Seventeen Mile Rocks suburb profile
Seventeen Mile Rocks is a riverside suburb in Brisbane's inner-west that blends leafy residential streets with a working industrial edge. Homes range from post-war cottages and lowset brick houses to pockets of newer townhouse-style infill, and many properties back onto or look across the Brisbane River. The suburb is anchored by Rocks Riverside Park, a large parkland with riverfront paths, picnic areas and informal bike trails that shape a relaxed, outdoorsy lifestyle. Local shops and light-industrial businesses sit along the main roads, and residents benefit from straightforward road and public transport links for commuting and access to larger nearby retail and services.
Seventeen Mile Rocks property market performance
Like many smaller suburbs, Seventeen Mile Rocks sees relatively few property sales, so there isn't enough recent data to publish a reliable median price for houses or units. The available figures show house values edged up a marginal 0.2% over the last 12 months.
Over the most recent three months there were 9 houses sold. Houses sold in a median of 14 days over the last 12 months.
The rental market in Seventeen Mile Rocks shows house rents at $775 a week, up sharply 10.7% over the last 12 months.
| Houses | Units | |
|---|---|---|
Median price Past 3 months | N/A | N/A |
Change in value Past 12 months | 0.2% | N/A |
Sold Past 3 months | 9 | N/A |
Median days on market Past 12 months | 14 | N/A |
Average rent Past 12 months | $775 | N/A |
Change in rent Past 12 months | 10.7% | N/A |
5 year median price trend for houses and units
Seventeen Mile Rocks demographics
Couple families with children are the largest family group in the suburb, making up 55.6% of families. Couple families without children account for 30.9%, one-parent families 13.0% and other families 0.5%. The area is home to 2,699 people, with a median age of 38 and a median total household income of $2,617 a week, roughly $136,100 a year.
Couple families with children are the single largest family type, and the biggest single tenure component is homes owned with a mortgage at 48.6%. Overall, around four in five homes are owner-occupied (31.0% owned outright and 48.6% owned with a mortgage) while 20.3% are rented. In Seventeen Mile Rocks, owner-occupation is therefore the most common form of tenure.
Suburbs near Seventeen Mile Rocks
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How does Seventeen Mile Rocks compare to nearby suburbs?
- Median house prices: Seventeen Mile Rocks’s median house price is 17.7% higher than Oxley’s.
- House price growth: Property prices in nearby Sinnamon Park have risen 17.5% more than in Seventeen Mile Rocks over the past year.
- Selling speed for houses: Properties in Seventeen Mile Rocks are selling 39.1% faster than in Sinnamon Park.
- House price growth: Over the past 12 months, house prices in Seventeen Mile Rocks have grown 7.4% higher than the average rate of growth across Brisbane.
- Unit price growth:Over the past 12 months, unit prices in Seventeen Mile Rocks have grown 8.0% lower than the average rate of growth for units across Brisbane.

