Newstead - Bowen Hills, QLD 4006
Inner-Brisbane convenience with a character all its own.
- Inner-city redevelopment
- 450/wk Median
- 68.6% Renters
Newstead - Bowen Hills Rental Market Statistics
- Population
- 18.0k
- Median age
- 33
- Median weekly rent
- 450
- To the CBD
- 3.1km
- Walkability
- 9.2
- Schools within 3 km
- 5
ABS 2021 Census
Newstead - Bowen Hills Neighbourhood & Lifestyle
Gasworks Precinct
Gasworks Newstead is the suburb's main retail and dining hub — a converted industrial site now built around shops, cafés and riverside apartments. It's the single most-searched local landmark for this suburb.
SIGNATURE SPOTLIGHT
Gasworks & the rail corridor
Newstead is a compact suburb (about 0.9 km²) bordered by Albion, Bowen Hills, Bulimba, Fortitude Valley, Hamilton and Teneriffe — confirmed via Google's own suburb-boundary data. The area is built around the Gasworks Newstead precinct, a mixed-use redevelopment of shopping, dining and apartments on the old gasworks industrial site, with Bowen Hills station providing rail access into the city.
Around Newstead - Bowen Hills
Gasworks Newstead
A redeveloped industrial site turned shopping, dining and apartment precinct — the area's main lifestyle anchor and the most consistently searched landmark for this suburb.
Available Rental Properties in Newstead - Bowen Hills
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Frequently Asked Questions about Renting in Newstead - Bowen Hills
Real questions renters ask before moving to Newstead - Bowen Hills.
Is Newstead - Bowen Hills a good suburb for renters?
It's a strongly rental-oriented suburb — 68.6% of residents rent according to the 2021 ABS Census. The area has been in active redevelopment around the Gasworks Newstead precinct, with a housing mix skewed toward apartments rather than houses.
How much does it cost to rent in Newstead - Bowen Hills?
The 2021 ABS Census recorded a median weekly rent of $450 across the suburb. For houses specifically — a small share of the local housing stock — market data points to a median rent around $675/week with rental yields of 4.19%, and house rents in the area grew 22.45% over the prior 12 months. Apartment rents, which dominate the suburb, aren't separately broken out in this data and should be checked against current listings.
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