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

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purchases in Salisbury

2025 to 2026

years we have bought here

$1,100,000 to $1,440,000

published prices (3 of 3)

Hunter Gather has bought 3 properties in Salisbury for clients since 2025. Of the purchases where the property type is on record, that is 1 house. Salisbury 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, Salisbury purchases ranged from $1,100,000 to $1,440,000 (3 of 3 published). The rest settled privately at the buyer's request.

The buying in Salisbury was done by Jillian Breen, Kate Wilson and Jacob Butler. Whoever you speak to first, the search runs on the same shared database and the same weekly cadence.

Where Salisbury sits

Salisbury is about twelve kilometres south of the CBD by road, between the Beenleigh rail line and Toohey Forest. It has two halves. The north-western corner is industrial, built on the 1941 Rocklea Munitions Works whose buildings still stand along Evans Road, Industries Road and the streets named Assembly, Chrome, Commerce, Engineering and Precision. The rest is family housing on a grid laid out from 1912, with the state school on Cripps Street, a small village on Ainsworth Street, a brewery, a freshly rebuilt station and Toohey Mountain at the top of the hill. Rocky Water Holes Creek runs east to west through the middle.

Boundaries
Beaudesert Road and the Beenleigh rail line along the western side, with Rocklea beyond. Moorooka to the north across Evans Road and Tarragindi Road. Toohey Mountain and Toohey Forest on the north-eastern edge toward Tarragindi and Nathan. Kessels Road and Coopers Plains to the south-east.
The roads
Toohey Road (the ridge, the forest and the 120 bus). Lillian Avenue (the station, the shops and the school end). Beaudesert Road (the western edge, north to Moorooka and the city). Orange Grove Road and Kessels Road (south to Garden City and the Pacific Motorway)
Next door
MoorookaTarragindiNathanCoopers PlainsRocklea

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 station streets

Lillian Avenue, Olivia Avenue, Nicholson Avenue, Bellevue Avenue, Frewin Street, Greer Road and Lily Street

The oldest part of the suburb, around the 1912 Salisbury Township Estate that was sold in 32-perch lots, about 800 square metres. The station was rebuilt with a lift, a third platform and new car parks and reopened in March 2026. Hedge Espresso is on Lillian Avenue. Salisbury State School for primary and Yeronga State High for secondary on most of these streets; the upper end of Lillian Avenue is Sunnybank State High.

Suits Families who want the train at the end of the street and a full-sized block.

2Salisbury village

Cripps Street, Ainsworth Street, McCarthy Road, Henson Road, Tamblyn Road, Douglas Road, Myra Road and Ness Road

The middle of the suburb: Salisbury State School on Cripps Street, the Ainsworth Street shops with a bakery, a European deli and a cafe, Russ Hall Park, and Ballistic Beer's brewery on McCarthy Road. The trade-off is Rocky Water Holes Creek, which runs through here: Toorak Road, Lew's Lane, Winsome Road and parts of Ainsworth Street and Kellett Road carry flood mapping. The secondary catchment splits three ways on these streets.

Suits Families who want the school, the shops, the park and the Friday brewery session all on foot.

3The Toohey side

Toohey Road, Chalfont Street, Birchdale Street, Wincott Street, Jaybel Street, Flanders Street, Pentex Street, Bye Street and Fairlawn Street

The streets climbing toward Toohey Mountain on the north-eastern side, higher and drier than the middle of the suburb, with the Toohey Forest tracks a few minutes away. Supernumerary Coffee and the Salisbury Hotel are on Toohey Road. Salisbury State School for primary and Holland Park State High for secondary on almost all of it.

Suits Families who want the forest behind them, a coffee at the top of the street and Holland Park State High for secondary.

4Golda Avenue and the south-east

Golda Avenue, Orange Grove Road, Rosebank Square, Courtland Street, Malvern Street, Melina Street, Humber Street, Riawena Road and Perrin Place

The 1924 Waratah Heights Estate around Golda Avenue, with St Pius X Catholic Primary and Brisbane Christian College's junior campus side by side, ALDI on Orange Grove Road and Rosebank Square Park. Sunnybank State High is the secondary catchment. Perrin Place, the Kessels Road edge and parts of Riawena Road and Orange Grove Road fall into Coopers Plains State School's primary catchment rather than Salisbury's.

Suits Families choosing St Pius X or Brisbane Christian College, with ALDI and QEII Hospital at the end of the road.

Schools and catchments

Salisbury State School takes about two thirds of the suburb for primary, with Moorooka State School in the northern and industrial end, Coopers Plains State School along the Kessels Road edge in the south, and Rocklea State School touching the western edge on Beaudesert Road. By address, close to nine homes in ten are Salisbury State School. There is no state high school in the suburb since Nyanda State High on Fairlie Terrace closed in 2013, and the secondary catchment splits three ways: Sunnybank State High for the south, about half the homes, Holland Park State High for the Toohey side and Yeronga State High for the station and western streets. Check the exact address on EdMap before you count on a school.

Primary catchment, most of the suburbSalisburyState school
Secondary catchments, splitSunnybank SHS and Holland Park SHSBy homes, about 49% Sunnybank SHS and about 31% Holland Park SHS
Catchments touching the suburb4 primary, 3 secondaryDrawn street by street. Check the lot on EdMap.

State primary

Salisbury State SchoolPrep to 6

Prep to Year 6 on Cripps Street, open since 1920, the catchment for about two thirds of the suburb. A small school with an enrolment management plan capping it at 404 students, equidistant catchment, gazetted 19 June 2026.

19 Cripps Street, Salisbury QLD 4107MapWebsite

Coopers Plains State SchoolPrep to 6

Prep to Year 6 in Coopers Plains, the catchment for Perrin Place, the Kessels Road edge and parts of Riawena Road and Orange Grove Road. No published enrolment management plan.

Coopers Plains QLD 4108MapWebsite

Moorooka State SchoolPrep to 6

Prep to Year 6 on Sherley Street in Moorooka, the catchment for the northern end: the Evans Road and Tarragindi Road edge, the industrial streets and the Beaudesert Road side north of the creek. Capped at 734 students, gazetted 29 August 2025.

1 Sherley Street, Moorooka QLD 4105MapWebsite

Rocklea State SchoolPrep to 6

A very small Prep to Year 6 school on Elmes Road in Rocklea, capped at 96 students under a plan gazetted 24 July 2026. Its catchment touches the western edge along Beaudesert Road, with very few homes inside it.

19 Elmes Road, Rocklea QLD 4106MapWebsite

State secondary

Sunnybank State High SchoolYears 7 to 12

Years 7 to 12 in Sunnybank, the catchment for the southern third: Golda Avenue, Orange Grove Road, Rosebank Square and most of Lillian Avenue.

Sunnybank QLD 4109MapWebsite

Holland Park State High SchoolYears 7 to 12

Years 7 to 12 on Bapaume Road in Holland Park West, the catchment for the Toohey Road side and the northern middle of the suburb, about a third of it.

Bapaume Road, Holland Park West QLD 4121MapWebsite

Yeronga State High SchoolYears 7 to 12

Years 7 to 12 on Villa Street in Yeronga, the catchment for the station streets, the western side and the industrial north.

159 Villa Street, Yeronga QLD 4104MapWebsite

Catholic and independent

St Pius X Catholic Primary SchoolPrep to 6

Co-educational Catholic primary, Prep to Year 6, on Golda Avenue since 1964. A small school behind the parish church.

73 Golda Avenue, Salisbury QLD 4107MapWebsite

Brisbane Christian CollegePrep to 12

Co-educational, Prep to Year 12, opened in 1985 as Southside Christian College. The junior campus is on Golda Avenue and the middle and senior campus on Fairlie Terrace, on the old state high school site.

99 Golda Avenue, Salisbury QLD 4107MapWebsite

Clairvaux MacKillop CollegeYears 7 to 12

Co-educational Catholic secondary, Years 7 to 12, at Upper Mount Gravatt, about ten minutes east. The usual next step for St Pius X families.

Klumpp Road, Upper Mount Gravatt QLD 4122MapWebsite

Our Lady's College, AnnerleyYears 7 to 12

Catholic secondary for girls, Years 7 to 12, on Chester Road at Annerley, ten minutes north up Beaudesert Road and Ipswich Road.

15 Chester Road, Annerley QLD 4103MapWebsite

Early learning

C&K Salisbury Community Kindergarten

Community kindergarten on Lillian Avenue for three and a half to five year olds, rated Meeting under the National Quality Framework. A short walk from the state school and the station.

135 Lillian Avenue, Salisbury QLD 4107MapWebsite

C&K Salisbury Community Childcare Centre

Long day care from six weeks to five years on Frewin Street in the station streets, rated Exceeding.

42 Frewin Street, Salisbury QLD 4107MapWebsite

Goodstart Early Learning Coopers Plains

Long day care on Musgrave Road, a few minutes south past the hospital.

483 Musgrave Road, Coopers Plains QLD 4108MapWebsite

The secondary line is the one to watch. Henson Road, Lillian Avenue, Cripps Street, Ainsworth Street, Myra Road and Orange Grove Road are each split between two or three high school catchments, so a house can be Holland Park State High and its neighbour Sunnybank or Yeronga. 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 Salisbury

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

Mornings

Supernumerary CoffeeIn the suburb

Specialty coffee on Toohey Road from 6am on weekdays, the stop on the way to the forest or the school.

655 Toohey Road, Salisbury QLD 4107MapWebsite

Hedge EspressoIn the suburb

Coffee on Lillian Avenue by the station, 6.30am to 2pm Monday to Saturday.

94-96 Lillian Avenue, Salisbury QLD 4107Map

Salisbury Bakery and the Ainsworth Street shopsIn the suburb

The village strip on Ainsworth Street: the bakery, Apples on Ainsworth cafe and a European deli and grocer open seven days.

34A Ainsworth Street, Salisbury QLD 4107Map

Evenings

Ballistic Beer CoIn the suburb

The brewery on McCarthy Road in the middle of the suburb, open Thursday evening and from early afternoon Friday to Sunday.

53-55 McCarthy Road, Salisbury QLD 4107MapWebsite

The Salisbury HotelIn the suburb

The local on Toohey Road, trading since 1899, with a bistro and accommodation.

Toohey Road, Salisbury QLD 4107MapWebsite

Vizzeto Woodfire5 min drive

Woodfired pizza on Tarragindi Road at the Moorooka line, five minutes north.

398 Tarragindi Road, Moorooka QLD 4105MapWebsite

Phoenix House RestaurantIn the suburb

Chinese restaurant in the Lillian Avenue shops, lunch Tuesday to Saturday and dinner most nights.

272 Lillian Avenue, Salisbury QLD 4107Map

The big shop

ALDI SalisburyIn the suburb

ALDI on Orange Grove Road in the south-east of the suburb, open until 8pm most weeknights.

271 Orange Grove Road, Salisbury QLD 4107MapWebsite

Lillian Avenue shopsIn the suburb

The top-up strip by the medical centre: a FoodWorks, two butchers and a European grocer.

Lillian Avenue, Salisbury QLD 4107Map

Westfield Mt Gravatt (Garden City)10 min drive

The big centre ten minutes east along Kessels Road, for the department stores, the cinema and the weekly shop.

Logan Road, Upper Mount Gravatt QLD 4122MapWebsite

Health and fitness

QEII Jubilee Hospital10 min drive

Public hospital with an emergency department on Troughton Road, a few minutes south-east of the suburb.

Troughton Road, Coopers Plains QLD 4108MapWebsite

Salisbury Medical CentreIn the suburb

General practice on Lillian Avenue, open 7.30am to 6pm weekdays and Saturday mornings.

272-280 Lillian Avenue, Salisbury QLD 4107MapWebsite

Acacia Ridge Leisure Centre10 min drive

Council pool ten minutes south down Beaudesert Road: a heated 25-metre indoor pool, a learn-to-swim pool from three months, and an outdoor lagoon on summer weekends and school holidays.

1391 Beaudesert Road, Acacia Ridge QLD 4110MapWebsite

Anytime Fitness SalisburyIn the suburb

24-hour gym on Toohey Road beside the coffee.

655 Toohey Road, Salisbury QLD 4107Map

Getting around

CBD by train26 minTo Central on the timetable from mid October 2026
Cultural Centre by bus30 minRoute 120 along Toohey Road
CBD by car20 minBeaudesert and Ipswich Roads, outside the peak

Train

Salisbury station on the Beenleigh line sits on the western edge, with entries from Lillian Avenue and Dollis Street. Cross River Rail rebuilt it with a lift and stairs to each platform, a third platform, new car parks on Lillian Avenue and a 40-space bike enclosure, and it reopened in March 2026. On the timetable from mid October 2026 trains take about 26 minutes to Central, seven of them between 7am and 9am on a weekday. Moorooka station, one stop north, is closed for its own rebuild until late 2027, and the Beenleigh line has rail replacement buses between Boggo Road and Kuraby on some weekends and weekdays through early October 2026, so check Translink before you time the commute.

Train timetable

Bus

Route 120 runs Garden City to the city along Toohey Road through Tarragindi, the busiest in the suburb with about 150 trips on a weekday and 23 between 7am and 9am, reaching the Cultural Centre in about half an hour. Route 125 runs from Garden City through Salisbury to the city and the Valley, and 116 and 121 add city runs from Evans Road and Henson Road. Route 155 goes to Griffith University at Nathan.

Route 120 timetableRoute 125 timetable

Road

About twenty minutes to the CBD by car outside the peak via Beaudesert Road and Ipswich Road, or Toohey Road and the Pacific Motorway. Garden City and Griffith University's Nathan campus are about ten minutes, and the Ipswich and Logan Motorways are close for trips west and south.

Bus routes

120125116121155

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

Pinch points Beaudesert Road through Moorooka is slow in both peaks, and Kessels Road backs up toward Garden City and the motorway. The industrial streets bring trucks to Evans Road and Industries Road on weekdays. School drop-off on Cripps Street and Golda Avenue, where three schools share the morning, adds to the 8.30am crawl. Inspect anything on Toohey Road, Beaudesert Road or Kessels Road at peak time.

Weekends

Toohey Forest10 min driveAbout 260 hectares of bushland along the north-eastern edge, with walking and bike tracks and the Mayne Estate and Toohey picnic areas off Toohey Road, open 6am to 7pm daily.

  • Russ Hall ParkIn the suburb

    The suburb's main park, on Ainsworth Street and McCarthy Road beside the village, with the Salisbury BMX track nearby.

    Ainsworth Street, Salisbury QLD 4107Map

  • Ballistic Beer Co on a SundayIn the suburb

    The brewery's Sunday session on McCarthy Road runs from 1pm to 7pm, a few minutes' walk from Russ Hall Park. Check the venue's family rules before you bring the kids.

    53-55 McCarthy Road, Salisbury QLD 4107MapWebsite

  • Saturday Fresh Market, Rocklea10 min drive

    The Brisbane Markets' public market on Sherwood Road, ten minutes west, every Saturday morning: growers' fruit and veg, the bakery and breakfast.

    385 Sherwood Road, Rocklea QLD 4106MapWebsite

  • Coopers Plains Library10 min drive

    Council library on Orange Grove Road just past the suburb's southern edge, open until 8pm on Wednesdays, with story time and the school holiday program.

    107 Orange Grove Road, Coopers Plains QLD 4108MapWebsite

  • Salisbury Bowls ClubIn the suburb

    Barefoot bowls by Russ Hall Park in the middle of the suburb.

    Ainsworth Street, Salisbury QLD 4107Map

The houses

What is here
Post-war and 1950s and 60s timber and brick through most of the grid, a few older homes around the station from the 1912 estate, and a steady run of new two-storey homes on split lots. Almost everything is a house: 2,533 of the 2,661 dwellings at the 2021 census. The north-western corner is industrial and heritage listed, not housing.
Block sizes
607 square metres is common on the post-war streets (recent sales on Tuckett Road and Kessels Road), the 1912 station estate was cut at about 800 (a recent Henson Road sale was 809), and new builds sit on split lots of 320 to 405 square metres, like Blackwood Road and Winsome Road. Check whether the lot has already been split before you assume the yard.
Character overlays
Salisbury is mostly post-war, and our street sample found no traditional building character overlay in the residential streets. The listed places are the munitions works buildings and the station's ticket office and footbridge. What shapes a purchase here is the creek flood mapping and the zoning that allows lots to be split. Check the lot on City Plan before you plan.
How it was built
  1. 1912The Salisbury Township Estate laid out the grid around the station in 32-perch lots, about 800 square metres.
  2. 1924The Waratah Heights Estate followed around Golda Avenue in the south-east.
  3. 1941The Rocklea Munitions Works took the north-western corner; its buildings still stand along Evans Road and Industries Road.
  4. 1950s to 60sPost-war timber and brick filled most of the grid on 607 square metre blocks.
  5. 2026Cross River Rail rebuilt the station with a lift and a third platform; it reopened in March.
  6. NowNew two-storey homes rise on split lots of 320 to 405 square metres; almost everything is still a house.

What the money buys

Around $1.1m to $1.2m

An original post-war three-bedder on 607 square metres, tidy but dated. Our lowest published Salisbury purchase is $1,100,000.

$1.25m to $1.5m

A renovated three or four-bedroom house on a full block, or a larger original on an 800 square metre station-estate lot. The three-bedroom median for the year to September 2026 was $1,270,000 and the four-bedroom $1,325,000. Our published Salisbury purchases run to $1,440,000.

$1.7m and above

A new two-storey four or five-bedder on a split lot, often with a pool. Two new builds on Blackwood Road and Winsome Road sold for $1.72m and $1.88m in August and September 2026.

3 purchases since 2025, all 3 with published prices from $1,100,000 to $1,440,000. Live grid on the page.

See the homes we have secured here

What to check before you buy in Salisbury

Flood

Rocky Water Holes Creek runs east to west through the middle of the suburb and Stable Swamp Creek along the south-west. Our street sample found the 1 percent annual chance flood extent on Toorak Road and Lew's Lane end to end, and on parts of Ainsworth Street, Angela Street, Georgina Street, Kellett Road, Douglas Road, Winsome Road, Tuckett Road, Riawena Road and Perrin Place. The Toohey side and Golda Avenue were clear. Pull the FloodWise Property Report for the exact lot, ask for the floor levels, and get an insurance quote before the building and pest.

Flood Awareness MapFloodWise Property Report

Noise

The Beenleigh line and the freight line beside it run along the western edge, the industrial streets are busy on weekdays, and Beaudesert Road, Toohey Road and Kessels Road carry traffic all day. Check the address on the Brisbane Airport flight path tool, then stand in the backyard at 7am and again at 9pm, and listen for trains and trucks as well as planes.

Brisbane Airport flight path tool

Overlays and approvals

Creek flood mapping, the industrial zoning on the north-western edge, and the zoning that allows small-lot splits are the three to check. 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 here because a split-lot two-storey next door changes the backyard.

City Plan mappingDevelopment.i

Catchments

Four primary and three secondary catchments touch the suburb, and the high school lines cut through the middle streets. Salisbury State School, Moorooka State School and Rocklea State School run enrolment management plans. Check the lot on EdMap, then ring the school.

Queensland EdMap

Red flags

  • A house on Toorak Road, Lew's Lane or the low end of Ainsworth Street bought without the FloodWise report and a flood insurance quote.
  • A backyard that faces an industrial lot or the rail corridor, priced like a quiet-street house.
  • A lot that looks full-sized on the listing but has already been split, or a neighbour's lot with an approval for two new homes.

Where the value sits

  • An original post-war house on a full 607 or 800 square metre block on the Toohey side, above the creek and in the Holland Park State High catchment.
  • The station streets, now that the rebuilt station is open and the train is a walk from the front door.
  • Golda Avenue and the south-east for families choosing St Pius X or Brisbane Christian College, with ALDI and the hospital close.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Salisbury station, John Robert McPherson, CC0; Brisbane Transport bus, BrisbaneBuzSpotter, CC BY-SA 4.0; Story Bridge, Kangaroo Point, John Robert McPherson, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Salisbury purchases we can show

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

Salisbury

House

3 bed1 bath2 car 655m²
$1,300,000 Jillian Breen, Kate Wilson
21 Jan 2026

Salisbury

4 bed1 bath1 car 607m²
$1,100,000 Jillian Breen, Kate Wilson
14 Mar 2025

Salisbury

6 bed4 bath2 car 504m²
$1,440,000 Jacob Butler

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Buying in Salisbury: the questions we get

Salisbury State School for about two thirds of the suburb, with Moorooka State School in the north, Coopers Plains State School in the south-east and Rocklea State School on the western edge. Secondary splits three ways between Holland Park State High, Sunnybank State High and Yeronga State High, street by street. There is no state high school in the suburb since Nyanda State High closed in 2013. Check the exact address on EdMap.

Along the creeks, yes. Rocky Water Holes Creek runs through the middle of the suburb and Toorak Road, Lew's Lane and parts of Ainsworth Street and Kellett Road carry flood mapping. The Toohey side and the Golda Avenue end are higher. Pull the FloodWise report for any address near the creek.

Yes. The Cross River Rail rebuild finished and the station reopened in March 2026 with a lift, a third platform and new car parks. The Beenleigh line has had rail replacement buses on some days through early October 2026, and Moorooka station one stop north stays closed until late 2027, so check Translink for the week you are commuting.

Train from Salisbury station to Central in about 26 minutes, or the 120 bus along Toohey Road to the Cultural Centre in about half an hour. By car it is about twenty minutes outside the peak.

In 2026, a renovated three-bedroom or a tidy four-bedroom house on a full block. The three-bedroom median for the year to September 2026 was $1,270,000 and four-bedders sat around $1,325,000. New two-storey homes on split lots have been selling above $1.7 million.

Moorooka is closer to the city, has more character housing and a longer strip on Beaudesert Road, but its station is closed until late 2027. Salisbury has the rebuilt station open now, Toohey Forest on the doorstep and more post-war houses on full blocks for the money.

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