Brisbane suburb finder
Most families choose the school first and the suburb second — then discover the drive. Shortlist your schools below, decide how much morning travel you'll accept, set a budget, and the finder ranks the suburbs that work for every school at once.
Step 1 — shortlist the schools
Step 2 — travel time
25 min
Step 3 — housing budget
Travel times are indicative morning estimates based on distance to each campus, not live traffic. Median prices and rents are drafted from published 2025 figures.
Newstead
14 min avg · worst 16 min
Inner East & Riverside · $1.60m median house
BGS 11min · Somerville 16min
Toowong
15 min avg · worst 16 min
The West · $1.70m median house
BGS 16min · Somerville 13min
Ashgrove
16 min avg · worst 17 min
Inner North · $1.75m median house
BGS 14min · Somerville 17min
Norman Park
16 min avg · worst 16 min
Inner East & Riverside · $1.65m median house
BGS 16min · Somerville 16min
Balmoral
16 min avg · worst 17 min
Inner East & Riverside · $1.80m median house
BGS 15min · Somerville 17min
Fairfield
16 min avg · worst 18 min
Inner South · $1.38m median house
BGS 18min · Somerville 13min
Annerley
16 min avg · worst 18 min
Inner South · $1.30m median house
BGS 18min · Somerville 13min
Coorparoo
16 min avg · worst 17 min
Inner South · $1.60m median house
BGS 17min · Somerville 15min
Windsor
17 min avg · worst 20 min
Inner North · $1.50m median house
BGS 14min · Somerville 20min
Yeronga
17 min avg · worst 19 min
Inner South · $1.40m median house
BGS 19min · Somerville 14min
Indooroopilly
18 min avg · worst 20 min
The West · $1.75m median house
BGS 20min · Somerville 16min
Wilston
17 min avg · worst 19 min
Inner North · $1.85m median house · over budget
BGS 14min · Somerville 19min
Bus routes beat straight lines
Most Brisbane private schools run their own bus networks. A suburb on a route can be far easier than a closer suburb that isn't.
Two schools, two directions
If your children are at a boys' and a girls' school on different sides of the river, the sensible answer is usually a suburb between them, not next to either.
Check the street, not the suburb
Flood overlays, aircraft noise and busy arterials change street by street. Verify before you commit.
Want the area context behind the results? Read the area guides.