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.
Kangaroo Point
10 min avg · worst 10 min
Inner South · $1.75m median house
BGS 10min · Somerville House 10min
Red Hill
13 min avg · worst 14 min
Inner West · $1.70m median house
BGS 11min · Somerville House 14min
East Brisbane
13 min avg · worst 13 min
Inner South · $1.65m median house
BGS 13min · Somerville House 12min
Newstead
14 min avg · worst 16 min
Inner East & Riverside · $1.60m median house
BGS 11min · Somerville House 16min
Highgate Hill
10 min avg · worst 12 min
Inner South · $1.90m median house · over budget
BGS 12min · Somerville House 7min
Paddington
13 min avg · worst 13 min
Inner West · $1.85m median house · over budget
BGS 12min · Somerville House 13min
Toowong
15 min avg · worst 16 min
Inner West · $1.70m median house
BGS 16min · Somerville House 13min
Ashgrove
16 min avg · worst 17 min
Inner West · $1.75m median house
BGS 14min · Somerville House 17min
Bardon
16 min avg · worst 16 min
Inner West · $1.80m median house
BGS 16min · Somerville House 16min
Norman Park
16 min avg · worst 16 min
Inner East & Riverside · $1.65m median house
BGS 16min · Somerville House 16min
Balmoral
16 min avg · worst 17 min
Inner East & Riverside · $1.80m median house
BGS 15min · Somerville House 17min
Fairfield
16 min avg · worst 18 min
Inner South · $1.38m median house
BGS 18min · Somerville House 13min
Annerley
16 min avg · worst 18 min
Inner South · $1.30m median house
BGS 18min · Somerville House 13min
Coorparoo
16 min avg · worst 17 min
Inner South · $1.60m median house
BGS 17min · Somerville House 15min
Windsor
17 min avg · worst 20 min
Inner North · $1.50m median house
BGS 14min · Somerville House 20min
Yeronga
17 min avg · worst 19 min
Inner South · $1.40m median house
BGS 19min · Somerville House 14min
Greenslopes
17 min avg · worst 18 min
Inner South · $1.45m median house
BGS 18min · Somerville House 15min
Morningside
18 min avg · worst 19 min
The East · $1.40m median house
BGS 17min · Somerville House 19min
Indooroopilly
18 min avg · worst 20 min
The West · $1.75m median house
BGS 20min · Somerville House 16min
Wilston
17 min avg · worst 19 min
Inner North · $1.85m median house · over budget
BGS 14min · Somerville House 19min
Seven Hills
19 min avg · worst 19 min
The East · $1.55m median house
BGS 18min · Somerville House 19min
Camp Hill
20 min avg · worst 20 min
The East · $1.65m median house
BGS 20min · Somerville House 19min
Cannon Hill
21 min avg · worst 22 min
The East · $1.35m median house
BGS 20min · Somerville House 22min
Tarragindi
21 min avg · worst 23 min
Inner South · $1.50m median house
BGS 23min · Somerville House 19min
Holland Park
21 min avg · worst 23 min
Inner South · $1.35m median house
BGS 23min · Somerville House 19min
Carina
23 min avg · worst 23 min
The East · $1.25m median house
BGS 23min · Somerville House 23min
Carina Heights
23 min avg · worst 23 min
The East · $1.30m median house
BGS 23min · Somerville House 22min
Graceville
21 min avg · worst 24 min
The West · $1.85m median house · over budget
BGS 24min · Somerville House 18min
The Gap
24 min avg · worst 24 min
The West · $1.35m median house
BGS 24min · Somerville House 24min
Bulimba
15 min avg · worst 17 min
Inner East & Riverside · $2.05m median house · over budget
BGS 13min · Somerville House 17min
Hawthorne
15 min avg · worst 16 min
Inner East & Riverside · $2.10m median house · over budget
BGS 13min · Somerville House 16min
Clayfield
21 min avg · worst 24 min
Inner North · $2.10m median house · over budget
BGS 18min · Somerville House 24min
St Lucia
15 min avg · worst 17 min
The West · $2.30m median house · over budget
BGS 17min · Somerville House 12min
Chelmer
22 min avg · worst 24 min
The West · $2.20m median house · over budget
BGS 24min · Somerville House 19min
New Farm
12 min avg · worst 13 min
Inner East & Riverside · $2.50m median house · over budget
BGS 11min · Somerville House 13min
Hamilton
19 min avg · worst 21 min
Inner North · $2.40m median house · over budget
BGS 16min · Somerville House 21min
Ascot
20 min avg · worst 22 min
Inner North · $2.65m median house · over budget
BGS 17min · Somerville House 22min
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.
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