Buyers agent in Clayfield

5 properties secured for clients in Clayfield since 2025. What we bought, what we paid where the buyer agreed to say, and who did the buying.

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5

purchases in Clayfield

2025 to 2026

years we have bought here

$2,045,000 to $7,780,000

published prices (4 of 5)

Hunter Gather has bought 5 properties in Clayfield for clients since 2025. Of the purchases where the property type is on record, that is 1 apartment. Clayfield sits inside our Brisbane buying area, which our agents cover street by street rather than from a desk.

Where the buyer agreed to publish the price, Clayfield purchases ranged from $2,045,000 to $7,780,000 (4 of 5 published). The rest settled privately at the buyer's request.

The buying in Clayfield was done by Jacob Butler, Ernest Tong and Chavonne Olivier. Whoever you speak to first, the search runs on the same shared database and the same weekly cadence.

Where Clayfield sits

Clayfield is the north side's school suburb: 6.4 kilometres north-east of the CBD, with Kedron Brook and Kalinga Park along its northern edge, the racecourses of Ascot to the east and the airport ten minutes beyond them. Sandgate Road runs through the middle and carries most of the traffic, so the suburb reads as two halves: the Eagle Junction and Kalinga side, and the Ascot side where the private schools and the biggest homes sit. Two stations, four train lines and a bus every few minutes along Sandgate Road are why families here rarely need a second car for the commute.

Boundaries
Kedron Brook and Kalinga Park to the north. The Shorncliffe railway line and Wooloowin to the west, Albion to the south. Ascot and Hendra to the east, where the Bonney Avenue ridge runs out toward Doomben.
The roads
Sandgate Road (State Route 26, the spine, the buses and the traffic). Junction Road (Eagle Junction station and the Harris Farm corner). Bonney Avenue (the ridge to Hendra, busy at peak). Alexandra Road and Oriel Road (the run across to Ascot and Racecourse Road)
Next door
NundahKalingaAscotHendraWooloowinAlbion

The pockets

The suburb street by street: who each pocket suits and what to check there.

The numbers on the map above mark each pocket.

1Eagle Junction

Junction Road, Roseby Avenue, Norman Parade, London Road and the grid between the station and Sandgate Road

Eagle Junction State School on Roseby Avenue, four train lines at the station, Harris Farm and the Clayfield Markets on the Sandgate Road corner. Federation houses on Norman Parade and London Road are on the heritage register, so the streets look the way they did a century ago. The trade-off is rail noise on the streets closest to the line.

Suits Families who want the state school, the station and the grocer all on foot. The most walkable address in the suburb.

2The Bonney Avenue ridge

Bonney Avenue, Adelaide Street East, Wagner Road and the streets running toward Hendra

The high ground of the suburb, with interwar homes on 800 square metres and more. Adelaide Street East alone has four houses on the heritage register. Bonney Avenue itself carries real peak-hour traffic, so the side streets are the buy. Aviation High sits at the Hendra end on Widdop Street.

Suits Buyers who want the biggest house on the biggest block and are happy to drive to the shops.

3The school streets

Enderley Road, Gregory Street, Hunter Lane, Oriel Road, Bayview Terrace and the streets either side of Sandgate Road south of the Junction

Three schools within a few hundred metres of each other and character homes around them, five of them on Enderley Road alone. Interwar flats like Hampton Court and Coraki Court line Sandgate Road, and newer apartments sit above the shops. Drop-off traffic is the daily reality here, and the house you inspect at 11am should be inspected again at 8.15am.

Suits Families with a St Rita's, Clayfield College or St Agatha's enrolment who want the walk to school. The most tightly held streets in 4011.

4The Kalinga end

Park Avenue, Bertha Street and the streets running down to Kedron Brook

Kalinga Park, the Kedron Brook bikeway and Let Minnow for breakfast. The streets that back onto the brook, Wagner Road and Ridge Street among them, went under in 2011 and 2022, so this is the one pocket where the FloodWise report comes before the inspection, not after.

Suits Families who want the park at the end of the street and are buying a flatter, quieter block. The best value in the suburb if the flood report is clean.

Getting around

CBD by train15 minFrom Eagle Junction, 18 from Clayfield station
Airport by train10 minAirport line from Eagle Junction, surcharge on the fare
CBD by car15 minSandgate Road and the Inner City Bypass, outside the peak

Train

Two stations. Eagle Junction on Junction Road is the interchange where the Shorncliffe, Doomben, Airport, Caboolture and Kippa-Ring lines meet: about 15 minutes to Central, a train every few minutes in the peak, 123 parking bays and staff on the platform. Clayfield station on Sandgate Road is Doomben line only, about 18 minutes to Central, and the Doomben line has run only hourly on weekends since June 2025. From Eagle Junction the Airport line reaches the domestic terminal in about ten minutes, every 15 minutes in the peak, with the airport surcharge on the fare.

Train timetableSecond route timetable

Bus

Routes 300, 306 and 322 all run down Sandgate Road through Clayfield to the city: the 300 from Toombul via Hendra, Ascot, Hamilton and Newstead, the 306 from Nudgee and Toombul via Albion and Bowen Hills, the 322 from Chermside via Nundah. Toombul interchange, five minutes north, carries fourteen routes. Off-peak frequency is thin on the 306 and 322, so check the timetable for the address.

Route 300 timetableRoute 322 timetable

Road

Fifteen minutes to the CBD by car via Sandgate Road and the Inner City Bypass outside the peak, or the Airport Link tunnel from the Toombul portal (a toll each way). Ten minutes to the airport via the East-West Arterial. Racecourse Road in five, Westfield Chermside in fifteen.

Bus routes

300306322

Route numbers named in the bus notes above. Timetables on Translink.

Pinch points Sandgate Road is on the RACQ's list of the ten most frustrating roads in the state and it earns the place from 7.30am. Bonney Avenue is the rat run to Hendra and Kingsford Smith Drive. School drop-off on Enderley Road and Gregory Street doubles the traffic on the school streets between 8am and 8.45am, and race days at Eagle Farm and Doomben fill Racecourse Road and the Ascot side streets. Inspect a Sandgate Road or Bonney Avenue house at 5.30pm before you decide the traffic does not bother you.

The houses

What is here
Large interwar homes and Queenslanders on 600 to 1,000 square metre blocks along the ridge and the school streets, more than thirty of them individually heritage-listed. Post-war timber and brick toward Wooloowin and Kalinga, 1930s brick flats like Hampton Court and Coraki Court along Sandgate Road, and newer apartments above the shops at the Junction. The character streets near the private schools are the most tightly held in 4011.
Block sizes
600 to 900 square metres is normal, and the Bonney Avenue ridge and Adelaide Street East run past 1,000. That is the point of Clayfield over Ascot: the same schools, and a yard.
Character overlays
Most of the pre-1947 houses sit under the traditional building character overlay, which protects the streetscape and steers extensions to the rear. Pre-1911 houses cannot be demolished. Clayfield goes a step further than most suburbs: dozens of individual houses on Adelaide Street East, Enderley Road, Gregory Street, Norman Parade, London Road and Oriel Road carry their own heritage listing, which is a different and stricter set of rules again. Check the lot on City Plan before you plan a lift and build.
How it was built
  1. Federation eraFederation houses went up on Norman Parade and London Road near Eagle Junction, heritage-listed today.
  2. 1920s to 30sLarge interwar homes filled the Bonney Avenue ridge and the school streets on 600 to 1,000 square metre blocks.
  3. 1930sBrick flats like Hampton Court and Coraki Court lined Sandgate Road.
  4. Post-warTimber and brick houses filled in toward Wooloowin and Kalinga.
  5. NowNewer apartments sit above the shops at the Junction; the character streets near the private schools rarely change hands.

What the money buys

Around $2m

A renovated post-war house toward Wooloowin or Kalinga, a smaller interwar home near the Junction, or a bigger block that needs work. Our published Clayfield purchases start at $2,045,000.

$2.5m to $4m

A done character home on 600 to 800 square metres on the school streets or the ridge. This is where most Clayfield family briefs land.

$4m and above

The big blocks on Adelaide Street East and Enderley Road, the heritage-listed houses, or a home that never reached the portals. Our published Clayfield purchases run to $7,780,000.

5 purchases since 2025, 4 with published prices from $2,045,000 to $7,780,000. Live grid on the page.

See the homes we have secured here

What to check before you buy in Clayfield

Flood

Kedron Brook is the flood story in Clayfield, not the river. Wagner Road, Ridge Street and the streets that back onto the brook were hit in 2011 and again in February 2022, when Kalinga Park went under and Toombul closed for good. The streets above Bonney Avenue and the southern half of the suburb sit well above it. Pull the FloodWise Property Report for the exact lot, ask for the floor levels, and get an insurance quote before the building and pest, not after.

Flood Awareness MapFloodWise Property Report

Noise

Three sources. Aircraft: Clayfield sits inside the airport approach, and the parallel runway that opened in July 2020 changed which streets hear what, by wind direction and time of day. Type the address into the Brisbane Airport flight tracker, then stand in the backyard at 7am and at 9pm. Road: Sandgate Road and Bonney Avenue at peak. Rail: the houses between Eagle Junction and the Wooloowin line hear four train lines.

Brisbane Airport flight path tool

Overlays and approvals

Traditional building character and pre-1911 on most of the older stock, plus individual heritage listings on dozens of houses. City Plan's interactive mapping shows every overlay on the lot, and Development.i shows what the neighbours have been approved to build.

City Plan mappingDevelopment.i

Catchments

Eagle Junction State School takes most of the suburb and Ascot State School the southern strip, and two secondary catchments split street by street, all four with enrolment management. Check the lot on EdMap, then ring the school.

Queensland EdMap

Red flags

  • A brook-side block on Wagner Road, Ridge Street or Park Avenue with no floor-height survey and no recent flood insurance quote.
  • An individually heritage-listed house bought on a plan to extend or lift. The listing carries its own rules on top of the character overlay. Read it before the offer, not after.
  • A Sandgate Road or Bonney Avenue frontage, or a house hard against the rail corridor, with single-glazed bedrooms at the front.

Where the value sits

  • An unrenovated interwar house on the school streets, where the overlay protects the street and the 800 square metre block does the rest.
  • A post-war house on the Wooloowin or Kalinga side, above the flood line, outside the character overlay and inside the Eagle Junction catchment. Reworkable without the heritage hurdles.
  • A 1930s flat in one of the Sandgate Road blocks, or an apartment at the Junction, for a family that wants the schools and the train before it can afford the house.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: A Clayfield Queenslander, Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0; A Clayfield Queenslander, Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0; A Clayfield Queenslander, Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0; Kalinga Park, Shiftchange, CC0; Clayfield station, TravellerQLD, CC BY-SA 3.0; Brisbane Transport bus, BrisbaneBuzSpotter, CC BY-SA 4.0; Story Bridge, Kangaroo Point, John Robert McPherson, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Buying in Clayfield: the questions we get

Mostly Eagle Junction State School, which takes about 81 percent of the suburb's area. Ascot State School takes the southern strip around Oriel Road and Reeve, Barlow and Marsden Streets, Nundah State School a north-eastern corner around Wongara and Noble Streets, and Hendra State School touches the eastern edge. The state high school catchment splits the suburb street by street between Aviation High on the Ascot and Hendra side and Kedron State High on the western side. Check the exact address on EdMap and ask us which side of the line a house sits on.

The streets along Kedron Brook do: Wagner Road, Ridge Street and the blocks backing onto the park were affected in 2011 and 2022. The ridge and the school streets do not. Every Clayfield purchase we make starts with the FloodWise report and the floor levels.

Eagle Junction station reaches Central in about 15 minutes with trains from five lines, and Clayfield station on the Doomben line takes about 18. Routes 300, 306 and 322 run down Sandgate Road. By car it is fifteen minutes outside the peak, and the airport is ten minutes the other way.

It depends on the street and the runway mode. Clayfield sits inside the airport approach, and since the parallel runway opened in 2020 the pattern varies by wind and time of day. Check the address on the Brisbane Airport flight tracker and inspect early morning and evening.

In 2026, a renovated post-war house on the Wooloowin or Kalinga side, a smaller interwar home near Eagle Junction, or a big block that needs work. A finished character home on the school streets or the ridge sits between $2.5 million and $4 million.

Ascot has Racecourse Road and the grandest homes at the top of the market. Clayfield has the same schools, two stations instead of a branch line, bigger blocks for the money and the park on Kedron Brook. Families who want a yard and a walk to the train usually end up in Clayfield.

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