkland along the river that provides walking paths and boating access.

Housing mixes timber and postwar brick homes with more recent suburban developments and some riverfront lots, creating a varied streetscape of tree-lined streets and broader residential blocks. The suburb is served by a rail link on the Gold Coast line and nearby motorway access, and a steady programme of community events and facilities keeps the town active.

Beenleigh property market performance

Current median dwelling price$734,625Past 3 months

Property growth+20.1%Past 12 months

Beenleigh's median house price is $852,500 and house values rose strongly over the last 12 months (19.7%). Units have a median of $616,750 and rose sharply over the same 12 months (20.4%), though that unit median is based on only 10 sales over the last 3 months. Houses and units traded in much the same time, with median days on market of 14 and 18 respectively.

In Beenleigh, house rents rose 9.4% over the last 12 months, a solid rise, while house values increased by a much larger amount over the same period.

	Houses	Units
Median price Past 3 months	$853K	$617K
Change in value Past 12 months	19.7%	20.4%
Sold Past 3 months	42	10
Median days on market Past 12 months	14	18
Average rent Past 12 months	$580	$493
Change in rent Past 12 months	9.4%	17.4%

5 year median price trend for houses and units

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Beenleigh demographics

Beenleigh is a community with a large share of renters and incomes below the median for Queensland.

Couples without children are the largest family group, at 36.1% of families. At the 2021 Census 8,425 people lived in Beenleigh.

Beenleigh and Queensland

	Suburb	QLD
Median age years	38	38
Median household income weekly	$1,155	$1,675
Couples with children share of families	32.4%	41.2%
Couples without children share of families	36.1%	40.3%
One-parent families share of families	29.1%	16.8%
Homes owned outright share of homes	17.9%	30.1%
Homes with a mortgage share of homes	27.5%	35.6%
Homes rented share of homes	54.6%	34.3%

Source: ABS 2021 Census. Shares of homes exclude other and not-stated tenure.

Beenleigh infrastructure, key developments and investment opportunities

Beenleigh's station precinct is being upgraded and the station relocated as part of the Logan and Gold Coast Faster Rail project, with updated designs released in 2026; the new station will be moved about 650 metres north to sit near the Town Square and Magistrates Court. The Beenleigh Town Square streetscape and shade solution were completed in 2022, the shade canopy providing additional shade, colour and feature lighting and the streetscape upgrades were recognised in 2023.

Logan City Council resolved in 2023 to progress the Beenleigh Aquatic Centre upgrade and awarded contracts for design services that year. Doug Larsen Park’s BMX and skate facility received new floodlighting in August 2022, with 18 poles installed to illuminate the facility until 10pm.

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How does Beenleigh compare to nearby suburbs?

Median house prices: Beenleigh’s median house price is 2.7% higher than Eagleby’s.
Median unit prices: Beenleigh’s median unit price is 0.8% lower than Eagleby’s.
House price growth: Over the past 12 months, house prices in Beenleigh have grown 1.1% higher than in Mount Warren Park.
Unit price growth: Property prices in nearby Mount Warren Park have risen 7.8% more than in Beenleigh over the past year.
Selling speed for houses: Properties in Beenleigh are selling 17.6% faster than in Mount Warren Park.
Selling speed for units: Properties in Beenleigh are selling 10.0% faster than in Eagleby.
Investment considerations: In Beenleigh, the rental yield for house is 19.0% lower than the Brisbane average, while the rental yield for units is 25.1% lower.
House price growth: Over the past 12 months, house prices in Beenleigh have grown 32.1% lower than the average rate of growth across Brisbane.
Unit price growth:Over the past 12 months, unit prices in Beenleigh have grown 25.7% lower than the average rate of growth for units across Brisbane.

Common questions about Beenleigh

Is Beenleigh a nice place to live?
Beenleigh's compact historic town centre sits beside the Logan River, with a village-style main street of cafes, pubs and local shops and nearby river parkland.

It is a community with a large share of renters, incomes below the Queensland median and couples without children as the largest family group, and 8,425 people live in Beenleigh. The suburb has a rail link on the Gold Coast line, nearby motorway access, walking paths and boating access along the river, a steady programme of community events and facilities, and the station precinct is being upgraded and the station relocated as part of the Logan and Gold Coast Faster Rail project.
Is it expensive to live in Beenleigh?
On the figures, housing in Beenleigh sits well above what a typical local household earned. A typical local household earned about $1,155 a week at the most recent Census. Renting a house at $580 a week would take about 50% of that weekly income, and renting a unit at $493 a week would take about 43% of it, so both rents represent a large share of a typical local household's income. Buying is further from local incomes: the median house price of $852,500 is about 14.2 times a typical local annual household income, and the median unit price of $616,750 is about 10.3 times that annual income.

Everyone's financial situation is different, so it's important to consider your own circumstances when deciding which suburb is right for you.
Is Beenleigh a good place to invest?
Over the past 12 months Beenleigh's median house value rose 19.7% while median unit value rose 20.4%. House rents increased 9.4% and unit rents rose 17.4%. For houses, capital growth outpaced rental growth by a wide margin; for units, capital growth also outpaced rents but by a more modest margin.

This information has been prepared without taking your objectives, needs and overall financial situation into account. It is not meant to be a substitute for professional financial advice. For this reason, you should consider the appropriateness of the information and, if necessary, seek appropriate professional advice.

Choose the right real estate agents in Beenleigh

Currently, there are 104 real estate agents working in Beenleigh—but not all agents deliver the same results. The right agent could make a huge difference to your final sale price.

Only 5 out of these 104 agents sold 35.6% of all properties in Beenleigh over the past year. Choosing one of these top-performing agents means tapping into proven expertise for a better sale outcome.

Real estate agents in Beenleigh typically charge a commission of 2.38% to 3.21%. Negotiating a fair commission rate and the right structure can motivate your agent to work even harder, helping you sell for more and potentially saving you thousands of dollars.