193 suburbs ranked cheapest-first by total annual running cost: council rates, water and sewerage, commute (driving) and home insurance. Figures are from official government sources updated July 2025. Use the table to sort by distance or school score.
| # | Suburb | Annual cost ↑ | CBD distance | School score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brisbane City | $5,164 | 0.1 km | 8.8 |
| 2 | Spring Hill | $5,164 | 1.2 km | 8.8 |
| 3 | Kangaroo Point | $5,264 | 1.4 km | 7.9 |
| 4 | Petrie Terrace | $5,264 | 1.4 km | 9.2 |
| 5 | South Brisbane | $5,264 | 1.1 km | 9.6 |
| 6 | Fortitude Valley | $5,265 | 1.8 km | 8.8 |
| 7 | Highgate Hill | $5,365 | 2.1 km | 9.6 |
| 8 | Herston | $5,414 | 2.4 km | 8.8 |
| 9 | Kelvin Grove | $5,462 | 2.7 km | 9.2 |
| 10 | New Farm | $5,465 | 2.1 km | 8.8 |
| 11 | Woolloongabba | $5,494 | 2.8 km | 9.2 |
| 12 | East Brisbane | $5,629 | 2.6 km | 7.9 |
| 13 | Red Hill | $5,659 | 3 km | 10.0 |
| 14 | Bowen Hills | $5,759 | 3 km | 9.5 |
| 15 | Teneriffe | $5,762 | 2.7 km | 8.8 |
| 16 | Paddington | $5,776 | 2.9 km | 9.8 |
| 17 | Newstead | $5,791 | 3.1 km | 8.8 |
| 18 | Hawthorne | $5,888 | 3.4 km | 7.9 |
| 19 | Norman Park | $6,015 | 3.8 km | 9.0 |
| 20 | Stones Corner | $6,047 | 3.9 km | 9.2 |
| 21 | Bulimba | $6,059 | 4.1 km | 9.1 |
| 22 | Windsor | $6,078 | 4 km | 9.5 |
| 23 | Newmarket | $6,091 | 4.2 km | 9.5 |
| 24 | Albion | $6,134 | 4.5 km | 9.4 |
| 25 | Balmoral | $6,134 | 4.5 km | 9.1 |
| 26 | Annerley | $6,177 | 4.8 km | 8.6 |
| 27 | Wilston | $6,178 | 4 km | 10.0 |
| 28 | Morningside | $6,319 | 5.1 km | 7.9 |
| 29 | Coorparoo | $6,327 | 4.8 km | 9.3 |
| 30 | Lutwyche | $6,360 | 5.4 km | 9.0 |
| 31 | Milton | $6,431 | 2 km | 9.8 |
| 32 | Taringa | $6,438 | 5 km | 9.0 |
| 33 | Hamilton | $6,440 | 5.5 km | 7.2 |
| 34 | Greenslopes | $6,457 | 4.9 km | 8.7 |
| 35 | Wooloowin | $6,480 | 5.8 km | 9.0 |
| 36 | Gordon Park | $6,510 | 5.9 km | 9.0 |
| 37 | West End | $6,564 | 2.4 km | 9.6 |
| 38 | Ascot | $6,660 | 5.9 km | 7.2 |
| 39 | Dutton Park | $6,694 | 2.8 km | 8.9 |
| 40 | Long Pocket | $6,719 | 6.1 km | 4.7 |
| 41 | Clayfield | $6,728 | 6.3 km | 9.8 |
| 42 | Auchenflower | $6,759 | 3 km | 9.8 |
| 43 | Yeerongpilly | $6,845 | 6.7 km | 8.2 |
| 44 | Kalinga | $6,882 | 7 km | 9.8 |
| 45 | Moorooka | $6,889 | 7.2 km | 8.2 |
| 46 | Kedron | $6,918 | 7.3 km | 9.1 |
| 47 | Hendra | $6,968 | 7.3 km | 6.8 |
| 48 | Holland Park West | $6,989 | 7.2 km | 9.4 |
| 49 | Stafford | $7,004 | 6.9 km | 5.9 |
| 50 | Indooroopilly | $7,019 | 6.1 km | 9.9 |
| 51 | Gaythorne | $7,068 | 7.3 km | 9.2 |
| 52 | Holland Park | $7,082 | 7 km | 5.2 |
| 53 | Carina | $7,153 | 7.6 km | 6.9 |
| 54 | Eagle Farm | $7,153 | 7.6 km | 7.2 |
| 55 | Tennyson | $7,154 | 6.9 km | 9.5 |
| 56 | Sherwood | $7,166 | 8 km | 9.5 |
| 57 | Grange | $7,210 | 5.4 km | 10.0 |
| 58 | St Lucia | $7,247 | 3.9 km | 10.0 |
| 59 | Nundah | $7,250 | 8.3 km | 8.4 |
| 60 | Fairfield | $7,309 | 4.1 km | 8.6 |
| 61 | Stafford Heights | $7,322 | 8.2 km | 5.7 |
| 62 | Yeronga | $7,388 | 5 km | 9.2 |
| 63 | Wavell Heights | $7,409 | 8.7 km | 5.6 |
| 64 | Seven Hills | $7,410 | 5.4 km | 9.1 |
| 65 | Murarrie | $7,477 | 8.4 km | 4.9 |
| 66 | Ashgrove | $7,488 | 5 km | 9.8 |
| 67 | Bardon | $7,527 | 4.8 km | 9.7 |
| 68 | Alderley | $7,540 | 5.5 km | 9.5 |
| 69 | Camp Hill | $7,589 | 6 km | 9.3 |
| 70 | Chermside | $7,625 | 9.5 km | 5.6 |
| 71 | Cannon Hill | $7,654 | 6.9 km | 7.3 |
| 72 | Northgate | $7,658 | 10 km | 8.0 |
| 73 | Everton Park | $7,732 | 8.6 km | 8.1 |
| 74 | Toowong | $7,872 | 4.3 km | 9.0 |
| 75 | Chelmer | $7,954 | 6.9 km | 9.9 |
| 76 | Geebung | $7,966 | 11.2 km | 6.8 |
| 77 | Graceville | $8,039 | 7.2 km | 9.9 |
| 78 | Archerfield | $8,065 | 11 km | 4.2 |
| 79 | Coopers Plains | $8,065 | 10.8 km | 5.3 |
| 80 | Robertson | $8,090 | 11.1 km | 9.2 |
| 81 | Tarragindi | $8,095 | 6.7 km | 9.5 |
| 82 | Hemmant | $8,115 | 10.8 km | 5.1 |
| 83 | Virginia | $8,139 | 10.9 km | 8.3 |
| 84 | Aspley | $8,140 | 11.5 km | 8.7 |
| 85 | Carina Heights | $8,182 | 7.7 km | 6.9 |
| 86 | Banyo | $8,215 | 11.6 km | 8.3 |
| 87 | Enoggera | $8,225 | 6.8 km | 9.8 |
| 88 | Mitchelton | $8,277 | 8.4 km | 7.5 |
| 89 | Macgregor | $8,315 | 11.6 km | 8.6 |
| 90 | Chapel Hill | $8,322 | 8.2 km | 10.0 |
| 91 | Upper Mount Gravatt | $8,339 | 10.9 km | 7.0 |
| 92 | Mount Coot-tha | $8,353 | 7.6 km | 10.0 |
| 93 | Zillmere | $8,436 | 12.5 km | 3.2 |
| 94 | Jamboree Heights | $8,452 | 13.2 km | 8.6 |
| 95 | Mount Gravatt | $8,468 | 9.1 km | 7.3 |
| 96 | Mount Gravatt East | $8,468 | 9.1 km | 6.0 |
| 97 | Nathan | $8,495 | 9.2 km | 9.2 |
| 98 | Acacia Ridge | $8,531 | 12.9 km | 4.2 |
| 99 | Sunnybank | $8,536 | 12.5 km | 6.1 |
| 100 | Corinda | $8,622 | 9.3 km | 8.9 |
| 101 | Keperra | $8,675 | 9.5 km | 7.4 |
| 102 | Darra | $8,678 | 13.1 km | 5.5 |
| 103 | Carindale | $8,681 | 9.9 km | 9.2 |
| 104 | Chermside West | $8,728 | 9.7 km | 7.8 |
| 105 | Fig Tree Pocket | $8,741 | 9 km | 10.0 |
| 106 | The Gap | $8,759 | 8.7 km | 9.6 |
| 107 | Middle Park | $8,786 | 14 km | 7.8 |
| 108 | Sunnybank Hills | $8,853 | 14.3 km | 9.0 |
| 109 | McDowall | $8,885 | 10.3 km | 9.0 |
| 110 | Mansfield | $8,889 | 10.7 km | 8.9 |
| 111 | Kenmore | $8,908 | 10 km | 10.0 |
| 112 | Tingalpa | $8,934 | 10.1 km | 8.0 |
| 113 | Eight Mile Plains | $8,963 | 13.9 km | 8.1 |
| 114 | Kenmore Hills | $9,008 | 10 km | 10.0 |
| 115 | Richlands | $9,008 | 15 km | 3.8 |
| 116 | Lytton | $9,009 | 14.1 km | 6.5 |
| 117 | Wynnum | $9,076 | 14.4 km | 6.5 |
| 118 | Belmont | $9,115 | 11.6 km | 9.2 |
| 119 | Jindalee | $9,116 | 11.2 km | 8.1 |
| 120 | Sinnamon Park | $9,116 | 11.2 km | 8.1 |
| 121 | Wishart | $9,138 | 12.1 km | 9.1 |
| 122 | Manly West | $9,186 | 14 km | 7.0 |
| 123 | Manly | $9,202 | 15.9 km | 8.6 |
| 124 | Ferny Grove | $9,338 | 12.1 km | 7.7 |
| 125 | Deagon | $9,365 | 16.2 km | 7.4 |
| 126 | Mount Ommaney | $9,436 | 12.5 km | 8.6 |
| 127 | Nudgee | $9,454 | 13 km | 8.3 |
| 128 | Wynnum West | $9,483 | 12.7 km | 5.1 |
| 129 | Wakerley | $9,502 | 13.2 km | 7.5 |
| 130 | Mackenzie | $9,531 | 12.9 km | 8.2 |
| 131 | Brookfield | $9,538 | 12.1 km | 10.0 |
| 132 | Bracken Ridge | $9,567 | 16.7 km | 5.2 |
| 133 | Upper Kedron | $9,615 | 12 km | 7.7 |
| 134 | Port Of Brisbane | $9,620 | 18.5 km | 6.5 |
| 135 | Willawong | $9,632 | 14.2 km | 2.8 |
| 136 | Gumdale | $9,649 | 13.4 km | 7.5 |
| 137 | Boondall | $9,709 | 14.1 km | 6.2 |
| 138 | Bridgeman Downs | $9,771 | 13.5 km | 7.7 |
| 139 | Westlake | $9,809 | 14.1 km | 7.8 |
| 140 | Carseldine | $9,841 | 13.8 km | 7.6 |
| 141 | Durack | $9,841 | 13.8 km | 4.3 |
| 142 | Rochedale | $9,865 | 14.8 km | 8.8 |
| 143 | Seventeen Mile Rocks | $9,965 | 11 km | 8.9 |
| 144 | Riverhills | $9,974 | 15.3 km | 7.8 |
| 145 | Sumner | $9,986 | 14 km | 8.6 |
| 146 | Fitzgibbon | $10,020 | 14.6 km | 5.0 |
| 147 | Runcorn | $10,030 | 15.1 km | 6.7 |
| 148 | Algester | $10,102 | 15.9 km | 7.0 |
| 149 | Chandler | $10,108 | 15 km | 7.5 |
| 150 | Pinjarra Hills | $10,141 | 13.8 km | 9.2 |
| 151 | Wacol | $10,248 | 16.6 km | 3.6 |
| 152 | Pullenvale | $10,287 | 14.9 km | 9.2 |
| 153 | Sandgate | $10,308 | 17.4 km | 7.4 |
| 154 | Calamvale | $10,348 | 17.1 km | 7.0 |
| 155 | Forest Lake | $10,405 | 17.9 km | 6.8 |
| 156 | Ransome | $10,439 | 15.6 km | 7.5 |
| 157 | Bellbowrie | $10,448 | 17.1 km | 8.5 |
| 158 | Burbank | $10,458 | 16.9 km | 8.8 |
| 159 | Kuraby | $10,467 | 16.7 km | 6.0 |
| 160 | Enoggera Reservoir | $10,481 | 15.8 km | 8.7 |
| 161 | Lota | $10,481 | 15.8 km | 7.5 |
| 162 | Pallara | $10,488 | 16.8 km | 7.5 |
| 163 | Bald Hills | $10,563 | 18.2 km | 6.3 |
| 164 | Upper Brookfield | $10,569 | 17.2 km | 8.7 |
| 165 | Doolandella | $10,606 | 16.4 km | 4.0 |
| 166 | Ellen Grove | $10,744 | 18.1 km | 3.6 |
| 167 | Karawatha | $10,749 | 19.2 km | 3.1 |
| 168 | Larapinta | $10,749 | 19.2 km | 7.5 |
| 169 | Salisbury | $10,814 | 8.9 km | 7.5 |
| 170 | Heathwood | $10,849 | 19.2 km | 7.5 |
| 171 | Parkinson | $10,867 | 19.3 km | 7.0 |
| 172 | Anstead | $10,886 | 17.8 km | 9.2 |
| 173 | Stretton | $10,886 | 17.8 km | 6.7 |
| 174 | Moggill | $10,913 | 19 km | 8.5 |
| 175 | Drewvale | $10,992 | 20 km | 4.3 |
| 176 | Brighton | $11,103 | 19.5 km | 7.4 |
| 177 | Rocklea | $11,222 | 9.3 km | 5.1 |
| 178 | Karana Downs | $11,358 | 21.9 km | 7.2 |
| 179 | Mount Crosby | $11,439 | 22.1 km | 7.2 |
| 180 | Oxley | $11,766 | 11.4 km | 7.3 |
| 181 | Lake Manchester | $11,884 | 25.6 km | 7.1 |
| 182 | Inala | $11,887 | 14.9 km | 3.8 |
| 183 | Kholo | $11,890 | 24.5 km | 7.2 |
| 184 | Pinkenba | $11,902 | 13.2 km | 6.5 |
| 185 | Chuwar | $11,931 | 26.4 km | 3.6 |
| 186 | Brisbane Airport | $11,987 | 12.3 km | 8.0 |
| 187 | Bulwer | $12,029 | 55.2 km | 4.5 |
| 188 | Moreton Island | $12,220 | 51.9 km | 4.5 |
| 189 | Shorncliffe | $12,267 | 16.7 km | 9.1 |
| 190 | Taigum | $12,453 | 14.3 km | 5.0 |
| 191 | Cowan Cowan | $12,501 | 51.1 km | 4.5 |
| 192 | Nudgee Beach | $12,565 | 14.8 km | 9.1 |
| 193 | Kooringal | $12,732 | 41.2 km | 3.3 |