Rob Morton-Jone

Going to throw you kind people in at the deep end so here goes.............

Could anybody tell me the good and the bad suburbs in Queensland?


Thanks

Rob

moneypenny20

Blimey, that's a mega question Rob, you must be able to narrow your area down a bit Bit subjective as well, what's crap for you may be good for someone else What are you looking for?

Rob Morton-Jone

Thought that might be the case. Left the question a little open.

Basically we are looking to buy (No mortgage) a 4 or 5 bed property with a swimming pool. We are looking to spend in the region of $400,000 to $450,000 on a property.

Areas, well, we were origionally looking to go to the Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast or Brisbane areas but are being open minded at the moment and are quite flexible in where we want to live in Queensland but bearing in mind we have three children aged 4, 12 and 14.

Hope that narrows things down to the the nearest 100,000 square mile )

Rob

Pollyana

Hmmm, flexible to live anywhere in Qld - its a big place Rob (yeah, you know that ) - very different climate between the south and north - very very different lifestyle once you get inland.
Not being difficult, but we would need more really to give decent advice! Also, over here - you may not know - even towns in their own right are often referred to as Suburbs, for instance on www.realestate.com.au even towns like Mackay and Bundaberg are classed as suburbs.
Where are you likely to be working?

Pollyana

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=264630

might give you some ideas......

Brissiegirl

can only say avoid Inala...it's a suburb of Brisbane... It's an area with many social issues.. not that I haven't worked with many nice people who come from there. Area has a huge proportion of gov. housing etc... guess it's a poorer suburb of Brissie?? Don't wish to offend anyone with this post...

Pollyana

Nice looking rental place down there last week...I muttered "Inala" to The Bloke (Qld born and bred) and he replied with "steel shutters on your windows, no wheels on your car, and a drug dealer next door"....says it all for me!

Brissiegirl

that just about sums the area up perfectly...

RichnKim

Where about's in Inala. Do they just leave it of the maps of brisbane ?

Brissiegirl

take a look at this link.. gives you an idea where diff. suburbs in and around Brisbane are...
http://www.ourbrisbane.com/living/suburbs/

RichnKim

Ok now I know
So generally is the southwest part of Brisbane the poorer area or is it a bit more complex then that ?

MrsDagboy

Way way more complex than that - my mum used to live only 3 suburbs away from Inala in Sherwood & its got some of the most expensive real estate in Brisbane :scared: .

Rob, sorry, but the question is way way too open, its a bit like saying where are the good places to live in England. Except that Qld is about 5 times the size. I can name literally dozens & dozens of places that you can buy a house for $450K & all decent, as thats a reasonable sort of budget for a house here in Brisbane.

On the subject of places to avoid, Brissiegirl has mentioned Inala which I totallly agree with, also check out these threads

Places to Live - opinions from the forum

Know anything about Brisbane

Manly West + suburbs along the river

Bad areas

Please remember that some of those threads are old so the prices may have changed, but the general info in them is sound. If you do a search on "brisbane" you will find a heap of info. Probably the main thing to bear in mind is that if a place/suburb is cheap - its usually for a reason!

If you can be more specific, that would help.