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

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purchases in Manly West

2024 to 2025

years we have bought here

$980,000 to $1,365,000

published prices (4 of 4)

Hunter Gather has bought 4 properties in Manly West for clients since 2024. Of the purchases where the property type is on record, that is 2 houses. Manly West 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, Manly West purchases ranged from $980,000 to $1,365,000 (4 of 4 published). The rest settled privately at the buyer's request.

The buying in Manly West was done by Jacob Butler and David Thomas. Whoever you speak to first, the search runs on the same shared database and the same weekly cadence.

Where Manly West sits

Manly West is the inland half of the Manly story: one suburb back from Moreton Bay, about 17.6 kilometres east of the CBD by road, with Wynnum and Wynnum West to the north, Manly and Lota on the water side to the east, Wakerley and Gumdale to the south and Tingalpa to the west. It was farmland until the 1950s, was gazetted as its own suburb in 1975, and today holds 12,436 people on mostly low-set post-war blocks. The foreshore, the harbour and the two stations are a short drive or a long walk, which is exactly the trade families make here: a bigger, flatter block for a few minutes to the bay.

Boundaries
No river and no coast. Wynnum Creek runs north through the middle of the suburb, Hemmant Creek rises around Mayfair Village in the south-west, and the Lota Creek flats sit on the eastern edge at Melaleuca Environmental Park. Roles Hill, 48 metres, is the high ground in the north-east.
The roads
Manly Road (the spine, from Tingalpa through to Manly station). Wondall Road (the western side, Bunnings, Moreton Bay College and Wondall Heights). Preston Road and Kianawah Road South (the northern run to Wynnum and Wynnum Plaza). Whites Road and Stannard Road (the eastern streets toward Lota and Manly)
Next door
WynnumWynnum WestManlyLotaWakerleyTingalpa

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.

1Wondall Heights

Wondall Road, Radford Road and the grid of streets around Wondall Heights State School, Heers Park and Tantani Street Park

The western pocket, laid out around the school that opened in 1966 and the parkland along Wynnum Creek. Wondall Heights State School, Busy Bees on Radford Road, IGA Wondall Road and Bunnings are all inside it, and Moreton Bay College sits on the old Hargreaves cannery land at its southern end. The secondary line runs through this pocket: Wondall Road from number 130 and the upper Radford Road numbers read Brisbane Bayside State College, while Tantani Street and the lower Wondall Road numbers read Wynnum State High, which matters to some families.

Suits Families who want the school at the end of the street and a 1960s brick or chamferboard house on a proper block. The quietest part of the suburb once you are off Wondall Road.

2The Springs and Mayfair Village

Manly Road either side of Burnett Street, Hargreaves Road, Senden Crescent, Sweetapple Place and Hunter Street

The suburb's own village. Mayfair Village on Burnett Street is the largest of Manly West's three local centres, with Woolworths, Ray's Bakery, Salt Cafe Bistro and 25 stores, and the streets behind it are flat and walkable. The Springs name comes from the old Methodist church at 481 Manly Road and the springs that made the Woondall farm work; the heritage-listed bunya trees on Manly Road are the pocket's landmark. Hemmant Creek rises here, so check the overland flow path on the lot.

Suits Buyers who want the supermarket, the cafe, the swim school and the gym on foot and do not mind a busier road at the front of the pocket.

3Preston Road and Roles Hill

Preston Road, Daisy Road, Strawberry Road and the streets that climb Roles Hill toward Manly

The north-eastern corner, and the oldest ground in the suburb: Burwells at 10 Preston Road and the Roles Hill reservoirs at number 30 are both heritage-listed, and the reserve on top is the highest point in 4179. Kougari Oval, Manly Bowls Club and the Wynnum State High campus are all close by. The primary catchment here is Manly State School, which is why some of these streets read as Manly prices.

Suits Families buying for Manly State School and Wynnum State High, and anyone who wants Manly station and the harbour within walking distance.

4Manly Road central and Green Camp

Manly Road from Manly West State School to the Wakerley line, the streets named for fish (Amberjack, Barramundi, Trevally, Teraglin), Toulby Street and the Green Camp Road end

The centre and south-east of the suburb. Manly West State School has been on Manly Road since 1958, Moreton Bay Boys' College since 2004, and Manly Heights Shopping Village and Butterfly Childcare sit on the same road. South of them the streets get newer and the blocks smaller as you run down to Mookin-Bah Reserve and the Wakerley boundary. This is the Manly West State School and Wynnum State High catchment through and through.

Suits Families who want Manly West State School or Moreton Bay Boys' College without a car trip, and buyers who prefer the later two-storey homes in the south to the 1960s stock further north.

5Whites Road and the Lota edge

Whites Road, Stannard Road and the streets that back onto Melaleuca Environmental Park

The eastern strip against Lota. Melaleuca Environmental Park and the Lota Creek boardwalk to Ransome are the weekend walk, Stannard Road Park has the fenced dog park, and Lota station is a short walk from the southern end. Ju-Nu-Juna Creek drains this side toward Lota Creek, so the low blocks nearest the park need a FloodWise report before an offer. A sliver here falls in the Lota State School catchment.

Suits Buyers who want Lota station and the Lota foreshore in walking distance and are happy on the quiet side of the suburb.

Schools and catchments

Two state primaries sit inside Manly West, but the suburb is drawn across four primary catchments and two secondary ones. On the 2026 Queensland Government catchment layer, Manly West State School takes the centre and south-east, about 42 percent of the suburb's area, Wondall Heights State School the west, about 39 percent, Manly State School the north-eastern streets around Preston Road, and Lota State School a sliver on the Whites Road edge. Secondary splits along a north-south line west of the middle: Wynnum State High for about two thirds of the suburb's area to the east, Brisbane Bayside State College for the western third. Check the exact address on EdMap before you count on a school.

Primary catchments, splitManly West and Wondall HeightsBy homes, about 41% Manly West and about 34% Wondall Heights
Secondary catchmentWynnum SHSEnrolment capped at 1,185
Catchments touching the suburb4 primary, 2 secondaryDrawn street by street. Check the lot on EdMap.

State primary

Manly West State SchoolPrep to 6

Prep to Year 6 on Manly Road since January 1958, with a special education program and its own pool. No enrolment management plan is published for it at the time of writing, so it is the one bayside primary where an out-of-catchment application still has a real chance. Its catchment covers the centre and south-east of the suburb.

226 Manly Road, Manly West QLD 4179MapWebsite

Wondall Heights State SchoolPrep to 6 · Cap 731

Prep to Year 6 on Wondall Road since 1966, next to Heers Park. It runs a negotiated catchment under an enrolment management plan gazetted 22 August 2025: a cap of 731 students and Prep limited to 100 places in four classrooms unless more in-catchment children enrol. Its catchment takes the western side of the suburb.

Wondall Road, Manly West QLD 4179MapWebsite

Manly State SchoolPrep to 6 · Cap 730

Prep to Year 6 on Ernest Street in Manly since 1910. Equidistant catchment, enrolment management plan gazetted 22 August 2025, cap of 730 students and Prep limited to 125 in five classrooms. It reaches into the north-eastern streets of Manly West around Preston Road and Roles Hill.

63 Ernest Street, Manly QLD 4179MapWebsite

Lota State SchoolPrep to 6 · Cap 260

The small one: Prep to Year 6 on Richard Street in Lota since 1952, a cap of 260 students and Prep limited to 50 in two classrooms under a plan gazetted 22 August 2025. Its equidistant catchment touches only a sliver of Manly West on the Whites Road edge.

26 Richard Street, Lota QLD 4179MapWebsite

State secondary

Wynnum State High SchoolYears 7 to 12 · Cap 1,185

Years 7 to 12 on Peel Street, Manly, open since 1942, with a pool and a special education program. Equidistant catchment under an enrolment management plan gazetted 22 August 2025 with a cap of 1,185 students; the principal runs in-catchment enrolment sessions fortnightly by appointment. Roughly the eastern two-thirds of Manly West sits in its catchment.

Peel Street, Manly QLD 4179MapWebsite

Brisbane Bayside State CollegeYears 7 to 12 · Cap 1,228

Years 7 to 12 on Network Drive, Wynnum West, formed in 2010 when Wynnum North State High moved to the new site. Equidistant catchment, plan gazetted 22 August 2025, cap of 1,228 students, with defined places held for its academic extension programs. The western third of Manly West, including Wondall Heights, falls to it.

Network Drive, Wynnum West QLD 4178MapWebsite

Catholic and independent

Moreton Bay CollegePrep to 12

Girls, Prep to Year 12, Uniting Church, on 20 hectares of hillside at Wondall Road since the primary school moved from Wynnum in 1984. About 1,260 students, a long-day child care centre from 15 months on campus, and the reason a lot of families choose the Wondall Heights side.

450 Wondall Road, Manly West QLD 4179MapWebsite

Moreton Bay Boys' CollegePrep to 12

Boys, Prep to Year 12, opened in 2003 and on its own Manly Road campus since 2004, with a nature refuge behind the ovals. Sister school to Moreton Bay College and a walk from the Green Camp streets.

302 Manly Road, Manly West QLD 4179MapWebsite

Iona CollegeYears 5 to 12

Boys, Years 5 to 12, Catholic, run by the Oblates on North Road at Lindum since 1958. About 1,600 students, a ten-minute drive north-west via Kianawah Road, and the school many bayside boys move to after a state primary.

85 North Road, Wynnum West QLD 4178MapWebsite

St John Vianney's Primary SchoolPrep to 6

Co-educational Catholic primary, Prep to Year 6, on Oceana Terrace in Manly near the station.

15 Oceana Terrace, Manly QLD 4179MapWebsite

Guardian Angels' Primary SchoolPrep to 6

Co-educational Catholic primary, Prep to Year 6, on Bay Terrace in Wynnum since 1914. Taking Prep 2027 applications now.

188 Bay Terrace, Wynnum QLD 4178MapWebsite

Early learning

Busy Bees at Moreton Bay

Long day care on Radford Road, 6.45am to 6.15pm weekdays, 15 months to five years, kindergarten program included, a short walk from Wondall Heights State School. Vacancies were advertised in September 2026, which is rare for the bayside.

183 Radford Road, Manly West QLD 4179MapWebsite

Butterfly Childcare Manly West

Nursery to kindergarten on Manly Road at the Green Camp end, six weeks to school age, meals cooked on site.

399 Manly Road, Manly West QLD 4179MapWebsite

Silky Oaks Child Care Centre

A long-standing centre on Manly Road beside Manly West State School. Confirm ages, hours and waitlist directly; no website was found.

Manly Road, Manly West QLD 4179Map

Mother Duck Manly

Just over the Manly line at the bottom of Manly Road, 6.30am to 6pm weekdays, with a kindergarten program. Easiest drop-off for the Preston Road and Roles Hill streets.

59 Manly Road, Manly QLD 4179MapWebsite

The line that moves prices in Manly West is the secondary one. Two houses a street apart can send children to Wynnum State High or to Brisbane Bayside State College, and the primary lines for Manly and Lota State Schools cut across the north-eastern and eastern streets. 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 Manly West

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

Mornings

Salt Cafe BistroIn the suburb

The cafe at Mayfair Village, and since 2026 open for dinner as well. The pram-friendly coffee stop for the Springs streets.

Mayfair Village, 11 Burnett Street, Manly West QLD 4179MapWebsite

Ray's BakeryIn the suburb

Newly opened in Mayfair Village, 9am to 5pm, pies and loaves for the after-school run.

Mayfair Village, 11 Burnett Street, Manly West QLD 4179MapWebsite

Takakura JapaneseIn the suburb

Lunchtime Japanese at Mayfair Village, 11am to 3pm daily. The easy Saturday lunch after swimming lessons next door.

Mayfair Village, 11 Burnett Street, Manly West QLD 4179MapWebsite

Wondall Road shopsIn the suburb

The IGA, a Pita Pit and a bottle shop at the Radford Road corner: the corner store for Wondall Heights, open early.

IGA Wondall Road, Manly West QLD 4179Map

Tide, Manly Harbour5 min drive

Coffee on the harbour wall at Manly Boat Harbour, five minutes down Manly Road. Where the sailing families start a Saturday.

Manly Boat Harbour, Manly QLD 4179Map

Cambridge Parade, Manly10 min drive

The bayside village strip: Lido Italia, Sea Vibes, Oliver's on the Esplanade, gelato and the bakery. Ten minutes from anywhere in Manly West and the morning most families end up having.

Cambridge Parade, Manly QLD 4179MapWebsite

Evenings

The Manly Hotel10 min drive

The bayside pub in the heart of Manly Harbour Village, serving locals since 1960: bistro, bars, a kids' menu and accommodation upstairs. The Friday night that needs no booking.

Cambridge Parade, Manly QLD 4179MapWebsite

Manly Deck

Bar and restaurant with a deck over the harbour, kids' menu, weekday lunch and course meals.

Manly Harbour Village, Manly QLD 4179MapWebsite

The Arsonist10 min drive

Cooking with fire in the Manly village, feasting menus for a table of eight. The birthday dinner.

Cambridge Parade, Manly QLD 4179MapWebsite

Manly Boathouse10 min drive

Seafood and steak on Trafalgar Street at the harbour entrance, fish and chips for the kids on the wall outside.

4 Trafalgar Street, Manly QLD 4179MapWebsite

Mayfair Village takeawayIn the suburb

Domino's until 1am on a Friday, Baskin Robbins until 10pm, Salt Cafe Bistro for dinner. The school-night option without leaving the suburb.

Mayfair Village, 11 Burnett Street, Manly West QLD 4179MapWebsite

The big shop

Mayfair VillageIn the suburb

The suburb's own centre on Burnett Street off Manly Road: Woolworths open to 9pm, La Carne butcher from 6am, The Source Bulk Foods, an optometrist and 25 stores in all. Council's mobile library visits fortnightly.

11 Burnett Street, Manly West QLD 4179MapWebsite

Wynnum Plaza5 min drive

The bayside's major centre at the top of Kianawah Road: Woolworths, Coles, Kmart, Dan Murphy's and 59 specialty stores. Five minutes north and the terminus for the 227 to the city.

2021 Wynnum Road, Wynnum West QLD 4178MapWebsite

Bunnings Manly WestIn the suburb

The warehouse on Wondall Road, open 6.30am to 9pm on weekdays. Every renovation in the suburb starts here.

398 Wondall Road, Manly West QLD 4179MapWebsite

HomeCo Tingalpa and Aldi10 min drive

The large-format centre on New Cleveland Road and the Aldi at Wynnum Road and Bognor Street, both under ten minutes west for the monthly run.

261 New Cleveland Road, Tingalpa QLD 4173MapWebsite

Health and fitness

Manly Pool10 min drive

Council pool on Fairlead Crescent by the harbour: a heated 25-metre outdoor pool, a fenced splash pool, a wading pool and a waterslide in summer, learn-to-swim, a gym and a cafe. Open from 5.30am on weekdays.

1 Fairlead Crescent, Manly QLD 4179MapWebsite

Snap Fitness and Stanford Swim School, Mayfair VillageIn the suburb

A 24-hour gym and a swim school in the same centre as the Woolworths. Lessons on weekday afternoons, so book the shop around them.

Mayfair Village, 11 Burnett Street, Manly West QLD 4179MapWebsite

Gundu Pa, Wynnum-Manly Community Health Centre10 min drive

The Queensland Health community health centre on Wynnum Road at Wynnum West, which replaced the old Wynnum Hospital in 2015, with the ambulance station beside it. Nearest emergency departments are the Mater, the PA and Redland Hospital.

Wynnum Road, Wynnum West QLD 4178Map

Getting around

CBD by car30 to 40 minIn the peak, via Manly Road and Wynnum Road; 17.6 kilometres
Capalaba or CarindaleAbout 10 minBy car, either direction
Wynnum Plaza5 minBy car, north

Train

Two Cleveland line stations sit just outside the suburb: Manly at the north-east corner and Lota to the south-east, with Wynnum Central a little further north. In the morning peak seven trains start their run at Manly and six from Cleveland run express between Manly and Morningside, which is the service the Preston Road streets are buying. Check the timetable for the journey time to Central from the address you are looking at.

Train timetable

Bus

Fifty-one bus stops sit inside Manly West, on Manly Road, Stannard Road, Whites Road, Preston Road, Radford Road and Wondall Road. Routes with stops in the suburb: 227 City to Wynnum Plaza, 220 Fortitude Valley and City to Wynnum via Cannon Hill, 221 the Wynnum Rocket, 223 and 224 the Wynnum to Manly loops, 240 Capalaba to Wynnum and 243 City to Capalaba. Which route runs past which house is the question to answer on the Translink stop page before you decide the bus works for you.

Route 227 timetableRoute 220 timetable

Road

About 17.6 kilometres to the CBD by road via Manly Road and Wynnum Road or Old Cleveland Road. The Gateway Motorway via Wynnum Road and the Port of Brisbane Motorway is the airport run, with a toll each way. Capalaba, Carindale and the Wynnum foreshore are each ten minutes or so. Allow thirty to forty minutes to the city in the peak and confirm it yourself at 7.30am from the street you are buying on.

Bus routes

227220221223224240243

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

Pinch points Manly Road at Tingalpa and the Wynnum Road merge back up from about 7am. Wondall Road carries Moreton Bay College, Wondall Heights State School and Bunnings, so 3pm on a school day is the time to inspect a Wondall Road frontage. Manly Road outside Moreton Bay Boys' College and Manly West State School is the same story. On a first or third Saturday the harbour car parks fill for the farmers market by 7.30am.

Weekends

Manly Harbour Village and the foreshore5 min driveFive minutes down Manly Road: the Jan Powers Farmers Markets on the first and third Saturday, 6am to noon at Manly Harbour on Royal Esplanade, the Manly Creative Markets every Sunday, Twilight on Cambridge on the second Friday, and the flat foreshore path for the pram and the scooter.

  • Wynnum Wading Pool Park10 min drive

    The tidal wading pool, the free Wynnum Aqua Park, Pandanus Beach and the jetty on Wynnum Esplanade, plus Wynnum parkrun on Saturday mornings. The bayside's summer, and free.

    137 Wynnum Esplanade, Wynnum QLD 4178MapWebsite

  • Heers Park and Wondall HeightsIn the suburb

    The playground, basketball court and open ground beside Wondall Heights State School along Wynnum Creek, with Tantani Street Park and Aphrodite Street Park a few streets on. The after-school park for the western half of the suburb.

    Heers Park, Manly West QLD 4179MapWebsite

  • Roles Hill ReserveIn the suburb

    The high point of the suburb at 48 metres, above the heritage-listed Roles Hill reservoirs on Preston Road. Bay views and a breeze on a February evening.

    Roles Hill Reserve, Preston Road, Manly West QLD 4179MapWebsite

  • Melaleuca Environmental Park and the Lota Creek boardwalk

    Paperbark wetland on the Lota edge, with the boardwalk across Lota Creek linking Whites Road to Chelsea Road in Ransome and the Lota Foreshore Park a short ride beyond it.

    Melaleuca Environmental Park, 34 Herbert Street, Lota QLD 4179MapWebsite

  • Stannard Road Park dog parkIn the suburb

    The fenced off-leash park on Stannard Road in the north of the suburb, next to the playground.

    Stannard Road Park, Manly West QLD 4179MapWebsite

  • Junior sportIn the suburb

    Wynnum Manly Seagulls play Queensland Cup at BMD Kougari Oval on the Wondall Road side of the suburb, where they have been since 1967; the junior rugby league club is at Kitchener Park in Wynnum. Wynnum Wolves for football at Carmichael Park, Tingalpa, from MiniRoos up, and Bayside United at Lota. Sailing starts in Optimists and Sabots at the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron on the harbour.

    BMD Kougari Oval, Manly West QLD 4179MapWebsite

  • Manly Bowls ClubIn the suburb

    The suburb's bowls club on the Preston Road side, next to Kougari Oval. Barefoot bowls with the kids on a Sunday afternoon.

    Manly Bowls Club, Manly West QLD 4179Map

The houses

What is here
A 1950s and 60s suburb, so the bulk of the housing is post-war: low-set brick and chamferboard three-bedders on the Wondall Heights and Preston Road sides, 1970s and 80s brick and tile through the middle, and two-storey 1990s and 2000s homes in the south around Green Camp and the Wakerley line. Houses are 87 percent of the dwellings; the units and townhouses cluster along Manly Road. Very few pre-war houses, so the character overlay is rarely the issue it is closer to the city.
Block sizes
The 1960s streets were cut at a generous size and most still hold a single house with a yard and room for a pool; the later estates in the south are tighter. Ask for the survey plan and the flood report together, because on this side of the bay the creek line matters more than the lot size.
Character overlays
The traditional building character overlay barely touches Manly West. The heritage sites are Burwells at 10 Preston Road, the Roles Hill reservoirs at 30 Preston Road and the bunya trees on the Manly Road reserve. The overlays that do bite here are flood and overland flow along Wynnum, Hemmant and Ju-Nu-Juna Creeks, and the waterway and biodiversity corridors around the reserves. Check City Plan for the lot before you plan a lift, a pool or a second dwelling.
How it was built
  1. 1950s to 60sThe farms gave way to low-set brick and chamferboard three-bedders on the Wondall Heights and Preston Road sides.
  2. 1958Manly West State School opened on Manly Road.
  3. 1966Wondall Heights State School opened, and the western pocket was laid out around it.
  4. 1970s to 80sBrick and tile houses filled the middle, and Manly West was gazetted as its own suburb in 1975.
  5. 1990s to 2000sTwo-storey homes went up in the south around Green Camp and the Wakerley line, on smaller blocks.
  6. 2004Moreton Bay Boys' College opened on Manly Road.
  7. NowHouses are still 87 per cent of the dwellings; the units and townhouses cluster along Manly Road.

What the money buys

Around $1m

A three-bedroom 1960s brick or chamferboard house on the Wondall Heights or Manly Road side, original kitchen, single carport. Three-bedroom sales ran to a median of $1,120,000 in the year to September 2026.

$1.2m to $1.6m

A renovated three or four bedder with a pool, or a 1990s two-storey home in the Green Camp streets. Four-bedroom sales sat at a median of $1,400,000 and this is where our four Manly West purchases landed.

$1.7m and above

Five bedrooms on a big block, a rebuilt home on the Roles Hill high ground or a Preston Road address in the Manly State School catchment. The year's top sale reached $3,900,000.

4 purchases since 2024, all 4 with published prices from $980,000 to $1,365,000. Live grid on the page.

See the homes we have secured here

What to check before you buy in Manly West

Flood

Manly West is creek country rather than river country. Wynnum Creek runs north through the middle of the suburb past Wondall Heights State School, Heers Park, Tantani Street and Stannard Road, Hemmant Creek rises around Mayfair Village and Hargreaves Road, Ju-Nu-Juna Creek drains the Whites Road side toward Lota Creek, and the Lota Creek flats sit against Melaleuca Environmental Park. Creek and overland flow are the overlays to look for. Pull the FloodWise Property Report for the lot, ask for the floor levels and get an insurance quote before the building and pest.

Flood Awareness MapFloodWise Property Report

Noise

Manly Road is the arterial and Wondall Road, Preston Road and Kianawah Road South carry the school and Wynnum Plaza traffic; a frontage on any of them needs an inspection at 7.30am and 3pm. Kougari Oval fills for Queensland Cup home games. For aircraft, type the address into Brisbane Airport's flight path tool rather than assuming the bay keeps the planes away.

Brisbane Airport flight path tool

Overlays and approvals

Flood, overland flow and waterway corridor overlays along the three creeks, biodiversity around the reserves, and heritage on the two Preston Road sites. City Plan's interactive mapping shows every overlay on the lot, and Development.i shows what the neighbours have been approved to build, which matters most in the Green Camp streets where the blocks are tighter.

City Plan mappingDevelopment.i

Catchments

Four primary catchments and two secondary, five of the six with enrolment management plans gazetted August 2025. Check the lot on EdMap, then ring the school.

Queensland EdMap

Red flags

  • A low block beside Wynnum Creek, Hemmant Creek or the Lota Creek flats with no FloodWise report, no floor levels and no recent flood insurance quote.
  • A 1960s house that has been extended or built in underneath with no council approvals on file. Ask for the records before you fall for the finish.
  • A Manly Road, Wondall Road or Preston Road frontage inspected only on a Sunday morning.

Where the value sits

  • An original 1960s brick or chamferboard house on a full block in Wondall Heights or off Preston Road: the same yard as Manly for a good deal less money.
  • A Preston Road or Roles Hill address inside the Manly State School catchment, walking distance to Manly station and the harbour.
  • The Green Camp streets, where a 1990s two-storey home with a pool sits inside the Manly West State School and Wynnum State High catchments and under the four-bedroom median.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Manly station, Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0; Brisbane Transport bus, BrisbaneBuzSpotter, CC BY-SA 4.0; Story Bridge, Kangaroo Point, John Robert McPherson, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Manly West purchases we can show

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

Manly West

House

4 bed2 bath2 car 780m²
$1,305,000 David Thomas
24 Nov 2025

Manly West

House

3 bed1 bath4 car 721m²
$1,100,000 David Thomas
27 Jun 2025

Manly West

3 bed1 bath1 car 721m²
$980,000 Jacob Butler
23 Dec 2024

Manly West

3 bed3 bath4 car 703m²
$1,365,000 Jacob Butler

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Buying in Manly West: the questions we get

It depends on the street. Manly West State School takes the centre and south-east, Wondall Heights State School the west, Manly State School the north-eastern streets around Preston Road, and Lota State School a sliver on the Whites Road edge. For high school Wynnum State High takes about two thirds of the suburb to the east and Brisbane Bayside State College the western third. Check the exact address on EdMap and ask us which side of the line a house sits on.

Not from the river, but from its creeks. Wynnum Creek runs north through the middle of the suburb, Hemmant Creek rises near Mayfair Village, and Ju-Nu-Juna and Lota Creeks run along the eastern edge. The blocks beside them carry creek and overland flow overlays. Every Manly West purchase we make starts with the FloodWise report and the floor levels.

The Cleveland line from Manly or Lota station, both just outside the suburb, with express services between Manly and Morningside in the peak. Buses 227 and 220 run to the city from stops on Manly Road, Stannard Road, Whites Road, Preston Road and Wondall Road. By car it is about 17.6 kilometres via Manly Road and Wynnum Road, thirty to forty minutes in the peak.

In 2026, a renovated three or four bedroom house with a pool on the Wondall Heights or Manly Road side, or a 1990s two-storey home in the Green Camp streets. The four-bedroom median was $1,400,000 in the year to September 2026, and our four Manly West purchases landed between $980,000 and $1,365,000.

Manly has the harbour, the station and Cambridge Parade at the door and prices to match. Manly West has the bigger, flatter blocks, two state primaries and both Moreton Bay colleges inside the suburb, and the same foreshore five minutes down Manly Road. Families who want a yard and a pool usually land in Manly West.

Yes. Mayfair Village on Burnett Street has a Woolworths open to 9pm, a butcher, a bakery, a cafe, a swim school and a gym, and the IGA on Wondall Road covers the western side. Wynnum Plaza, five minutes north, has Coles, Kmart and the bigger run.

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