Perhaps it’s the crime, perhaps it’s the bumpkins, perhaps it’s a road with a crummy reputation, perhaps it’s just the crummy surrounds. Often, it’s a road where the housing value is cut-rate.
There’s a few contenders for worst suburb in Brisbane – which crummy Brisbane suburb gets your vote as a poor town, and why?
Note: keep it nice – any racist comments will be removed.
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The redlands, started off as a beautiful city and now has turned into the new logan, remove the scum i say
WOODRIDGE!!
The Gap, straight up. why would anyone desire to live there. its a deadset hole
i live in beenleigh (unfortuantly) i dont think its that bad of a place its got a bad reputation because everyone from eagleby come here everywhere is a bad place you dont just have a good place or a bad place always a mixture of bad people and good people the nicest places in brisbane all have scum there as well. yeah woodridge is really bad but why do people say logan is so bad not all of loGAn actually is and beenleigh use to be glassed as the gold coast witch i bet when it was didnt get so bagged because the gold coast is so perfect COUGH theres yatala holmview bathenia edens landing tenah menah eagleby close surrounding beenleigh if it was someone from there that caused something in beenleigh why should beenleigh get bagged…
Hi Im moving to Eagleby tomorrow… I have herd a few bad things…should I be worried?
kathy! Eagleby isn’t the nicest place or friendliest theres alot of crime in the beenleigh eagleby probaly not the best thing moving but you may like it… There are a few nice places in logan like edans landing,bathenia,winderoo,mt warren park,shailor park people say logan is the scum place of brisbane i dont beleive it… The beenleigh railway station is a place to avoid and walking streets of beenleigh,eagleby at night.
Theres not really one worst suburb in Brisbane, there are just areas that you want to avoid more than others.
Top 5 suburbs to stay away from:
1. woodridge
2. inala
3. beenleigh (and surrounding suburbs)
4. trinder park
5. ipswich (and surrounding suburbs)
the valley and the city are ok in the day, but its best to not walk around at night if you can.
Top 5 best areas(low crime rates, proximity to city, lifestyle)
1. Kenmore, Kenmore Hills, Chapel Hill
2. Graceville, Chelmer
3. Balmoral, Bulimba, Hawthorne
4. Ascot, Hamilton, Hendra, Clayfield
5. Westlake, Mt. Ommanney, Sinnamon Park, Riverhills
It really comes down to what you are used to. im not telling you to live in the best suburbs, nor am i saying you are scum if you live in any of the worse suburbs. i personally live in Corinda, which is a pretty neutral suburb. i have lived in brisbane for nearly 35 years and i can say that in that time brisbane has changed dramatically. when i first came here i would have thought that inala and forest lake, along with jindalee, were the best places you could live, and beenleigh wasnt bad either. the top 5 have not really changed since then though. guys, lets stop with the racist comments, that is what makes some suburbs nastier than others, the hate and intolerance for difference.
Hey all, My fiancee and I have just moved to Redbank plains and so far it doesn’t seem too bad. I’m not saying it’s the best suburb either for example, paying rent one day at the shopping center near us @ 10am, and there were 2 blokes absolutely pissed. The worst part about Redbank plains seems to be the hoons, all you can hear at night is people revving their cars(what I can only imagine to be their fullysickholdencommodores). I have seen worse suburbs though some parts of Inala some parts of goodna. I wouldn’t say that any suburb was entirely bad, just that there are bad seeds everywhere.
Also the people saying that the valley is a bad place, have you been lately? I used to work at a restaurant there and I had no issues, ever.
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Buranda for sure. Just go to the shopping centre and you will see why.
Hmm trying to narrow down the worst suburb in Brisbane is really difficult. I would say the worst place in Brisbane would be Deception Bay, I have seen some trash there. As for the southside (Logan) it’s bad but I would not say it is the worst. @DannyF in regards to your top 5 ‘Best’ areas, I think that maybe a bit of a bias opinion but your entitled to it.
I’m going to be a purist and say that Logan, Ipswich, The Redlands and Caboolture are not part of Brisbane proper!
That being said few decent suburbs have been left untainted by the undesirables that have come with government housing.
Egaleby
biggest shit hole . it got the sewer plant there and its full of 2headed rednecks.
I am looking at moving to Brisbane from Melbourne because of work, I have two small kids (boy & Girl) under the age of 5. Hearing all these comments has made me nerves.
I have seen a lot in my life, we have all kinds in Melbourne and I can handle it, but I want to make sure that because of my work that my kids don’t end up is some hole of a suburb where safety is an issue.
Can anyone here let me know that there is a nice suburb with good schools where family can be raised?
@Tim, most of the suburbs people are talking about are south towards Logan and west towards Ipswich. The argument could be made that some og them are outside the city boundary.
I found the eastern suburbs (Hawthorne, Bulimba, Morningside etc) to be very safe and family-oriented, as are the inner suburbs such as Ascot, Hamilton etc (although the latter 2 can be super snobby). Bulimba would have to be my favorite :)
Ya, Forgot the Fortitude Valley is for hookers and junkies but so is everywhere else.
Brisbane is just full of brogans and to top it off Brisbane still has a redneck mentality. Most suburbs in Brisbane is safe including Inala and Woodridge or even the valley, these suburbs are a walk in the park compare it to places like claymore, airds and the whole of south-west Sydney.
Too many uncultured pretentious bogans and rednecks in Brisbane that’s from the inner city suburbs to the outskirts suburbs of ipswich or caboolture.
Tim Brisbane is safe if you compare it to Sydney or Melbourne. You have nothing to worry about except for the bogans which unfortunately is majority of the population. You can’t escape brogans or rednecks up here. The funniest thing are the rednecks pretending to be cultured and educated.
think you missed Paddington, Auchenflower, Bardon, Ashgrove, Toowong, Indooroopilly, New Farm, West End,
River Hills!!!! the fact that you ever though Forest Lake was a good area shows you aren’t qualified to make such a list.
There’s really no “worst” or “best”.
If you’re a bogan then there are suburbs you’ll love and you might think where I live is full of snobs and just unbearable to you. Fair enough.
You just have to be with your people and that’s where you’ll be happy.
Could someone tell me about Crestmead or Heretage Park? My boyfriend wants me to move there with him and I am terrified as I’ve heard so many negative things. I live in Vic.Point right now.
Thanks
Creastmead is fine, as long as you have gooood security, alarms and park your car off-street. I can’t vouch for the demographic of people living there though. By the way, it’s fricken inconvenient to Brisbane if you plan on commuting.
The worst suburbs are usually in the outskirts — Redbank, Ipswich, Caboolture, Morayfield, Kippa Ring, Logan, Woodridge, Deception Bay, etc.
who r u kidding honey i live there too and beenleigh is the new eagleby! eagleby is getting flushed out with retirmement villages and beenleigh is building more comission homes u do the maths we act like a logan suburb thats why we got turned into a logan suburb
… and graffiti art is bad because?
I agree they are all fantastic suburbs, I used to love living in Ashgrove, but the crime rate is high. Me and most of my mates used to break safes every second night. The amount of crime and drugs that goes on around those suburbs is high due to city proximity.
Around 2000-2007 we had at least 15 dealers living in the Red Hill/Paddington/Bardon/Ashgrove/Gap area… I know that because I knew them all and dealt with them.
Not to mention the amount of OD’s in Ashgrove plaza, Under Redhill 7-11, Paddington (all over the place). My X OD’d in the paddington icecream shop that used to be across the rd from the hardware store/Kookaburra Cafe, and the dealers used to sit there for hours at a time, customer after customer would come sit down like a casual reunion and make an exchange and take off.
Crime was high, and the amount of pawnbrokers in the area shows that.
That, and now that Jim Foras is retired and Kate Jones is the local MP. I love Kate, I went to school with her, lived in the other side of a duplex with her and we were good friends. I have a huge respect for Kate and she is a fantastic polly. But Jim was the best local MP I’ve ever known. He would always be in his office and wouldn’t screen people coming in off the street. He had time for EVERYBODY.
No1 mentioned Kalanga, I’m surprised. I’ll probably move there soon to. Good cheap rent. Full of community Housing.
Tim, Red Hill is good if you want a safe, family home suburb. Kelvin Grove is good too. They are inner city suburbs so they can be a bit expensive but if you have to travel to the city everyday then the expenses of travel will make up the difference anyway. If you have lived in ‘Bad’ Melbourne or Sydney suburbs for a long time then the ‘Bad’ suburbs in Brisbane will seem like a walk in the park.
People constantly go on about how bad Ipswich is…. my question when was the last time you were out there??? they have gorgeous parks, great shopping beautiful houses on large blocks of land, great art community, lots of sports for the kids, plenty to do, trees everywhere.. and a friendly atmosphere… last time i was in the valley my car got trashed, at West end couldnt hear myself for the amount of traffic, brisbane city is great if you like fumes and crowds and rude people in a rush… last time i was at the gold coast i saw homeless people wandering around, 2 fights, police and ambulances everywhere… i guess it depends on what you deem as a good area…. Ipswich is changing, go check it out before you diss it.
well said.
the logan/woodridge area … glad I got out of woodridge. Someone a block down from me shot their wife not long before I moved out of there, and another guy in my unit complex hung himself.
You all say eagleby is a bad place or full of red necks! It’s not I live in eagleby! It had a bad name like 10 to 20 years ago from all the teens back then causing trouble! Today it is a nice quite area to live in! All new houses going up! Yeah there are a few bad apples around here but every area has bad apples! Eagleby is starting to turn into a nice place for families! the houses have big back yards so you can have a good back yard for the kids to play in! Yeah ok the eagleby mall isn’t a Westfield but it does the job for a quick shop l! When I 1st was looking for a house EVERYONE was saying it was a sh*t hole n a bad place and not to move there for it was a place is full of bad people but I didn’t listen I found a nice house n moved in this area n have had no problems in fact I know all my neighbors n they are all nice people n friendly now my friends are looking for houses in eagleby! Places change its only takes one bad thing in a area to happen then next minute it’s got a bad name for life it’s really stupid I think
Crestmead by far is the worst. Anything within 5 -10 minutes of Creatmead is mostly ghetto living. Women who are tougher then the men. And that is not a good thing. Don’t worry about the commute to Brisbane. No professional people from the locals in Crestmead.
I used to live in Crestmead and am so glad to be gone from there. I am not a profesional so the other posters are right. Crestmead wrecked my life. If I can ever get out of QLD I will be happy. No culture here. Most people here have never been out of their own street. As soon as I can I will be out of here. Ferals and crime here.
I travel all the time just to get away from this.
I have lived in some sh*tty places in my life and i now reside in eagleby. Eagleby is actually pretty nice, and Beenleigh is even better. Its a case of a few bad eggs taint the area. I have seen more fights, more drugs and more bogans when i lived in morayfield than what i have seen here. I live in a beautiful street, with gorgeous trees and great neighbours. It seems that people who are ruining it for others are people who are younger and have no social conscience. Im 24 and im trying to make a home that i can be proud of in an area that i can be a part of.
Ipswich is not a Brisbane suburb nor is it the worst area to live. People highlight Inala but the Inala shops are a terrific place for Vietnamese markets that most queenslanders ignore because of fear of the foreign or alien. After returning to Brisbane its clear that the attitudes to ethnic minorities is one of tolerance rather than embracing difference and in this regard it’s a bit redneck. Most Brisbane suburbs are excellent by developed western world standards. After the floods I’d go for high ground not the expensive flood prone suburbs like Chelmer or Graceville which are way overpriced. If you want to live near the river the lesson is be prepared to have sufficient treasure to restore your home after flood as the insurance companies will not cover people living in many of the so called best suburbs. I think anywhere on the train line is good and more convenient than suburbs only served by bus although the Brisbane bus service beats most cities hands down
Nadebaum, like it or not, Ipswich IS a suburb of Brisbane. Have a look at how the Federal Government defines Brisbane (check out the ABS). Recent versions of the SEQ Regional Plan have encouraged local communities to develop their own image and brand – which is a good thing – but it’s come at the expense of a unified Brisbane and a unified brand. This is the thing about Brisbane which is most obvious after coming back home 7 years ago – we are a city heavily divided by council boundaries. This doesn’t exist in Sydney or Melbourne where both cities are much more united and promote a single strong brand of the respective city.
What are you on about? Ipswich is a city in its own right, with its own city council.
As is Penrith, Parramatta, Cambelltown, Cronulla(Sutherland), and several other outer suburbs in Sydney. You see, you’ve demonstrated my point perfectly.
Ipswich isnt even bad anymore… I have just moved to Ipswich – I live in Brassall and have had no problems… Everyone who goes on about Ipswich, have you even been here lately?? All the bogans hang out in the mall so avoid there… and Yes it has some bad suburbs but what city doesnt!?! I used to live in Mt Gravatt and most of the street was scum.. I have much better neighbours now and the traffic is 100% better!!
Ipswich is its own city but is still apart of Brisbane metropolitan… But to me Brisbane is just the areas in Brisbane city council.
I think everyone is getting too excited here. Before you scare yourselves, stop freaking out the people who want to move up here. I’ve had to move many times because of work, I can tell you it doesn’t matter where you live in Australia. If you hang around trouble, trouble will hang around with you. It doesn’t matter if your in the country or the city or in between, just remember the old sayings – dont lend out your partner, dont lend out your car, dont lend out your lawn mower. They will not come back in the same way.Trust your feelings on people, don’t judge a town because of a few bad eggs. They are eveywhere even over seas.If you have kids, talk to people in your area, find out what school their kids go to, and ask them what they think? The guy moving up from Melbourne, we all know what it’s like down there, stick to people like yourself. You’ll be ok.
Well I have to agree with Kayecee. It doesn’t matter where you live. Your home is your castle. It’s not just scum you have to worry about. There is mother nature. It can strike anywhere at anytime. I brought a house in the Logan area. It’s coming upto my 11 year, I have had no trouble. I have great friends and neighbours. i move from a tiny town out back, and my home was burnt to the ground by a bush fire. One thing I have noticed QLD people are very judgemental on others. Just like the poms? I have met a few people through my job from Inala, Beenligh and Ipswich, and they are quite nice chaps.
Well, Deception Bay has a bad reputation, but I’m from there and I go to UQ, studying science with a major in bioinformatics. I think if everyone thinks negatively and tell ppl they live in a total slum, then they start to turn it into one.
Well instead of going on about the bad places… Because one person can have a bad experience and another can have a totally positive one… So..
Personally, I like Mt Omanney area, it looks nice and I like their shopping centre but I think it is expensive to live there.
Loganlea sadly should be on the list. I’ve lived here for 12 years with my family and it can be very good and then bad! The first 10 years not an incident, the last 2 years we have our number plates stolen 3 times, 3 attempted breakins (1 successful) house ransacked, burgled, house keys stolen and car stolen (our departure was being watched). Grafitti on fences is an expectation. Adolescents walking bending street signs neighbours see and report. Tree branches all along our roads are regularly damaged – an expectation now. I found a man urinating against a tree on my front lawn when I drove home from work at 6pm. I left some toilet paper out there for him for next time. Regularly adolesents sit in the middle of road, they don’t move, we drive around them. I feel for the elderly nearby who take great care of their homes presentation but notice they are getting hit with fence grafitti the most. Neighbour walking over overpass Loganlea Railway Station said he called out to man going car to car along station road (communters cars) systematically stealing number plates. My son sees regularly drug deals going on, instigated by a shirtless man who feins mobility problems by using crutches, only to walk away from the station after the deals with the crutches under his arm. Police are putting in a pretty good presence now and i can see they are talking to young folk and building a positive rapport with them. A colleague had her side car window smashed 3 times in 3 months as she parked on Station Road and commuted to University. We are constantly asked by commuters if they can park their car near our driveway so to be further away from thieves but it just brings the thieving closer to us. I worked at Logan Hospital and at 7am at least once a week I would see remnants of some poor sod’s car broken car windows. Hospital Security system is great and watch for repeat offenders coming on hospital grounds – yep they come back – dumb as they are. My car’s lock was broken with a screw driver, they took away an attache case of bills!. Loganlea High School has a very proactive principle where if his students are identified as hooning or being nuisance he asks for description, any identifying info and will find and collar them. Now in saying that I have the nicest neighbours on either side who are very caring and have been so for 12 years. The hospital is very accessible, the Uni and Tafe are great and transport in and out by bus and train is well schedled. Unfortunately my sons have grown up witnessing (from other end of the street) terrible domestric fights – kiss kiss bang bang allright! police invasions not usual to apprehend or officers to serve warrants. Unmarked police cars engines purring for hours at night watching comings and goings of certain houses. We have seen our fair share of ambulance attendances as well as Channel 7 news hounds in the street. On the upside council and developers are going to pour some money into this area!. There is a new supermarket going up near McDonalds and the shopping complex at Meadowbrook have IGA staying open till 8pm (thank you IGA) Plus a great gym has just opened up. hope this helps.
Brisbane is one big sub-urb all the way from the NSW border through to Caboolture and there are nice people and not so nice people and nice houses and not so nice houses in all but the very newest estates.
I can’t believe how you all don’t notice how UGLY the main commercial ares are in any part of Brisbane….if you blindfolded someone from brisbane and took them to anothe area they would take a while to work out where they were.
Your local councilors perpetuated this ugliness and you and your neighbourhood small businesses contributed – SHAME,SHAME,SHAME where is the beauty? where is the nature? where is the art & culture?
The troglodytes who spew out the commercial television nightly news and current affairs and the pseudo intellectual posers at the ABC are so wrapped up in this hideouseness that you all just think it can’t possibly be any other way.
Read some of the moronic comments on this page and you get a tiny glimpse into the lack of depth of thought of the average Brisbanite.
No wonder there are comments about “scum” etc. these are your fellow humans who through lack of education (their Primary & High School teachers turned them off learning) make their way and behave in a way that they believe they have to in this nepotistic judgemental so called society.
So you’ve all contributed to constructing an urban environment where the major landmarks are the tall mastheads of American fast food outlets and the main cultural focus are the big palaces of retail.
Things have and are continuously changing in all parts of Brisbane and especially in areas like Logan. I have lived in Brisbane for 11 years and have noticed a trend being established of more and more young people wanting to move closer to the city and rent rather than own for convenience sakes. All what matters to them is the shopping, dining out and that extra sleep in the morning. It doesnt matter if they live in a near dilapidated house that they’ve bought for a fortune.
I live in Waterford, Logan (formerly Gold Coast) and its a beautiful suburb with lovely views – all within 35mins (consistently timed) drive to Brisbane Central Station. An express from Loganlea will reach you to Southbank Station in 25 mins. Modern houses are being built in new estates with larger lands money can buy than what they can in areas around the CBD. Shopping centres are sprawling up and the bad crowd are quickly dissapearing. I feel utterly ashamed to bring this up but when most parts of inner Brisbane were inundated in water last year, Logan had the least amount of troubles. John Paul College, Canterbury College, Rivermount College are in the Top 20 Schools of Brisbane.
Point your finger at Logan only should you find a crime free suburb!!
Have a go at the douchebag anonymous just above Waterforder!
I lived in Annerley for over 10 years before moving to Eagleby 2 years ago. I am so much happier here, yeah the shopping centre is dodgy and there are a lot of people around that obviously dont take care of them selves, but over all i find that most people are very friendly. Houses are cheap, most have good big backyards. I owned a small two bedroon unit in Annerley and for 20k less i now have a great big house with more than enough room for a family of four and now i can have dogs.
Cant forget the fact were 30min to brisbane CBD and 30 min to the Gold Coast.
I definitely dont regret the move!!!
Woodridge hands down, I am only a teenager but I know that place is crazy, I went there with my friend and these 2 girls about the same age asked for intercourse: we didn’t even know them, my uncle got punched in the head for no reason at the train station.