Buyers agent in Hawthorne

17 properties secured for clients in Hawthorne since 2024. What we bought, what we paid where the buyer agreed to say, and who did the buying.

Book a discovery call All our purchases

5.0 from 219 Google reviews

purchases in Hawthorne

2024 to 2026

years we have bought here

$1,175,000 to $4,410,000

published prices (11 of 17)

Hunter Gather has bought 17 properties in Hawthorne for clients since 2024, and the list below is every one we are able to show. Of the purchases where the property type is on record, that is 2 houses. Hawthorne 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, Hawthorne purchases ranged from $1,175,000 to $4,410,000 (11 of 17 published). The rest settled privately at the buyer's request.

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

We also wrote up Hawthorne in our guide to the best Brisbane suburbs: read the Hawthorne section.

Where Hawthorne sits

Hawthorne is the quiet side of the Bulimba peninsula: 6.5 kilometres east of the CBD on the southern bank, with the river wrapping its west and north-west edges and not a single arterial road running through it. Bulimba and Balmoral sit to the north, Morningside to the east and Norman Park to the south. Traffic goes around Hawthorne, not through it, which is most of why the streets feel the way they do.

Boundaries: The Brisbane River to the west and north-west. Riding Road and Hawthorne Road are the two spines; Lytton Road and Wynnum Road carry the through traffic along the suburb's outer edge.
The roads: Hawthorne Road (the village spine). Riding Road (the ridge, the cafes, the buses). Lytton Road and Wynnum Road (the run to the city, on the edge of the suburb)
Next door: BulimbaBalmoralMorningsideNorman Park

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.

1The River Avenues

Virginia Avenue, Gordon Street, Lindsay Street and the short streets running down to Hardcastle Park

Absolute riverfront and the two or three streets behind it. Flat, walkable, a CityCat at Hardcastle Park and the riverside promenade for the pram. The trade-off is the flood overlay on the lowest blocks, so floor heights matter here more than anywhere else in 4171.

Suits Families who want the ferry at the end of the street and are buying for the long term. The dearest addresses in the suburb.

Hawthorne Village

Hawthorne Road between Lourdes Hill and the cinema, and the grid of Dutton, Orchard, Malcolm and Forbes Streets either side

The most village-like pocket in the inner east. Character Queenslanders on 600 to 800 square metre blocks, a 1940s cinema still showing films, and a strip that is busy at 7am and quiet by 9pm.

Suits Families who want everything on foot: the grocer, the cinema, coffee, the Goodstart and a Lourdes Hill drop-off without the car.

3The Norman Park side

The streets south of Lourdes Hill running down toward Wynnum Road and Norman Park

Quieter post-war streets that share Norman Park's schools and the Morningside station run. Less river, more house for the money, and the same ten minutes to the village.

Suits Families buying their first Hawthorne house. The best value in the suburb and the Norman Park State School catchment for some addresses.

The Riding Road ridge

Riding Road from Hawthorne Park toward Balmoral, and the side streets that climb off it

Elevated, cooler in February, and the bus stop is at the bottom of the street. The cafes cluster along Riding Road and Oxford Street is a walk, not a drive. Houses on the high side of the road do the best.

Suits Buyers who want the breeze, a glimpse of the city from the back deck and a ten-minute walk to Oxford Street.

Schools and catchments

No state school sits inside Hawthorne. On the Queensland Government catchment layer Morningside State School takes most of the suburb, about three quarters of its area and its addresses; Norman Park State School takes the southern streets, about a fifth; and Bulimba State School reaches only a strip of the northern edge. Balmoral State High is the state high school for almost every address, with a few streets at the Wynnum Road end in Coorparoo Secondary College. The boundaries are drawn street by street. Check the exact address on EdMap before you count on a school, and ask us which side of the line a house sits on before you inspect.

Primary catchment, most of the suburbMorningsideState school

Secondary catchmentBalmoral SHSEnrolment capped at 1,023

Catchments touching the suburb3 primary, 1 secondaryDrawn street by street. Check the lot on EdMap.

State primary

Morningside State SchoolPrep to 6

Prep to Year 6, an equidistant catchment that takes most of Hawthorne, about three quarters of the suburb's area, from the northern streets down to Riding Road and Amy Street.

Pashen Street, Morningside QLD 4170Map Website

Norman Park State SchoolPrep to 6

Prep to Year 6, the catchment for the southern streets, about a fifth of the suburb: Philip, Beatrice and Balmoral Streets and Aaron Avenue, with Virginia Avenue and Coventry Street split. Smaller and quieter than Bulimba, and in-catchment families have a right to enrol.

Wynnum Road, Norman Park QLD 4170Map Website

Bulimba State SchoolPrep to 6

Prep to Year 6. Its catchment takes only a strip of Hawthorne's northern edge: McDonald Street and parts of Leura Avenue, Jenolan Avenue and Hawthorne Road, about 4 percent of the suburb's addresses. A negotiated catchment with a waitlist: only in-catchment addresses are guaranteed a place, so the boundary is worth a phone call before you make an offer.

Oxford Street, Bulimba QLD 4171Map Website

State secondary

Balmoral State High SchoolYears 7 to 12 · Cap 1,023

Years 7 to 12, the state high school for almost all of Hawthorne; a few streets at the Wynnum Road end, Cawmore Road and Waldo Street among them, fall to Coorparoo Secondary College. It runs an enrolment management plan with a cap of 1,023 students and an equidistant catchment, gazetted October 2025, so out-of-catchment places are tight and the in-catchment address is the whole game.

Corner of Thynne and Lytton Roads, Morningside QLD 4170Map Website

Catholic and independent

Lourdes Hill CollegeYears 5 to 12

Girls, Years 5 to 12, on Hawthorne Road since 1916 and one of the suburb's nine heritage-listed sites. Walking distance from the village and the reason many families choose Hawthorne over Bulimba.

86 Hawthorne Road, Hawthorne QLD 4171Map Website

Anglican Church Grammar School (Churchie)Prep to 12

Boys, Prep to Year 12, in East Brisbane, a ten-minute drive or the 230 bus along Riding Road.

Oaklands Parade, East Brisbane QLD 4169Map Website

Sts Peter and Paul's SchoolPrep to 6

Co-educational Catholic primary, Prep to Year 6, a short walk across the Bulimba line on Alexandra Street.

33 Alexandra Street, Bulimba QLD 4171Map Website

Early learning

Goodstart Early Learning Hawthorne

Toddler and kindergarten rooms on Hawthorne Road, 6.30am to 6.30pm weekdays. Waitlists apply for under-twos across the inner east, so put your name down when you exchange, not when you settle.

159 Hawthorne Road, Hawthorne QLD 4171Map Website

Churches of Christ Care Kindergarten Hawthorne

Not-for-profit kindergarten for three to five year olds on Malcolm Street, limited hours.

28 Malcolm Street, Hawthorne QLD 4171Map

C&K Bulimba Community Kindergarten

The community kindy on Riding Road that the 230 bus stop is named after. Plan a year ahead.

Riding Road, Balmoral QLD 4171Map Website

The Bulimba State School boundary is the one that moves prices, and it only reaches the northern edge of Hawthorne, around McDonald Street. Two houses on the same Hawthorne street can sit in different primary catchments: Hawthorne Road, Virginia Avenue, Dover Street and Coventry Street all split. We pull the EdMap for the exact lot before every inspection.

Check the exact address on the Queensland EdMap. Early learning ratings on StartingBlocks.

Daily life in Hawthorne

The places the week runs on: coffee and the school run, the evening out, the big shop, the pool and the GP.

Mornings

Hawthorne GarageIn the suburb

The grocer in a century-old garage on Hawthorne Road, 6am to 8pm daily: fruit and veg from the markets, the deli, flowers and an espresso bar. The suburb's kitchen.

285 Hawthorne Road, Hawthorne QLD 4171Map Website

SisterIn the suburb

All-day breakfast on Hawthorne Road with the dog outside and the pram inside. Single O coffee.

2/273 Hawthorne Road, Hawthorne QLD 4171Map

Nodo HawthorneIn the suburb

Gluten-free doughnuts and a proper brunch, a few doors from the cinema.

265 Hawthorne Road, Hawthorne QLD 4171Map Website

Hawthorne CoffeeIn the suburb

A tiny cafe on Riding Road built around the coffee and sourdough toasties. The school-run stop.

85 Riding Road, Hawthorne QLD 4171Map Website

Microlot Coffee HouseIn the suburb

Specialty coffee on Riding Road from a roaster with its own plantation. Dogs welcome.

5/135 Riding Road, Hawthorne QLD 4171Map

Little Hideout CafeIn the suburb

A hidden deck and backyard garden on Riding Road at the Balmoral end.

Riding Road, Balmoral QLD 4171Map

Evenings

Hawthorne CinemaIn the suburb

Three screens in a 1940s picture house on Hawthorne Road, cinema one still the biggest screen in Brisbane, and prices that make a Tuesday night out with three kids possible. Parking off Lindsay Street.

261 Hawthorne Road, Hawthorne QLD 4171Map Website

Oxford Street, Bulimba10 min walk

The strip is a ten-minute walk from the village: Il Molo on the river, Melrose, Oxford 152 for the pub, the Balmoral Cineplex, gelato on the way home.

Oxford Street, Bulimba QLD 4171Map Website

Downtown IstanbulIn the suburb

Turkish on Hawthorne Road: mixed grill and pide across the road from the cinema. The easy Friday night.

276 Hawthorne Road, Hawthorne QLD 4171Map

Riding Road SeafoodIn the suburb

The local fish and chips on Riding Road, eaten in Hawthorne Park or on the river at Hardcastle Park.

Riding Road, Balmoral QLD 4171Map

The big shop

Woolworths Bulimba, Oxford Street5 min drive

The everyday supermarket, five minutes by car or a walk with a trolley bag.

Oxford Street, Bulimba QLD 4171Map

Harris Farm Markets, Oxford Street5 min drive

The anchor of the new Oxford Street development at the roundabout end. Confirm the opening date before you tell a client it is trading.

Oxford Street, Bulimba QLD 4171Map

Morningside Central5 min drive

Woolworths, chemist and the services cluster at Wynnum Road and Junction Road, five minutes east.

Wynnum Road, Morningside QLD 4170Map

Cannon Hill Kmart Plaza10 min drive

Kmart, Coles and Aldi, ten minutes down Wynnum Road for the once-a-month run.

Wynnum Road, Cannon Hill QLD 4170Map

Health and fitness

Colmslie Aquatic Centre5 min drive

Council pool at Morningside: a heated 50-metre outdoor pool, a 25-metre indoor pool, a water play park and the learn-to-swim program. Five minutes by car.

400 Lytton Road, Morningside QLD 4170Map Website

Studio Pilates HawthorneIn the suburb

Reformer classes on Hawthorne Road from 5am.

246 Hawthorne Road, Hawthorne QLD 4171Map Website

Riding Road GPsIn the suburb

General practice and allied health cluster along Riding Road. Mater at South Brisbane and Greenslopes Private are both fifteen to twenty minutes by car.

Riding Road, Hawthorne QLD 4171Map Website

Getting around

CBD by CityCat22 minHawthorne terminal to Riverside

CBD by 230 bus25 minAlong Riding Road via South Bank

CBD by car15 to 20 minVia Lytton and Wynnum Roads, outside the peak

Ferry

CityCat from Hawthorne terminal at Hardcastle Park, Gordon Street, to Riverside in the CBD in about 22 minutes, at least three an hour. Upstream to South Bank and UQ, downstream to Northshore Hamilton. New Farm Park is one stop across the water. The terminal was rebuilt after 2011 and was back in service by May 2022 after the February flood, so it has been tested twice.

CityCat and ferry timetables

Train

Morningside station on the Cleveland line is just under two kilometres east, a five-minute drive or a fifteen-minute walk from the Norman Park side. Roughly fifteen minutes to Central; check the timetable for the express pattern.

Train timetable

Bus

Route 230 runs along Riding Road past Hawthorne Park to the CBD and Fortitude Valley via South Bank and East Brisbane, about 25 minutes. Route 232 runs along Hawthorne Road past Lourdes Hill and up Riding Road to the city via the Story Bridge, Monday to Saturday. Off-peak frequency is thin on both, so check the timetable for the address you are looking at.

Route 230 timetable Route 232 timetable

Road

Fifteen to twenty minutes to the CBD by car via Lytton Road and Wynnum Road outside the peak. Twenty to twenty-five minutes to the airport via the Gateway Motorway, a toll each way. Carindale in ten minutes.

Bus routes

230232

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

Pinch points Wynnum Road backs up toward the Gabba and the Story Bridge from 7.30am, and Oxford Street parking is gone by 9am on a Saturday. Hawthorne Road itself is rarely the problem. Inspect a Riding Road house at 5.30pm before you decide the traffic does not bother you.

Weekends

The houses

What is here: Large pre-1947 Queenslanders on the ridge and around the village, interwar homes on the river avenues, post-war timber and brick on the Norman Park side, and 1980s and 90s infill on the quieter streets. Very few units; the ones that exist sit along Hawthorne Road and Riding Road.
Block sizes: 600 to 800 square metres is normal, with the river avenues bigger. That is the point of Hawthorne over Bulimba: a family gets a yard.
Character overlays: Most of the pre-1947 houses sit under the traditional building character overlay, which protects the streetscape and steers extensions. Some Hawthorne, Balmoral and Bulimba streets fall in the stricter local character significance sub-category, and pre-1911 houses cannot be demolished. Check the overlay on City Plan before you plan a lift and build.
How it was built: Pre-1947Large Queenslanders go up on the Riding Road ridge and around the village on 600 to 800 square metre blocks.
InterwarInterwar homes fill the river avenues behind the riverfront at Hardcastle Park.
1940sThe village gets its cinema, still showing films today.
Post-warTimber and brick homes fill the quieter Norman Park side, sharing Norman Park's schools and the Morningside station run.
1980s to 90sInfill houses take up the gaps on the quieter streets.

What the money buys

Around $1.5m

A post-war three-bedder on the Norman Park side or a small-lot cottage near Riding Road, usually needing work.

$2m to $3m

A renovated Queenslander on 600 square metres in the village or on the ridge. This is where most of our Hawthorne buying has landed.

$3m and above

The river avenues, a big block on the ridge, or a house that never reached the portals. Our published Hawthorne purchases run to $4,410,000.

17 purchases since 2024, 11 with published prices from $1,175,000 to $4,410,000. Live grid on the page.

See the homes we have secured here

What to check before you buy in Hawthorne

Flood

The river avenues, Barton Road and the low blocks around Hardcastle Park carry river flood overlays. 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 Map FloodWise Property Report

Noise

The new parallel runway, open since July 2020, put arrivals and departures over Hawthorne that were not there before. Type the address into the Brisbane Airport flight path tool, then stand in the backyard at 7am and again at 9pm.

Brisbane Airport flight path tool

Overlays and approvals

Traditional building character and pre-1911 on most of the older stock. 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 mapping Development.i

Catchments

Three primary catchments and, for all but a few streets, one secondary, all with enrolment management. Check the lot on EdMap, then ring the school.

Queensland EdMap

Red flags

A low block in the river influence with no floor-height survey and no recent flood insurance quote.
A character house that has been lifted and built in underneath without the approvals on file. Ask for the council records before you fall for the finish.
A Riding Road or Wynnum Road frontage with single-glazed bedrooms at the front.

Where the value sits

A walk-to-ferry house in the river avenues that sits above the flood level. They come up rarely and go quietly.
Post-war or 1980s houses on the quiet streets, outside the character overlay, that can be reworked without the heritage hurdles.
The Norman Park side, where the price is lower and the village is still ten minutes on foot.

Photos: Hardcastle Park, Hawthorne, John Robert McPherson, CC BY-SA 4.0; Hawthorne Cinema, Hawthorne Road, Mattinbgn, CC BY-SA 3.0; The Norman Park side, John Robert McPherson, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons; CityCat at Hawthorne ferry terminal, John Robert McPherson, CC BY-SA 4.0; Morningside station, TravellerQLD, CC BY-SA 3.0; Brisbane Transport bus, BrisbaneBuzSpotter, CC BY-SA 4.0; Hardcastle Park gates, John Robert McPherson, CC BY-SA 4.0; Hawthorne Park and Livvi's Place, Brisbane Kids, used with permission; Bulimba Memorial Park, Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons; New Farm Park and the Powerhouse, Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons; Bulimba Bowls Club, used with permission; Bulimba State School, Shiftchange, CC0; Morningside State School, Heritage Branch staff, Department of Environment & Science, Queensland Government, CC BY 4.0; Norman Park State School, Heritage branch staff, CC BY 4.0; Balmoral State High School, Reubot, CC BY-SA 4.0; Lourdes Hill College, Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0; Anglican Church Grammar School (Churchie), W108, CC BY-SA 3.0; Hawthorne Cinema, Mattinbgn, CC BY-SA 3.0; Oxford Street, Bulimba, Mattinbgn, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hawthorne purchases we can show

Every card is a real settlement for a Hunter Gather client. Prices appear where the buyer agreed to publish them.

Hawthorne

built 1930

3 bed2 bath2 car 410m²

$2,628,000 Jacob Butler
19 Jun 2026

Hawthorne

built 2007

5 bed3 bath2 car 930m²

$4,410,000 Jacob Butler
15 Jun 2026

Hawthorne

built 1940

4 bed3 bath3 car 476m²

$2,175,000 Jacob Butler
2 Jan 2026

Hawthorne

House

N/A bedN/A bathN/A car

$1,175,000 Jacob Butler, Ernest Tong

Hawthorne

5 bed2 bath1 car 465m²

$2,200,000 Jacob Butler

Hawthorne

5 bed3 bath2 car 809m²

$6,500,000 Jacob Butler

Hawthorne

6 bed3 bath3 car 930m²

Undisclosed Jacob Butler

Hawthorne

House

5 bed3 bath2 car 799m²

$1,810,000 Jacob Butler

Hawthorne

4 bed3 bath2 car 405m²

Undisclosed Jacob Butler

Hawthorne

4 bed3 bath2 car 506m²

Undisclosed Jacob Butler

Hawthorne

4 bed2 bath2 car 247m²

Undisclosed Jacob Butler

Hawthorne

6 bed3 bath2 car 593m²

Undisclosed Jacob Butler

Other suburbs we buy in

Coorparoo

27 purchases secured for clients since 2024.

Bulimba

25 purchases secured for clients since 2024.

Balmoral

22 purchases secured for clients since 2024.

Buying in Hawthorne: the questions we get

Which school catchment is Hawthorne in?

Balmoral State High for secondary across almost the whole suburb, with a few streets at the Wynnum Road end in Coorparoo Secondary College. Primary splits three ways: Morningside State School for most of the suburb, Norman Park State School for the southern streets and Bulimba State School for a strip of the northern edge around McDonald Street, drawn street by street. Check the exact address on EdMap and ask us which side of the line a house sits on.

Does Hawthorne flood?

The river avenues, Barton Road and the low blocks around Hardcastle Park carry river flood overlays and were affected in 2011 and 2022. The ridge and the village do not. Every Hawthorne purchase we make starts with the FloodWise report and the floor levels.

How do you get to the city from Hawthorne?

The CityCat from Hardcastle Park reaches Riverside in about 22 minutes. Route 230 along Riding Road takes about 25 minutes to the CBD, and Morningside station is a five-minute drive. By car it is fifteen to twenty minutes outside the peak.

Is the flight path a problem in Hawthorne?

It depends on the street and the runway mode. Since the parallel runway opened in 2020, parts of Hawthorne hear aircraft they did not before. Check the address on the Brisbane Airport flight path tool and inspect early morning and evening.

What does $2 million buy in Hawthorne?

In 2026, a renovated Queenslander on around 600 square metres in the village or on the ridge, or an unrenovated one on the river side. Most of our Hawthorne purchases have landed between $2 million and $3 million.

Hawthorne or Bulimba?

Bulimba has the strip and the ferry at its front door. Hawthorne has bigger blocks, more hill, the cinema and the same ferry a few streets south. Families who want a yard usually end up in Hawthorne.

Tell us what you are looking for in Hawthorne.

A discovery call is thirty minutes on the phone, at no cost. What you are buying, where, and by when.

Book a discovery call