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

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4

purchases in New Farm

2024 to 2025

years we have bought here

$900,000 to $2,375,000

published prices (4 of 4)

Hunter Gather has bought 4 properties in New Farm for clients since 2024. Of the purchases where the property type is on record, that is 1 house and 1 apartment. New Farm 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, New Farm purchases ranged from $900,000 to $2,375,000 (4 of 4 published). The rest settled privately at the buyer's request.

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

Where New Farm sits

New Farm is the peninsula on the city's doorstep: a little over two kilometres east of the CBD on the northern bank, with the river on three sides and only Fortitude Valley and Newstead touching it by land. Brunswick Street runs the length of it from the Valley to the park, Merthyr Road crosses it to the river, and the Story Bridge sits at its western corner. Nothing drives through New Farm to get somewhere else, which is why the streets off the two spines are quieter than a suburb this dense has any right to be.

Boundaries
The Brisbane River wraps the south, east and north-east. The only land edges are Fortitude Valley to the west and Newstead and Teneriffe to the north.
The roads
Brunswick Street (the spine: the buses, the cinema, the run to the Valley). Merthyr Road (the village, the supermarket, the walk to school). Bowen Terrace and the Story Bridge (the run to the southside without touching the city). Moray Street and Oxlade Drive (the river avenues)
Next door
Fortitude ValleyNewsteadTeneriffeKangaroo PointNorman Park and Hawthorne across the river

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 park end

Sydney Street, Lamington Street, Brunswick Street below Merthyr Road and the short streets that run into New Farm Park

Fifteen hectares of New Farm Park, the Powerhouse and the New Farm Park CityCat terminal at the foot of Brunswick Street. Flat, walkable and busy on a Saturday morning when the farmers market is on. The park is river floodplain and the Sydney Street terminal was destroyed in 2011, so on the low blocks around Sydney Street the floor level matters more than anywhere else in 4005.

Suits Families who want the park as the backyard and the ferry at the end of the street. The grandest houses in the suburb, and the interwar flats that sit among them.

2Merthyr Village and the school streets

Merthyr Road from Brunswick Street to the river, and Heal, James, Villiers and Barker Streets around New Farm State School

Coles and the seven-day medical centre at Merthyr Village, the New Farm Deli that has traded since 1975, New Farm State School on the corner of James and Heal Streets and Holy Spirit three streets away on Villiers Street. Queenslanders and interwar flats on tight blocks, most of the older houses under the character overlay.

Suits Families who want the walk to school, the supermarket and the deli without touching the car. The most family-shaped pocket in the suburb.

3Moray Street and Oxlade Drive

Moray Street, Oxlade Drive and the streets between them that run down to the river

The river avenues. Heritage houses Bertholme, Glenugie and Santa Barbara sit on Moray Street, the river-facing apartments on Oxlade Drive have the outlook, and Merthyr Bowls Club and the Officers Mess sit at the water. The 196 and 195 buses run through it. Lowest ground in the suburb, so the flood report is the first document, not the last.

Suits Buyers with the biggest budgets in the suburb, and families who want the water in view from an apartment rather than a house.

4Bowen Terrace and the Valley edge

Bowen Terrace, Harcourt Street, Kent Street and the streets between Brunswick Street and the Story Bridge

The closest end to the city. The Valley station is a fifteen to twenty-minute walk, James Street's shops are on the way, and the floating Riverwalk starts under the Story Bridge. More apartments than houses, and the traffic on Bowen Terrace and the bridge approach is the thing to inspect at 5.30pm.

Suits Families who want Fortitude Valley station, James Street and the Riverwalk into the city on foot, and can live with a busier edge.

Schools and catchments

One state primary sits inside New Farm and the suburb's secondary catchment has been redrawn since 2020, and both schools run enrolment management plans. The Catholic primary is three streets from the state school. Check the exact address on EdMap before you count on a school, and ask us which side of a line a house sits on before you inspect.

Primary catchment, most of the suburbNew FarmState school, enrolment capped at 745
Secondary catchmentFortitude Valley State Secondary CollegeEnrolment capped at 1,134

State primary

New Farm State SchoolPrep to 6 · Cap 745

Prep to Year 6 on the corner of James and Heal Streets, heritage-listed and the school most New Farm families walk to. It runs an enrolment management plan with an equidistant catchment, gazetted 22 August 2025: a cap of 745 students and a Prep intake held to 100 children in four classrooms unless more in-catchment children enrol. Out-of-catchment places are restricted, so the address is the whole game.

Corner James and Heal Streets, New Farm QLD 4005MapWebsite

State secondary

Fortitude Valley State Secondary CollegeYears 7 to 12 · Cap 1,134

Years 7 to 12 in a vertical campus on St Pauls Terrace, opened in 2020 and full to Year 12 since 2025. It runs an enrolment management plan with a negotiated catchment and a cap of 1,134 students, gazetted 20 February 2026, so in-catchment address is what counts. On the 2026 catchment layer every New Farm address sits inside its line.

585 St Pauls Terrace, Fortitude Valley QLD 4006MapWebsite

Catholic and independent

Holy Spirit SchoolPrep to 6

Co-educational Catholic primary, Prep to Year 6, about 270 students on Villiers Street since 1930. A parish school of Brisbane Catholic Education with outside school hours care on site. Walking distance from every part of the suburb.

36 Villiers Street, New Farm QLD 4005MapWebsite

All Hallows' SchoolYears 5 to 12

Girls, Years 5 to 12, on Ann Street at the Valley end since 1861 and the oldest secondary school in Queensland. A walk or one stop on the 199 from the western streets.

547 Ann Street, Brisbane City QLD 4000MapWebsite

St Joseph's College, Gregory TerraceYears 5 to 12

Boys, Years 5 to 12, on Gregory Terrace at Spring Hill since 1875. Ten minutes by car or the 199 to the city and a walk up the hill.

285 Gregory Terrace, Spring Hill QLD 4000MapWebsite

Early learning

Jack and Jill Child Care Centre

Family-owned long day care and kindergarten on Brunswick Street for 35 years, from toddlers to school age, 6.45am to 6pm weekdays. The only long day care inside the suburb, so put your name down when you exchange, not when you settle.

955 Brunswick Street, New Farm QLD 4005MapWebsite

Goodstart Early Learning Fortitude Valley

Nursery, toddler and an approved kindergarten program on Brookes Street, six weeks to school age, 6.30am to 6.30pm weekdays. Five minutes by car from the Valley end of New Farm.

95 Brookes Street, Fortitude Valley QLD 4006MapWebsite

Care For Kyds, Holy Spirit

Outside school hours care at Holy Spirit on Villiers Street. School Plus runs the after-school care at New Farm State School.

36 Villiers Street, New Farm QLD 4005Map

New Farm State School's Prep intake is held to 100 a year unless more in-catchment children turn up, and on the 2026 catchment layer Fortitude Valley State Secondary College takes every New Farm address for secondary; Kelvin Grove State College, which older references still name, does not reach the suburb. 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 New Farm

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

Mornings

New Farm Deli and CafeIn the suburb

Trading at Merthyr Village since 1975: the salumeria, the European grocery aisles, Italian desserts and a cafe that opens at 6am seven days. The suburb's kitchen.

900 Brunswick Street, New Farm QLD 4005MapWebsite

IdleIn the suburb

A bakery and then some on Merthyr Road: brunch, pastries and the classics reworked. The school-run stop.

84 Merthyr Road, New Farm QLD 4005MapWebsite

Joedy's CafeIn the suburb

Across Brunswick Street from the park: breakfast burgers on milk buns, French toast, everything sourced locally. The pram fits.

2/938 Brunswick Street, New Farm QLD 4005Map

Hey MrIn the suburb

Brunch in a historic corner store on Moray Street with a rotating menu. The river avenues' local.

1/76 Moray Street, New Farm QLD 4005Map

Dicki'sIn the suburb

Vegan and vegetarian on Brunswick Street: breakfast burritos, toasties, cocktails later. Dogs welcome outside.

893 Brunswick Street, New Farm QLD 4005MapWebsite

Blue Bear CoffeehouseIn the suburb

A neighbourhood coffee house on James Street at the school end: house-baked treats and the waffle eggs benny.

92 James Street, New Farm QLD 4005MapWebsite

Evenings

Bar Alto and the PowerhouseIn the suburb

Modern Italian on the upper deck of the Powerhouse, lunch Tuesday to Sunday and dinner Wednesday to Saturday, with Mary Mae's downstairs for all-day dining with the river in view. A show, dinner and the walk home through the park.

119 Lamington Street, New Farm QLD 4005MapWebsite

The Balfour Kitchen and BarIn the suburb

All-day dining in a classic Queenslander at Spicers Balfour on Balfour Street: breakfast and weekend brunch, then a wine bar with share plates by evening, in a fairy-lit courtyard.

37 Balfour Street, New Farm QLD 4005MapWebsite

The Officers MessIn the suburb

An all-day riverfront diner inside the original World War II naval officers' club on Oxlade Drive, Wednesday to Sunday from 7am, dog-friendly. Fish and chips with the river at the table.

50 Oxlade Drive, New Farm QLD 4005MapWebsite

Himalayan CafeIn the suburb

Nepalese and Tibetan on Brunswick Street, the easy Friday night when nobody wants to cook.

640 Brunswick Street, New Farm QLD 4005Map

New Farm CinemasIn the suburb

Six screens on Brunswick Street in the building that opened as the Merthyr Picture Palace in 1921 and became Queensland's first twin cinema in 1970. Closed in 2003, reopened in 2014 with the heritage Purple Room restored. A Tuesday night out with the kids is a walk, not a drive.

701 Brunswick Street, New Farm QLD 4005MapWebsite

The big shop

Coles, Merthyr VillageIn the suburb

The everyday supermarket at the corner of Brunswick Street and Merthyr Road, 6am to 10pm weekdays, with the Ramsay pharmacy, QML pathology, the seafood shop, the butcher and the bakery under the same roof. Walk with a trolley bag.

85 Merthyr Road, New Farm QLD 4005MapWebsite

James Street10 min drive

About 113 retailers across the Valley line: fashion, food, the Calile Hotel and the restaurants. Ten minutes on foot from the school streets.

James Street, Fortitude Valley QLD 4006MapWebsite

Gasworks Plaza, Newstead10 min drive

The Newstead centre up Skyring Terrace for the restaurants and the once-a-week run. Confirm the supermarket before you tell a client it is there.

Skyring Terrace, Newstead QLD 4006MapWebsite

Health and fitness

Valley Pool5 min drive

Council pool on Wickham Street: a heated 50-metre outdoor pool open from 5am on weekdays, with learn-to-swim, stroke development and squads. Five minutes by car from the Valley end.

432 Wickham Street, Fortitude Valley QLD 4006MapWebsite

Spring Hill Baths10 min drive

Brisbane's oldest swimming bath, 1886, heritage-listed and still open daily: a 23-metre enclosed heated pool with learn-to-swim lessons for the little ones.

14 Torrington Street, Spring Hill QLD 4000MapWebsite

Merthyr 7 Day Medical Centre and Snap FitnessIn the suburb

The GP, the dentists, the chiropractor and a 24-hour gym all inside Merthyr Village. Royal Brisbane and Women's at Herston and the Mater at South Brisbane are both about ten to fifteen minutes by car.

85 Merthyr Road, New Farm QLD 4005MapWebsite

Getting around

CBD by CityCat18 minNew Farm Park to Riverside, 11 from Sydney Street
CBD by Riverwalk20 minOn foot or by bike
CBD by car10 minVia Brunswick Street or Bowen Terrace, parking permitting

Ferry

CityCat from New Farm Park terminal at the foot of Brunswick Street to Riverside in about 18 minutes, or from Sydney Street in about 11, every 15 minutes through the afternoon on the F1 timetable. The stops between are Mowbray Park, Sydney Street and Howard Smith Wharves. Upstream to South Bank and UQ, downstream to Northshore Hamilton. Sydney Street was destroyed in the 2011 flood, replaced by a temporary wharf that April and rebuilt for good by May 2015; New Farm Park was repaired within a month. The cross-river ferry to Norman Park stopped in 2020, so Hawthorne and Bulimba are now a CityCat ride, not a hop.

CityCat and ferry timetables

Bus

Route 199 runs the length of Brunswick Street and along Merthyr Road, from Teneriffe ferry to West End via the Valley and the CBD, every five minutes in the afternoon peak and from about 5.30am to past 11pm. Route 196 runs Brunswick Street, Moray Street and Oxlade Drive to the city and on to Fairfield Gardens, about every ten minutes in the peak. Route 195 is the peak-only express between the city and Merthyr via Brunswick Street, Sydney Street and Moray Street. The Blue CityGlider starts at Teneriffe ferry terminal, a walk from the Moray Street end, and runs through Newstead and the Valley to the city; it does not come down Brunswick Street.

Route 199 timetableRoute 196 timetable

Train

No station in New Farm. Fortitude Valley station on Brunswick Street is one stop and 1.3 kilometres from Central, with every City network line through it including the airport line. From the Valley end of New Farm it is a fifteen to twenty-minute walk or a few minutes on the 199.

Train timetable

Road

About ten minutes to the CBD by car via Brunswick Street or Bowen Terrace outside the peak, parking permitting. The Story Bridge at the western corner takes you to Kangaroo Point and the southside without touching the city. About twenty minutes to the airport via Kingsford Smith Drive.

Bus routes

199196195

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

Pinch points Brunswick Street from the Valley to Merthyr Road banks up from 7.30am and again at 5pm, and the Story Bridge approach on Bowen Terrace is the other one. Parking is the daily tax: New Farm Park fills by 9am on a market Saturday, the Merthyr Village car park is tight, and most street parking near the park is permit or time-limited. Inspect a Brunswick Street house at 5.30pm and again on a market Saturday before you decide the traffic does not bother you.

Weekends

New Farm ParkIn the suburbFifteen hectares on the river bend at the end of Sydney Street, heritage-listed: the rose gardens, the playground built among the fig trees, the 1915 bandstand, tennis courts and a croquet lawn, barbecues, a canoe ramp and an off-leash dog area. Over a hundred jacarandas turn the main drive purple in October.Brisbane Powerhouse and the Jan Powers Farmers MarketIn the suburbThe 1928 power station at the eastern end of the park, an arts centre since 2000: a 536-seat theatre, comedy, free community events, Bar Alto and Mary Mae's. Jan Powers Farmers Market runs every Saturday 6am to noon on the forecourt, and most of New Farm does its fruit and veg there.

  • The RiverwalkIn the suburb

    The floating walkway from Merthyr Road under the Story Bridge to Howard Smith Wharves and the city. The original broke away in the 2011 flood; the rebuilt Riverwalk opened in September 2014 and is the pram, scooter and bike route into town, about twenty minutes on foot.

    Riverwalk, New Farm QLD 4005Map

  • Merthyr Bowls ClubIn the suburb

    On the river at the end of Oxlade Drive, a stone's throw from the park: barefoot bowls for all ages, a riverside bistro, open Tuesday to Sunday. The Sunday session with the kids on the green.

    60 Oxlade Drive, New Farm QLD 4005MapWebsite

  • Howard Smith WharvesIn the suburb

    Under the Story Bridge at the city end of the Riverwalk: Felons Brewing, the restaurants and the main lawn with the bridge overhead. Walk there, CityCat home.

    5 Boundary Street, Brisbane City QLD 4000MapWebsite

  • New Farm LibraryIn the suburb

    The council library inside the park on Sydney Street, open since 1975. Storytime, the after-school stop and the wet-day plan.

    135 Sydney Street, New Farm QLD 4005Map

The houses

What is here
More than 70 per cent of New Farm's dwellings are apartments, units and duplexes. Interwar Queenslanders and Federation houses survive on the park end and the school streets, the 1930s left Spanish Mission and art deco flats (the Julius Street flats are heritage-listed), the 1960s and 70s left the walk-ups families use as a first step, and the river and Brunswick Street carry the newer apartment buildings. Houses are scarce and rarely advertised; most of what trades is units.
Block sizes
Small. The peninsula was subdivided early, and the houses that survive mostly sit on 400 to 600 square metres, often less. A full block with a yard is the exception and priced like one.
Character overlays
New Farm carries more heritage-listed places than most Brisbane suburbs: Wynberg on Brunswick Street, Bertholme, Glenugie and Santa Barbara on Moray Street, the Julius Street flats, the old Village Twin cinema, the state school and the park itself. Most pre-1947 houses sit under the traditional building character overlay, and the peninsula falls inside the New Farm and Teneriffe Hill neighbourhood plan, which sets what can be built and how high. Check the overlay and the plan on City Plan before you budget for a lift and build, and read the body corporate by-laws before you plan to enclose a balcony.
How it was built
  1. Federation to interwarFederation houses and interwar Queenslanders go up on the park end and the school streets.
  2. 1930sSpanish Mission and art deco flats arrive, the Julius Street flats among them, now heritage-listed.
  3. 1960s to 70sWalk-up unit blocks go up between Brunswick Street and Moray Street, the first step for many families today.
  4. 1975The New Farm Deli opens and has traded ever since.
  5. NowNewer apartment buildings line the river and Brunswick Street, and more than 70 per cent of dwellings are apartments.

What the money buys

Around $1m

A two-bedroom walk-up flat or an art deco unit on a quiet street between Brunswick Street and Moray Street. Our published New Farm purchases start at $900,000.

$1.5m to $2.5m

A larger apartment with the river or the park in view, or a cottage on the Merthyr side that needs work. Our published purchases run to $2,375,000.

$3.5m and above

A renovated Queenslander on its own block at the park end or on the river avenues. The house median sits near $3.8 million and the best of them never reach the portals.

4 purchases since 2024, 4 with published prices from $900,000 to $2,375,000; 1 house and 1 apartment on record. Live grid on the page.

See the homes we have secured here

What to check before you buy in New Farm

Flood

New Farm is a river peninsula and the low ground floods: the park, the riverbank below Sydney Street and Oxlade Drive, and the ground floors and car parks of the river-facing blocks. The Sydney Street terminal was destroyed in 2011 and the Riverwalk broke away; both were rebuilt. Pull the FloodWise Property Report for the lot, ask for the floor levels and the body corporate's 2022 claim history, and get an insurance quote before the building and pest, not after.

Flood Awareness MapFloodWise Property Report

Noise

Brunswick Street, Bowen Terrace and the Story Bridge approach carry the traffic, the Valley's late nights reach the western streets, and aircraft pass overhead in some runway modes. Check the address on Brisbane Airport's flight tracker, then stand on the deck at 7am, 5.30pm and 11pm on a Friday.

Brisbane Airport flight path tool

Overlays and approvals

Traditional building character and heritage on the older stock, the neighbourhood plan over the lot, and flood on the low ground. City Plan's interactive mapping shows every overlay on the lot, and Development.i shows what the neighbours have been approved to build, which in New Farm usually means the apartment block next door.

City Plan mappingDevelopment.i

Catchments

One primary with a capped Prep intake and a secondary line that has moved since 2020. Check the lot on EdMap, then ring the school.

Queensland EdMap

Red flags

  • A ground-floor or basement-car-park unit in a river-facing block with no 2022 claim history from the body corporate and no floor-level survey.
  • A 1960s or 70s walk-up with a thin sinking fund and no recent fire safety or balcony report. The purchase price is the small number; the special levy is the big one.
  • A Brunswick Street or Bowen Terrace frontage with single-glazed bedrooms at the front and no off-street park.

Where the value sits

  • An art deco or interwar unit on a quiet street between Brunswick Street and Moray Street: solid, walkable, and the entry point for a family that wants the school and the park.
  • A cottage or Queenslander on the Merthyr side that has not been touched since the 1980s. They come up rarely and go quietly, usually before the portals.
  • A house brief run with patience. Most New Farm houses trade off-market, and the buyer who is ready when one surfaces beats the buyer who is still deciding.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: The city from New Farm Park, Chris Olszewski, CC BY-SA 4.0; Brisbane Powerhouse from the river, Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0; Fortitude Valley station, Chris Olszewski, 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; Jacarandas, New Farm Park, Sheba_Also 43,000 photos, CC BY-SA 2.0; Powerhouse markets, Byron Wu, CC BY 4.0.

New Farm purchases we can show

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

New Farm

Apartment

2 bed1 bath2 car 151m²
$1,620,000 David Thomas
14 Aug 2025

New Farm

2 bed1 bath1 car
$900,000 Chavonne Olivier
24 Sep 2024

New Farm

3 bed2 bath2 car
$2,375,000 Jacob Butler

New Farm

House

N/A bedN/A bathN/A car 258m²
$1,700,000 Jacob Butler

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Buying in New Farm: the questions we get

New Farm State School for primary, Prep to Year 6, with an equidistant catchment and a Prep intake capped at 100 unless more in-catchment children enrol. For secondary, Fortitude Valley State Secondary College took over the inner north when it opened in 2020 and takes every New Farm address on the 2026 layer; Kelvin Grove State College still appears in older references but does not reach the suburb. Check the exact address on EdMap and ask us which line a house sits on.

The low ground does. The park, the riverbank around Sydney Street and Oxlade Drive and the ground floors of the river-facing blocks were affected in 2011 and 2022; the ridge along Brunswick Street was not. Every New Farm purchase we make starts with the FloodWise report, the floor levels and, for a unit, the body corporate's claim history.

The CityCat from New Farm Park reaches Riverside in about 18 minutes, from Sydney Street in about 11. Route 199 runs Brunswick Street and Merthyr Road to the CBD every few minutes in the peak. The Riverwalk takes you into town on foot or by bike in about twenty minutes. By car it is about ten minutes outside the peak, parking permitting.

Yes, with patience. Fewer than three in ten dwellings are houses, most never reach the portals, and the median sits near $3.8 million. A house brief here means someone watching the off-market stock every week and a buyer who is ready to move when one surfaces. Many families start in a unit near the school and the park and trade up when the right house comes.

In 2026, a two-bedroom walk-up flat or an art deco unit on a quiet street between Brunswick Street and Moray Street. The unit median is around $1.1 million. Our published New Farm purchases run from $900,000 to $2,375,000.

Teneriffe has the woolstores, the hill and the CityGlider. New Farm has the park, the state school, Merthyr Village and the cinema. Families with young children usually end up in New Farm; buyers who want the river from a converted woolstore go to Teneriffe, and the two share the same ferries and the same Saturday market.

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