Who would expect a Guinness World Record motorcycle daredevil to launch through a suburban big top? Families in North Lakes are about to find out when the Circus Rio Spectacular arrives.
Aerialists will dance through the air on silks and straps while a cloudswing artist demonstrates fearless agility overhead. Down on the ground, a contemporary juggler manipulates balls, rings, and up to seven clubs simultaneously—a feat rarely seen anywhere else across the country.
Handbalancing acts, Rou Cyr wheel routines, and grand illusions fill the programme alongside family-friendly comedy.
A three-time Guinness World Record holder, FMX stunt rider Brodie Carmichael, headlines the grand finale with death-defying jumps above the crowd. The Big Top operates as an alcohol-free, family-oriented venue featuring complete wheelchair accessibility, companion card acceptance, and designated ringside seating.
An on-site canteen remains open throughout each performance to serve hot food, snacks, and beverages for local families looking to enjoy a full day out.
The production runs from 18 September through 4 October, bringing international and Australian performers straight to the local community for the spring school holidays. Audiences can secure tickets online or catch the action across two action-packed halves separated by a brief intermission.
Work on the $290 million Bruce Highway upgrade at Murrumba Downs has moved into a more visible phase, with new ramps taking shape between Dohles Rocks Road and the Anzac Avenue interchange and a key local road connection now closed.
Access to Goodrich Road East directly from Dohles Rocks Road has closed as construction progresses on the new southbound highway exit. Drivers can instead reach Goodrich Road East via Silvereye Drive.
It is one of the biggest changes so far in a project that will alter how traffic enters and leaves the Bruce Highway between Murrumba Downs and the interchange serving North Lakes and Mango Hill.
New Ramps Between Dohles Rocks Road and Anzac Avenue
Stage 1 centres on two extended north-facing ramps at Dohles Rocks Road.
The new northbound entry will take traffic from Dohles Rocks Road onto the Bruce Highway, continuing towards the Anzac Avenue exit as an auxiliary lane.
Heading south, another auxiliary lane will extend from the Anzac Avenue entry ramp to a new Bruce Highway exit at Dohles Rocks Road.
That means additional road capacity between the two interchanges, rather than the new infrastructure ending immediately after vehicles join or leave the highway.
Ramp-metering signals will also be installed on the northbound entry to manage the flow of vehicles joining the Bruce Highway.
Dohles Rocks Road Is Being Reworked
Changes are happening off the highway as well.
The existing signalised intersection on Dohles Rocks Road is being upgraded to accommodate traffic using the new northbound ramp. A separate signalised intersection will cater for the new southbound exit.
The closure of the former Goodrich Road East access makes room for that southbound ramp, while new and upgraded noise barriers also form part of the works.
Main construction began in April 2025 after early works started the previous year. The Australian Government is contributing $232 million towards the $290 million project, with the Queensland Government providing $58 million.
Bigger Changes Planned Around the Bruce Highway
The Murrumba Downs works are also part of a much larger rethink of the Bruce Highway and Gateway Motorway corridor through Brisbane’s northern fringe and southern Moreton Bay.
Immediately south of Dohles Rocks Road, detailed design is now underway on a separate project that would build collector-distributor roads on both sides of the Bruce Highway between Dohles Rocks Road and the Gateway Motorway and Gympie Arterial Road.
That proposal includes two new bridges across the Pine River, a shared active transport connection and a fauna underpass. Construction funding for that stage has not yet been committed.
Future stages between Dohles Rocks Road and Anzac Avenue are also proposed. These include collector-distributor roads, changes to the Anzac Avenue interchange and a shared pedestrian and bicycle path along the eastern side of the highway.
Those later works remain subject to further approvals and funding.
For now, the most immediate changes are happening at Dohles Rocks Road, where the new ramps and intersections are steadily changing a familiar part of the Bruce Highway for motorists travelling between Murrumba Downs, Griffin and the North Lakes area.
Narangba’s house market has pushed firmly into seven figures, with the latest three-month median reaching $1.045 million as sales through winter continued to cluster around the million-dollar mark.
The latest Narangba Property Market Overview, covering transaction data to 3 September 2026, puts the three-month house median about 3.9 per cent above the 12-month median of $1.0055 million.
There was also reasonable depth behind the latest snapshot. The dataset contains 80 house transactions over the three-month period, including 78 with usable prices for the median calculation, plus six unit transactions. That takes total residential transaction volume to 86.
Recent monthly results also show the suburb repeatedly trading around the million-dollar level rather than relying on a single strong month.
3-Month House Median
$1,045,000
+3.9% vs 12-month median
3-Month Unit Median
$815,000
0.0% vs 12-month median
3-Month Residential Volume
86 sales
80 houses + 6 units
Median Days to Sell
34 days
Houses; units recorded 28 days
House Market Settles Into Seven Figures
The monthly figures still move around, but the broader direction is clearer than any one result.
House medians were $950,000 in October 2025 and $980,000 in November before moving above $1 million in January 2026. The monthly median reached $1.1475 million in May, then eased to $1.035 million in June before returning to $1.055 million in July and $1.06 million in August.
September’s preliminary figure is lower at $949,000, but it needs to be treated with particular caution. The analysis only runs to 3 September and the figure is based on three qualifying sales, making it a partial-month observation rather than evidence of a broader market shift.
Narangba Houses — Monthly Median Price
The three-month median smooths some of that month-to-month movement and leaves Narangba at $1.045 million.
Selling times have also lengthened in the latest period. Within the PMO dataset, the three-month median for houses was 34 days, compared with 14 days across the 12-month analysis.
Four-Bedroom Homes Dominate Narangba Sales
The make-up of recent sales helps show where most of the activity has been concentrated.
Among house transactions with usable bedroom information, four-bedroom homes accounted for 53 sales during the three-month period. There were another 10 five-bedroom sales and nine three-bedroom sales.
That makes four-bedroom homes clearly the most common configuration in the available bedroom data, which fits Narangba’s strong family-home profile without implying that every transaction falls into the same price bracket.
There was also activity at the upper end.
The highest-priced transaction recorded in the overview was 94 Bazeridge Drive at $2.06 million, a five-bedroom, two-bathroom house attributed in the dataset to Tyson Von Hoff.
It was followed by a $1.518 million transaction at 6 Feeder Street and a $1.46 million house sale at 1257 Oakey Flat Road. Three other houses in the Top 10 changed hands for $1.45 million or more.
A Much Smaller Unit Market
Narangba’s unit market is considerably thinner, which makes the figures more sensitive to individual transactions.
The three-month unit median was $815,000, exactly level with the 12-month median. However, only six unit transactions were recorded in the broader three-month volume data and five had usable prices for the median calculation.
Monthly unit figures therefore need to be read cautiously. Several months in the 12-month analysis contain only one to three qualifying sales, so individual results can move the median sharply.
That is particularly clear in July, when the recorded unit median reached $1.1457 million from just three qualifying transactions, before August produced a $755,000 median from a single transaction.
Who Has Been Active in Narangba?
The transaction dataset also shows several agents appearing more frequently than others during the period.
Gavin Lomas was attributed 15 sales, followed by Tyson Von Hoff with 13. The dataset attributed four to Leanne Kroes, three to Rebecca Blewitt, and two each to Michelle Wheeler and Ryan Suhle.
Those figures are best read as activity recorded within the analysed dataset rather than a definitive market-share ranking. Not every transaction carries complete agent information, and the figures do not necessarily capture every agent active in Narangba.
Taken together, the latest numbers point to a Narangba house market now operating around the million-dollar mark. Monthly medians will continue to move with the mix of properties sold, but the broader measures are more telling: the three-month house median stands at $1.045 million, while the PMO’s 12-month median has also moved just above $1 million.
This overview is based on property transaction data available for the periods stated above. It is provided for general information only and should not be relied on as financial, investment, legal or real estate advice. Market conditions can change, and readers should undertake their own research before making property decisions.
Plans for Dakabin’s $15 million wildlife hospital have taken another step towards construction, with the first contractor procurement round now closed and site works scheduled to begin before the end of the year.
Expressions of interest from head contractors closed on 4 September for the Moreton Bay Wildlife Hospital at 420 Old Gympie Road.
The process is for construction rather than design, with a restricted construction tender anticipated in October. A builder has not yet been appointed and construction has not started.
City of Moreton Bay expects site preparation to begin in late 2026, ahead of main construction from early 2027. Its 2026–27 Budget also provides for power, water and communications connections at the site.
From Playing Fields to Wildlife Hospital
The hospital will occupy part of the former North Pine Playing Fields, near Boundary Road and the Bruce Highway.
Council considered more than 100 properties before choosing Dakabin, with road access, services, relatively flat terrain and room for future expansion among the factors considered. The land was previously valued at about $3 million.
In October last year, Council granted the Moreton Bay Wildlife Hospital Foundation an initial 10-year community lease over the property for $1 a year. The peppercorn arrangement followed the signing of a $15 million State Government funding agreement for the hospital and education hub.
Then Acting Mayor Jodie Shipway said having the hospital in Moreton Bay would cut the distance injured animals had to travel for emergency treatment.
“This new facility will mean injured wildlife such as koalas, kangaroos and echidnas can be treated locally rather than being driven up to two hours for care at RSPCA in Wacol or Australia Zoo in Beerwah,” she said.
Keeping Treatment Closer to Home
Moreton Bay currently sits between the major wildlife hospitals at Wacol and Beerwah, while the Moreton Bay Wildlife Hospital Foundation estimates more than 7,000 animals leave the region for medical treatment each year.
Foundation director Christine West said when the lease was announced that the Dakabin facility would benefit both injured animals and the people transporting and caring for them.
“The establishment of the Moreton Bay Wildlife Hospital is such a vital step forward, a dedicated local facility that will keep care close to home, reducing transport stress on injured animals and easing the burden on our rescue network,” she said.
The hospital is intended primarily for the triage and treatment of injured and orphaned native wildlife. Animals will be assessed and stabilised at Dakabin, with some later transferred to carers or specialist rehabilitation facilities.
Expected patients include koalas, kangaroos, possums, gliders, birds, bats, snakes and turtles. Domestic and exotic pets will not be treated.
Builder Search Moves Ahead
Plans include specialist clinical and animal-care areas, along with administration and community facilities. Education and training are also part of the longer-term model.
A 24-hour service remains an ambition rather than a confirmed feature from opening, with round-the-clock operations dependent on staffing and funding.
The Foundation, established by local volunteers in 2022, is overseeing development of the project. An appropriately licensed operator is expected to eventually run the hospital’s clinical service.
The EOI process has now closed, with the restricted construction tender anticipated in October. Site preparation remains scheduled for late 2026, ahead of construction from early 2027.
Twenty-three students scattered across the bustling North Lakes, Petrie, Mango Hill and Kallangur corridor are suddenly finding room to breathe as fresh financial backing targets the escalating costs of modern higher education.
Why should a bright academic future depend entirely on the state of a bank account? Local leaders refuse to let household budgets dictate who gets to succeed. Operating out of the Petrie campus, the annual City of Moreton Bay Scholarship Program has steadily built a reliable net for local learners since 2020.
Ninety-one students have now navigated their university years with this backing, transforming raw potential into professional capability right where they grew up.
Bursaries jumped from $2,000 to $2,500 this year, responding directly to the pinch of inflation. Administrators also introduced the programme’s inaugural Indigenous Study Support Bursary, widening the gates for regional participation. Beyond these sixteen flexible cash grants sit seven major undergraduate scholarships, each worth $8,000 annually for the entire duration of a degree.
Could a few thousand dollars really mean the difference between dropping out and earning a diploma? For many young adults juggling rent and textbooks, the answer is an absolute yes.
Petrie is expanding at breakneck speed. Where will the region find the engineers, teachers, and innovators it needs tomorrow? The answer is sitting in today’s lecture halls. By removing financial barriers, the collaborative initiative ensures homegrown talent stays put rather than drifting away to bigger cities.
Graduates step straight from campus into local enterprises, feeding their newly minted expertise back into the neighbourhoods that supported them from the start.
A long-planned overhaul of some of Mango Hill Village’s older streets is moving into construction, with Rose Street West and Mary Street West first in line for new drainage, road pavement and footpaths.
Work on the first stage is due to begin this month, starting a three-stage program that will eventually extend along the eastern sections of Rose and Mary streets before reaching Winifred Street.
Preparatory work began in mid-August, including utility relocations, vegetation removal and work around driveways to make way for new drainage.
More Than a Resurfacing Job
The existing road pavement will be removed and replaced, with new kerbs, stormwater drainage and footpaths built through the first stage.
Affected driveways will also be reconstructed, including the removal of existing crossover pipes and headwalls where required.
Council says Rose, Mary and Winifred streets currently lack kerbs and adequate drainage, with existing drains and pipes contributing to shallow flooding on residential properties during heavy rain.
New and upgraded open drainage channels form part of the wider project, along with landscaping, turf and replacement street trees. Some trees are being removed where they conflict with utility relocations, stormwater pipes and drainage works.
The design also incorporates Water Sensitive Urban Design principles. Council has not identified specific rain gardens, bioretention basins or vegetated swales in its current project information, but has confirmed a combination of new stormwater infrastructure, upgraded open drains and landscaping.
The project is intended to improve how stormwater is managed through the road reserve and address existing drainage deficiencies. Council has not said the works will eliminate flood risk.
Years in the Planning
The upgrade has been on the drawing board for several years.
Planning and design for drainage works in Mango Hill Village appeared in Council’s 2024–25 program, with service relocations and approvals continuing through 2025–26.
Residents had raised the issue earlier. A 100-signature petition presented to Council in 2019 concerned road and drainage upgrades in Mango Hill Village, including the protection of mature trees as works progressed.
Three Stages of Work
Stage 1 covers Rose Street West and Mary Street West and is expected to involve about 20 weeks of construction. Council gives the broader Stage 1 program as September 2026 to April 2027, with timing subject to weather and unforeseen conditions.
Stage 2 will move to Rose Street East and Mary Street East and is currently scheduled from April to September 2027.
Winifred Street forms Stage 3, which Council’s latest timetable places in the 2028–29 financial year.
The project appears in City of Moreton Bay’s 2026–27 Budget program, although Council has not published a standalone total project cost or separate Stage 1 construction figure in its current public material.
What Residents Can Expect
Construction will affect traffic and property access as crews move through Rose Street West and Mary Street West.
Council says it will work with residents to maintain access where possible, although individual driveways will be temporarily unavailable while they are reconstructed. Pedestrians will be directed around active work areas.
Residents directly affected by early vegetation and driveway works have already received written notification.
Council has not published project-specific working hours or announced blanket road closures, changes to waste collection or public transport arrangements.
For now, the disruption will be concentrated on the western sections of Rose and Mary streets. Their eastern ends follow next year, while Winifred Street remains a later stage of the program.
A nine-storey apartment building with 60 homes has been proposed for 14-20 Grosvenor Terrace in Deception Bay, replacing two existing detached dwellings on the site.
Known as Grosvenor Apartments, the development application seeks approval for a Multiple Dwelling development comprising 60 apartments, with a mix of one, two, and three-bedroom homes.
The proposal includes 14 three-bedroom apartments, 31 two-bedroom apartments, and 15 one-bedroom apartments. Apartment sizes range from 66 square metres for the one-bedroom homes to 116 square metres for some of the three-bedroom residences.
Photo credit: Mode Design via DA/2026/3877
The building would reach a maximum height of 29.8 metres across nine storeys. The proposed height exceeds the 21-metre building height identified for the site.
The plans follow an April 2025 pre-lodgement process, when a smaller seven-storey, 45-apartment scheme was considered. The lodged proposal subsequently increased the building to nine storeys and added one-bedroom apartments to the mix. The planning documents state that the proposal would replace the two existing detached dwellings with a new multiple-dwelling development.
What the plans include
Photo credit: Mode Design via DA/2026/3877
Access would be provided through a single two-way vehicle crossover from Grosvenor Terrace, leading to an internal driveway and parking areas. A total of 91 car spaces are proposed, comprising 76 residential spaces and 15 visitor spaces. Parking would be split between the ground floor and two basement levels.
The apartment building would be arranged around a central lift and stair core, with residential floors containing a mix of apartment layouts. Most homes would have private balconies or terraces.
Photo credit: DA/2026/3877
Landscaping also features in the design, with planting proposed around sections of the building, including balconies and the entry area. The material palette includes rendered finishes, timber-look aluminium screening and brick-look elements.
The upper level would also include a landscaped community breakout area. The planning assessment states that the development would contribute to local housing supply and complement the existing and emerging character of the area. It also points to Deception Bay’s role as a district-level activity centre and a broader planning strategy supporting greater housing choice within urban neighbourhoods.
Market Square, Deception Bay Sports Centre, Deception Bay State School, public transport, community facilities and the Moreton Bay foreshore are identified as being within approximately one kilometre of the site. The property is also described as falling within a 400-metre walking catchment of Market Square.
The application remains subject to the development assessment process. If approved, the proposal would introduce a nine-storey, 60-apartment development to this section of Grosvenor Terrace.
Trade workshops, an industrial simulation tower and virtual-reality training spaces are among the features planned for Petrie’s new $60-million TAFE, with the development application providing the clearest look yet at what is proposed for the Moreton Bay Central site.
The four-storey building would accommodate up to 450 students in about 5,700sqm of floor space, with training focused heavily on construction and allied trades. Plans show practical training areas on the lower levels and classrooms and specialist facilities above, including spaces for carpentry, electrical and plumbing training.
The proposed campus would be built at Moreton Bay Central, near UniSC Moreton Bay and Petrie railway station.
Funding has been committed and procurement is under way, but the project remains at the planning and tender stage. The lodgement of a development application does not mean development approval has been granted, and construction has not been confirmed as having started.
Trade Workshops Anchor the Ground Floor
Much of the hands-on training would take place at ground level, where the plans provide workshops, training areas and storage as well as a food and drink outlet.
Construction, engineering and electrotechnology have been identified as key training areas for the Petrie campus, while the funded project also includes an Advanced Manufacturing Hub. Among the more distinctive features shown in the plans is an industrial simulation tower extending through the building.
Upper levels would contain classrooms, seminar rooms, staff and student services, amenities and a student kitchen, along with specialist teaching spaces. A VR/XR hub is also included, bringing virtual and extended-reality technology into the training mix.
It is a different layout from the sprawling workshops often associated with trade training. At Petrie, practical areas, classrooms and specialist facilities would be stacked across four levels.
Room for 450 Students
The proposed TAFE has been designed for up to 450 students, with planning material indicating normal weekday operating hours of 7am to 5pm and occasional evening classes potentially continuing until 9pm.
Plans show 67 standard car bays, two accessible spaces and four motorcycle spaces, as well as parking for 29 bicycles. Provision has also been identified for another 38 car spaces if required.
The campus would sit close to Petrie railway station, giving students travelling from North Lakes and other communities along the Redcliffe Peninsula line a direct rail connection to the precinct. Wider planning for Moreton Bay Central also provides for pedestrian links between the station, education area and surrounding development.
$60 Million Across Several Years
The $60 million attached to the project is government funding to construct the Moreton Bay TAFE Centre of Excellence, rather than the value of an awarded building contract.
The original funding program provided $60 million over three years, with $6.6 million allocated to commence delivery in 2025–26. Procurement has since progressed, with four preferred contractors invited in June to tender for the first stage of the Petrie and Caloundra TAFE projects.
A builder had not been announced by 19 August, when the Department of Housing and Public Works was still listing the head contractor for the Petrie project as “yet to be appointed”.
The Government has previously forecast construction starting in 2026 and completion in 2028, subject to construction market conditions and material supply. Those dates remain the project timetable; the planning material does not establish that building work has begun.
TAFE Joins Petrie’s Education Precinct
The new campus is planned within the former Petrie paper mill precinct, where UniSC opened its Moreton Bay campus in 2020.
Moreton Bay Central has continued to develop around the university, with education, employment, recreation and other uses planned across the site. The TAFE would add a substantial vocational-training presence, particularly in construction, engineering, electrotechnology and advanced manufacturing.
For Petrie, the development application puts considerably more detail around what the new campus could look like on the ground. Subject to the remaining planning and procurement steps, workshops, classrooms, simulation facilities and digital training spaces would all be brought together in a four-storey building within walking distance of the railway station.
The flying fox colony beside New Settlement Road in Narangba has grown to almost 16,000 animals, more than twice the number recorded in April as Council considers a longer-term approach to managing the roost near homes.
City of Moreton Bay’s latest published count puts the colony at 15,866 flying foxes on 21 July, up from 6,380 on 14 April.
That is an increase of 9,486 animals, or about 149 per cent in just over three months.
The rise comes as the outcome of consultation over a proposed canopy-mounted sprinkler system remains publicly unresolved. Residents were asked about the idea early this year, but Council’s project page still says feedback is being reviewed before a proposed direction is presented to Council.
Numbers Climb Through Autumn and Winter
Council’s monitoring shows the colony growing across each of its four counts from April to July.
There were 6,380 flying foxes recorded on 14 April, rising to 8,316 on 26 May and 12,060 on 22 June. By 21 July, the estimate had reached 15,866.
Most of the increase came from grey-headed flying foxes. Their numbers rose from 3,828 in April to 12,693 in July. Black flying foxes increased more modestly, from 2,552 to 3,173.
No little red flying foxes were recorded at the Narangba roost during those four counts.
The figures are snapshots rather than a fixed population. Flying foxes are highly mobile and numbers at individual roosts can change as animals move between locations.
A Neighbourhood Issue Since 2021
Council says concerns about the New Settlement Road colony have been raised since 2021, particularly around noise, odour and droppings, with active management of the site underway since 2022.
Work to date has included trimming and lopping trees to increase separation between the colony and houses. Trees have also been planted elsewhere within the parkland to encourage roosting farther from homes.
Earlier this year, Council investigated another option: oscillating sprinklers mounted in selected trees along the residential edge of the colony.
The proposed system would periodically spray water into parts of the canopy while flying foxes were present, making those particular trees less attractive for roosting.
Importantly, the proposal was not designed to remove the colony from Narangba. Its purpose was to encourage the animals to shift within the parkland and create more distance between the roost and neighbouring houses.
Sprinkler Proposal Still Awaiting an Outcome
Consultation ran from 12 January to 6 February, with Council publishing its summary report in March.
The results showed 58 per cent of respondents supported or strongly supported increasing the separation between houses and the colony. Among residents living immediately beside the parkland, support was 63 per cent.
Several months later, Council has not published a final decision on whether the sprinkler proposal will proceed.
Its project page says Environmental Services is reviewing the feedback to finalise a proposed direction for the Narangba colony and flying fox management more broadly across the city. That approach is to be presented to Council, with timeframes and next steps to be released after final decisions are made.
The Narangba consultation is now listed among Council’s past environment projects, where it carries a last-update date of 16 April 2026.
There is currently no published indication on the project page that the sprinkler system has been approved or installed.
Increased Separation Needed
The sharp rise in flying fox numbers does not, by itself, indicate whether the proposed management approach would be effective.
Council has made clear that success for the sprinkler system would be measured by increasing the separation between the colony and houses, rather than reducing the number of flying foxes.
For nearby residents, however, the latest count puts a new scale on an issue that has been running for years.
The colony numbered 6,380 in April. By July, Council’s estimate had reached almost 16,000. What remains unclear is whether the sprinkler proposal residents were asked to consider earlier this year will become part of Council’s longer-term response.
Griffin and Murrumba Downs share a postcode and the same fast-growing corner of Moreton Bay, but the latest property figures show buyers are paying noticeably different prices depending on both the suburb and the type of home.
Murrumba Downs recorded a three-month house median of $1.165 million for settled sales to 28 August, putting it $174,000 ahead of Griffin at $991,000. Yet the comparison reverses for units, where Griffin’s $810,000 median was higher than Murrumba Downs’ $772,000.
Those differences have emerged in an area transformed by housing and population growth. Griffin’s population climbed from 6,839 in 2016 to 12,295 in 2021 — almost 80 per cent in five years — while Murrumba Downs gained a station with the opening of the Redcliffe Peninsula Line in 2016. The Bruce Highway corridor through the two suburbs is now undergoing another major upgrade.
At a Glance
Latest three-month residential property snapshot
Market Measure
Griffin
Murrumba Downs
House Median
$991,000
$1.165m
vs 12-Month Median
−0.6%
+2.9%
Unit Median
$810,000
$772,000
vs 12-Month Median
+3.2%
−0.2%
Residential Transactions
56
51
Three-month figures cover settled residential transactions to 28 August 2026. Percentage movements compare the three-month median with the corresponding 12-month median.
The Premium Extends Beyond the Median
Murrumba Downs’ stronger house result also shows up at the top of the market. Its two biggest recorded sales for the period were 20 Tavistock Crescent at $1.86 million and 7 Hawkhurst Court at $1,850,222, while every property in its Top 10 reached at least $1.3 million.
Griffin topped out at $1.35 million for 13 Sepia Place, followed by 8 Bronze Court at $1.31 million and 10 River Breeze Drive at $1.3 million.
Over the latest three months, Murrumba Downs’ house median was about 2.9 per cent above its 12-month figure of $1.132 million. Griffin’s $991,000 median was about 0.6 per cent below its longer-term figure of $997,000.
Murrumba Downs Property Snapshot
House Median
$1.165m
3 months • +2.9% vs 12-month median
House Sales
33
Total transactions • 3 months
Unit Median
$772,000
3 months • −0.2% vs 12-month median
Unit Sales
18
Total transactions • 3 months
Griffin Units Turn the Comparison Around
Griffin’s unit result is notable in a suburb dominated by houses and townhouses. At the 2021 Census, 72.2 per cent of occupied dwellings were separate houses and another 26.7 per cent were semi-detached homes, terraces, row houses or townhouses. Flats and apartments accounted for just 0.9 per cent.
Against that housing mix, the $810,000 three-month unit median was 3.2 per cent above Griffin’s 12-month figure of $785,000. Murrumba Downs’ $772,000 unit median was almost unchanged from its longer-term $773,500 figure.
The samples are smaller than for houses, particularly in Griffin, so the short-term movement warrants some caution.
Griffin Property Snapshot
House Median
$991,000
3 months • −0.6% vs 12-month median
House Sales
47
Total transactions • 3 months
Unit Median
$810,000
3 months • +3.2% vs 12-month median
Unit Sales
9
Total transactions • 3 months
Four-Bedroom Homes Still Rule
The sales mix reinforces just how strongly this part of Moreton Bay is geared towards family housing. Of the 44 Griffin house transactions with usable bedroom information, 37 were four-bedroom properties; Murrumba Downs recorded 20 four-bedroom sales, seven five-bedroom sales and one six-bedroom sale.
That pattern is not confined to the latest quarter. At the 2021 Census, 57.6 per cent of occupied dwellings across the combined Murrumba Downs-Griffin area had four or more bedrooms, compared with 38.8 per cent across Queensland.
Monthly Medians Have Been Bumpy
The three-month medians smooth over considerable movement underneath. Griffin’s monthly house median reached $1.073 million in June, before coming back to $983,500 in July and $945,000 in August, while Murrumba Downs went from $1.275 million in June to $1.065 million in July and $1.082 million in August.
Those movements should not be read as houses gaining or losing those amounts from month to month. The properties settling each month change, and some monthly medians are drawn from relatively small samples, making the transaction volumes shown alongside the price series important context.
Monthly Median Price Trends
Monthly median sale prices are shown alongside the number of transactions included in each monthly median.
Griffin — Houses
Monthly median sale price and qualifying transactions
Median price
Transactions
Griffin — Units
Monthly median sale price and qualifying transactions
Median price
Transactions
Murrumba Downs — Houses
Monthly median sale price and qualifying transactions
Median price
Transactions
Murrumba Downs — Units
Monthly median sale price and qualifying transactions
Median price
Transactions
Monthly medians can fluctuate where transaction volumes are low. Griffin’s house series begins in October 2025 because no qualifying September 2025 monthly median is plotted in the analysed dataset.
Similar Turnover, Different Mix
There was little separating the suburbs on overall activity, with 56 residential transactions in Griffin and 51 in Murrumba Downs during the three-month period. The composition was quite different: Griffin recorded 47 house and nine unit transactions, against 33 houses and 18 units in Murrumba Downs.
Growth Has Changed Both Suburbs
The combined Murrumba Downs-Griffin area grew from 17,520 residents in 2016 to 23,089 in 2021, an increase of almost 32 per cent in five years. That expansion has occurred alongside major changes to the transport network, including the opening of the Redcliffe Peninsula Line in 2016.
Another change is already under way. Stage 1 of the Bruce Highway upgrade between Dohles Rocks Road and Anzac Avenue runs through Griffin and Murrumba Downs, with main construction beginning in April 2025. The project includes extended north-facing ramps, with improved capacity, traffic flow and road access among its intended benefits.
Infrastructure and population growth cannot explain the movement of a three-month property median on their own, but they provide useful context for a part of Moreton Bay that has changed substantially over the past decade.
Same Postcode, Different Property Markets
The latest figures leave Murrumba Downs with a clear premium for houses and a stronger showing among high-value sales, while Griffin recorded slightly more transactions and the higher unit median.
For owners and buyers, the distinction matters: in 4503, the type of property changing hands can be just as important as which side of the suburb boundary it sits on.
Published 31-August-2026. Disclaimer: This article provides general property market information only and should not be considered financial, investment or property advice. Market figures are based on transaction data available for the periods stated and may be affected by the number and mix of properties sold. Readers should conduct their own research and seek appropriate professional advice before making property decisions.
