- What is here
- Almost entirely houses: 5,959 of them to 342 units at the 2021 Census, and 79 percent of the houses owner-occupied. The flower streets and Vienna Woods are 1970s and 80s lowset brick and highset timber, many of the highsets since built in underneath for dual living. The Hilliard side is late 80s to early 2000s brick (Bryant Court 1991, Pembroke Court 1994, Legend Court 1996, Palana Drive 2000, Candover Court 2002). A scatter of new lowsets on split blocks around Cambridge Drive.
- Block sizes
- 600 to 850 square metres is the norm across the suburb, with 950 to 1,065 on the corners and cul-de-sacs (Legend Court 972, Gatsby Court 984, Vienna Road 1,056, Garter Street 1,065). Hanover Drive is 2,000 square metre lots under the low density residential 1 zone. New infill drops to around 500.
- Character overlays
- No traditional building character overlay in Redland City Plan, so lifts, extensions and knockdowns are not the constraint they are in inner Brisbane. The overlays that bite here are environmental: koala habitat and matters of local environmental significance on the bushland edges, bushfire hazard along Scribbly Gums and the creek corridors, and the flood and storm tide overlay on the creek blocks. Check the lot on Red-e-map before you plan a pool or a shed under the trees.
- How it was built
- 1970sThe flower streets are laid out around Alexandra Hills State School, opened in 1975, in lowset brick and highset timber.
- 1980sVienna Woods fills the middle band with loop streets and cul-de-sacs around Vienna Woods State School, opened in 1985.
- 1990sThe Hilliard side is built out in brick on 800 to 1,000 square metre blocks around Hilliard State School, opened 1991.
- 2000sThe last Hilliard courts finish in brick: Palana Drive in 2000 and Candover Court in 2002.
- NowHighsets are built in underneath for dual living, and new lowsets appear on split blocks around Cambridge Drive.
What the money buys
Around $900,000A three-bedroom 1980s lowset on 600 to 700 square metres in the flower streets or Vienna Woods, tidy or needing work. Our four Alexandra Hills purchases all landed between $800,000 and $890,000.
$1m to $1.3mA four-bedroom brick on 800-plus square metres with a pool, a shed or side access for the boat, or a renovated highset with a self-contained downstairs. The suburb's median house sale sits just over $1m.
$1.3m and aboveFive bedrooms on a 1,000 square metre corner, a new build, or the Hanover Drive acreage blocks backing on to the bush. The top of the market reaches into the low $2m range.
4 purchases since 2024, all 4 with published prices from $800,000 to $890,000. Live grid on the page.
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