Redlands · QLD 4161
Alexandra Hills
The green, family heart of the Redlands, around twenty kilometres south-east of the Brisbane CBD, where leafy streets and big back yards give way to conservation reserves full of koalas and gliders, and the bay sits just minutes down the hill.
The only landlocked suburb of the otherwise coastal Redland City, sitting between Cleveland and Capalaba, threaded with creek-side parks and bushland trails, with a real shopping village and the Cleveland rail line close at hand.
“Alexandra Hills is the one suburb in Redland City that turns its back on the water, and that is exactly its appeal: big back yards, leafy streets and conservation corridors where koalas and gliders live almost at the back fence. Houses have grown more than 98% over five years here, and with nearly four in five owned rather than rented, the people who buy into Alexandra Hills tend to stay.“
A Local’s Week
How Alexandra Hills Actually Lives
Forget the brochure version. This is what a week here actually looks like.
Bushland trails on the doorstep
Mornings here start in the green: a loop through the Scribbly Gums reserve or Redlands Track Park, where over 30km of flat trails wind through the gums right in the middle of suburbia. With 13.5% of residents working from home, plenty of days begin on foot or two wheels.
Redlands Track Park ↗Road, then rail
Alexandra Hills sits a few minutes inland from the Cleveland railway line, so the train into the Brisbane CBD is a genuine option from the neighbouring stations. Even so, this is a spread-out, car-friendly suburb, and 80.2% of locals still drive, mostly via Old Cleveland Road East and Finucane Road.
Cleveland line ↗Parks first, the bay close behind
Windemere Road Park keeps the kids busy with its climbing wall, flying fox and skate bowl, and Valantine Park adds playgrounds and cricket nets. When the family wants the water, the Cleveland and Wellington Point foreshores are only a few minutes down the hill.
Windemere Road Park ↗The Alex and a quiet street
Evenings are low-key: a counter meal at the Alexandra Hills Hotel, the everyday runs done at the local shopping village, and the kind of cul-de-sac calm and off-leash dog parks that draw most owners here in the first place and keep them put.
The Alexandra Hills Hotel ↗Alexandra Hills is the only fully landlocked suburb in the otherwise coastal Redland City, which is exactly why it trades at a discount to its bayside neighbours while keeping a greener, family-first character. It took its name in the late-1950s developer era, reportedly a nod to Princess Alexandra around the State centenary, and much of its creek country was kept as conservation parks for squirrel and greater gliders, with a dedicated koala reserve along Windemere Road. More suburb history ↗
Alexandra Hills At A Glance
A green, family suburb in the geographic centre of Redland City, built around bushland and creek-side parks.
Built Green, On Purpose
The Leafy Centre Of The Redlands
Alexandra Hills took its name in the late-1950s developer era, reportedly a nod to Princess Alexandra whose Queensland visit coincided with the State centenary. What followed was classic outer-Brisbane growth: brick-and-tile family homes on generous blocks, threaded with linear parks along the creek lines.
Rather than clear those waterways, the Redlands kept them as conservation parks for squirrel and greater gliders, and added a dedicated koala reserve along Windemere Road. Therefore the suburb now spans two worlds: established family streets, and bushland that comes almost to the back fence.
For buyers, that mix of space, greenery and genuine community is the draw. The trade-off has always been that you sit a few minutes inland from the bay, which is precisely why the entry price has stayed sharper than Cleveland or Ormiston, a gap that is now closing.
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Now For The Practical Bit
Based on 225 house sales over the past 12 months, a deep, high‑confidence sample. Here’s what it costs to buy in.
All beds · median
$1.04M
Range $950k – $1.2M, high confidence
3 bedroom
$988k
12‑month sample
4 bedroom
$1.17M
12‑month sample
5 bedroom
$1.48M
12‑month sample
Cumulative price growth
Annualised, not on the same scale as the bars at left.
First, the supply picture. Unlike its waterfront neighbours, Alexandra Hills is tightly held and barely building: the development database shows a single project of around 20 new dwellings worth about $9.2M, and stock on market sits at just 0.6% with rental vacancy at 2.1%. As a result, well‑presented family homes on good blocks are genuinely scarce and tend to move quickly.
Second, the demand engine. Demand here is the catch‑up trade: buyers priced out of Cleveland, Ormiston and Wellington Point cross the hill for the space, the greenery and the family streets. Market absorption sits above 53%, homes sell in about 16 days, and the long‑standing discount to the bayside suburbs is closing fast, with values up almost 98% over five years. That said, the median hides a wide spread, with comparable sales running from $560k to $2.35M, so the job is to buy the right house in the right pocket rather than chase one figure. Rents rose 3.7% over the year on an easing 3.5% yield, so the case here leans owner‑occupier and long‑horizon growth rather than cashflow.
Why Buyers Keep Coming Back
A Green Family Suburb Where People Buy In And Hold
Alexandra Hills’ largest age band is 45 to 64 at 22.8%, with a strong cohort of school-age children and a median age of 38, right on the national figure. Pair that with a 79% owner-occupier rate and the picture is clear: an established, family-first community of owner-occupiers, not a transient rental market.
A leafy, landlocked suburb of conservation reserves and creek-side parks in the centre of Redland City, around twenty kilometres from the CBD, with the bay foreshores and a real shopping village minutes away.
Who Lives Here
A Settled, Family-First Community
Alexandra Hills leans family and mixed rather than old or transient: 22.8% are aged 45 to 64 and 17.2% are school-age, with a median age of 38. The workforce is trades, professional and administrative, and a high 80.2% drive to work, the trade-off for a spread-out, car-friendly suburb a little inland of the train line.
Occupation
Commute
Recent Sales
Proof Points From The Last Quarter
A sample of what’s actually traded in Alexandra Hills, drawn from 212 recent comparable sales with a median of $1.03M and a spread from $560k to $2.35M: public sale‑record data, not agent marketing.
$1.23M
Alexandra Hills, QLD · House, 4 bed / 2 bath / 3 car, 729m², built 1990
$1.11M
Alexandra Hills, QLD · House, 4 bed / 2 bath / 1 car, 698m², built 1990
$1.1M
Alexandra Hills, QLD · House, 3 bed / 1 bath / 2 car, 909m², built 1985
*By‑bedroom medians and comparables are drawn from a 12‑month sample and can move with low transaction volumes. The detailed sales shown here are recent houses sitting around and above the all‑bedroom median of $1.04M. Properties are shown by suburb, type and attributes only, never by address. Sourced from public sale records, suburb report compiled June 2026.
Before You Fall In Love With An Address
Flood and overland flow are the first things to check in Alexandra Hills. The mapped risk follows the creek systems, particularly the Hilliards Creek and Tingalpa Creek corridors on the suburb’s edges, along with pockets of overland flow where stormwater concentrates. Most established streets sit well clear, but any low-lying or creek-adjacent lot deserves a careful look at the council flood and overland-flow layers before you offer.
Bushfire is the secondary, more localised consideration, concentrated along the southern and eastern fringes where the suburb meets the conservation reserves, including the Scribbly Gums, greater glider, squirrel glider and swamp box areas. Homes backing directly onto bushland can fall within a designated bushfire-prone area, which can affect building requirements, while the central family streets sit clear. For both overlays the definitive source is Redland City Council, and pulling the current flood, storm-tide and bushfire mapping for any shortlisted property is exactly the due diligence we run for our clients, before contracts rather than after.
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