The PipelineDevelopment Pipeline in Brisbane Inner - North
1 Proposed324applications in assessmentLeading · to July 2026See applications ↓
2 Approved1,307dwellings approved in 2024-25, or 0.78 per 100 existing dwellings a yearOfficial · ABS to June 2026See approvals ↓
3 Building90major projects committed or under construction, 31 of them already on siteForward · completions to 2030+See projects ↓
4 Delivered2,470new addresses verified since the 2021 Census, up 5.2% on the existing baseActual · to June 2026Where it landed ↓
In the 2024-25 financial year the ABS recorded 1,307 dwelling approvals across Brisbane Inner - North. Right now, 324 development applications are lodged in the Brisbane local government area. AreaSearch tracks 90 major projects here that are committed or under construction, the largest being Northshore Hamilton Priority Development Area (Northshore Brisbane) at an estimated $15.0bn. On the ground, 2,470 new addresses have been verified since the 2021 Census — growth of 5.2% on the existing address base.
These four figures are deliberately not added together. An application, an
approval and a project under construction are often the same building at three points in its life,
measured by three different bodies with three different lags. Read them as a sequence, not a total.
ApprovedBuilding Approvals in Brisbane Inner - North
What councils and certifiers have formally
permitted — the ABS series, published about four months in arrears.
Approvals are running at 0.78 per 100 existing dwellings a year, in line with the Queensland rate of 0.77. Recent approvals are dominated by attached housing — apartments, townhouses and other non-detached dwellings make up 88% of them. Detached houses make up 37% of the homes already standing here but only 11% of the past five years of approvals, so the area is densifying. The average approved dwelling is valued at $612,000 in construction cost.
For its size, Brisbane Inner - North is adding 0.78 dwellings a year per 100 existing homes — in line with the Queensland rate of 0.77 and the national rate of 0.71. That is about 7.8 approvals a year for every 1,000 residents. Building intensity has fallen by about 55% across the published series.
Measured against people rather than housing stock, Brisbane Inner - North is approving 3.88 dwellings a year per 1,000 residents — below the Queensland rate of 6.67. The two rate views differ by household size, which here averages 2.3 people per home. Housing the projection to 2041 would need about 4.78 per 1,000 residents a year.
Dwelling approvals a year per 100 existing
homes, with Queensland and Australia for comparison. This is the
same activity as the totals view, divided by the size of the area — which is the only
fair way to compare a large SA3 with a small one.
Dwelling approvals a year per 1,000
residents, each year divided by that year’s estimated resident
population (ABS ERP at 30 June), not by today’s — which matters most in fast-growing
areas, where a fixed denominator can understate the early years by half. The most recent periods use the latest published ERP, as the population series runs a year behind approvals. Read it alongside the per-100-homes view: the two differ wherever household size does.
Dwelling units approved each financial year. The dashed line is the five-year average of 884.
How intensively is it building?
Dwelling approvals a year per 100 existing dwellings.
Brisbane Inner - North0.78
Queensland0.77
Australia0.71
What is here, and what is coming
Detached houses as a share of existing homes,
against the share of recent approvals.
Existing homes (2021 Census)37%
Approved, last 5 years11%
Approved, latest year12%
Detached housesApartments, townhouses & other
Approvals mix by year
Share of each year’s approvals.
2022
2023
2024
2025
2024-25
$1.18bn
Residential work approved
2024-25
$487m
Commercial work approved
construction cost
$612,000
Average value per approved dwelling
last two years
170
Residents per approval
Supply & DemandIs Brisbane Inner - North Building Enough Homes?
The same approvals, measured against the population
they have to house.
Brisbane Inner - North approves about 7.8 new dwellings a year for every 1,000 residents. Since the 2021 Census it has added 13,365 residents but only 2,470 new addresses — about 5.4 extra people for every home built, against an average household of 2.3. On those numbers supply has not kept pace with growth. Housing the population projected for 2041 implies roughly 542 new dwellings a year from here, which puts the recent approval rate of 884 a year comfortably ahead of what the projection needs.
Growth against supply since the Census
People added for every new address verified,
against the size of an average local household.
People added per new home5.4
Average household size2.3
A bar longer than the household average means
the area gained more residents than its new housing could hold, and the extra had to be
absorbed by existing homes.
Approval rate against projected need
Dwellings a year: what is currently being
approved, against what the 2041 population projection implies.
Approved (5-yr average)884
Implied need to 2041542
Implied need assumes the average household stays
at today’s 2.3 people. Approvals are not
completions, and not every approval is built.
What is being asked for right now — applications
collected from council planning portals, before any of it reaches the ABS series above.
AreaSearch tracks applications of material scale; routine minor works such as signage and
fencing changes are not carried, so these are not counts of every application lodged. 352
of them carry an AreaSearch analyst assessment — look for the
Analysed marker in the search below.
AreaSearch tracks 8,455 development applications of material scale lodged with council across Brisbane Inner - North, the most recent in July 2026. The most common types in the queue are commercial, multi-residential and retail. Live applications account for about 3,899 proposed dwellings.
Number of applications by development type. This is the clearest
single picture of what kind of place Brisbane Inner - North is being asked to become. Councils in
Queensland do not publish an estimated cost of works in
their planning feeds, so applications here are counted rather than valued. A further 65 applications sit across
4 smaller categories,
too few to plot.
Where the applications stand
As reported by the council. Highlighted rows are
applications still in assessment.
Decided6,625
Past1,499
In Progress331
7 applications are still marked under
assessment but were lodged more than
18 months ago. Councils often leave determined or
abandoned applications open in their feeds, so
they are counted here but excluded
from the live queue above.
By local government area
Applications on record within each council area that
overlaps Brisbane Inner - North. This counts applications inside this
statistical area only — it is not a total for the council.
Brisbane8,455
Recent applications in Brisbane Inner - North
By the number of dwellings proposed, as lodged. Figures are the applicant’s own and are not verified by AreaSearch.
Change application for temporary relocation and reinstatement of a heritage dwelling during basement worksNewstead - Bowen Hills · In Progress · lodged Nov 2025
845 dwellings
25-storey residential tower with 235 apartments and a ground-floor cafe.Newstead - Bowen Hills · In Progress · lodged Sep 2025
235 dwellings
Two residential towers (12 & 14 storeys, 232 units) and a 1-into-2 lot subdivisionWooloowin - Lutwyche · In Progress · lodged Aug 2025
232 dwellings
Minor change to development approval for Tower D of Ascot Green Stage 2B residential towers.Ascot · In Progress · lodged May 2026
229 dwellings
Minor change to Tower D of Ascot Green, reducing yield to 117 units via amalgamations.Ascot · In Progress · lodged May 2026
229 dwellings
Revision of a 28-storey mixed-use tower (Stage 1), increasing units to 176.Newstead - Bowen Hills · In Progress · lodged Mar 2026
176 dwellings
Minor change to Stage 1 of an approved 28-storey mixed-use development, revising podium and tower.Newstead - Bowen Hills · In Progress · lodged Mar 2026
176 dwellings
30-storey tower development on a 4-storey podiumNewstead - Bowen Hills · In Progress · lodged May 2026
161 dwellings
BuildingFORWARDMajor Projects & Infrastructure in Brisbane Inner - North
What is funded and moving — the projects large enough
to change how Brisbane Inner - North works, ranked by committed value and how close
they are to delivery.
AreaSearch tracks 90 current projects across Brisbane Inner - North. The largest is Northshore Hamilton Priority Development Area (Northshore Brisbane) at an estimated $15.0bn, due by 2041. That breaks down as 31 under construction, 17 approved and awaiting a start and 42 still in planning. The pipeline is weighted toward residential development, communities, precincts & urban renewal and transport & logistics.
Under construction$1.10bnby 2028
Herston Quarter Redevelopment
A $1.1 billion health-focused mixed-use precinct transforming the former Royal Childrens Hospital site. The project integrates the STARS public hospital, a heritage-listed core featuring restored student…
Mirvac's Waterfront Newstead is a major Brisbane riverfront urban renewal project delivering premium apartments, build-to-rent housing, retail, public open space and landscaped waterfront parkland. Quay has…
Three-tower mixed-use development by Wentworth Equities. Formerly known as Platinum or Icon, the $1 billion Hamilton Grove project has commenced early construction works with Mainland Civil. The precinct…
Teneriffe BanksUnder construction · Communities, Precincts & Urban Renewal · by 2028 · Newstead - Bowen Hills
$1.50bn
GrevilleUnder construction · Communities, Precincts & Urban Renewal · by 2026 · Wooloowin - Lutwyche
$300m
Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games Infrastructure ProgramUnder construction · Sports & Recreation · by 2032 · Kelvin Grove - Herston
$7.10bn
Brisbane Athletes Village - RNA ShowgroundsUnder construction · Precincts & Urban Renewal · by 2032 · Newstead - Bowen Hills
$1.50bn
Eagle Farm Racecourse Master Plan RedevelopmentUnder construction · Precincts & Urban Renewal · by 2032 · Ascot
$1.50bn
Bowen Bridge Road UpgradeUnder construction · Transport & Logistics · by 2027 · Newstead - Bowen Hills
$180m
Oxford & CommercialUnder construction · Residential Development · by 2027 · Newstead - Bowen Hills
$380m
The Albion - Hudson Road Mixed-Use DevelopmentApproved · Communities, Precincts & Urban Renewal · by 2028 · Albion
$250m
Exhibition Precinct RedevelopmentUnder construction · Communities, Precincts & Urban Renewal · by 2034 · Newstead - Bowen Hills
$2.50bn
Brisbane Showgrounds Regeneration ProjectUnder construction · Communities, Precincts & Urban Renewal · by 2033 · Newstead - Bowen Hills
$2.90bn
Northshore Hamilton Priority Development Area (Northshore Brisbane)Under construction · Communities, Precincts & Urban Renewal · by 2041 · Albion
$15.0bn
Ascot GreenUnder construction · Communities, Precincts & Urban Renewal · by 2036 · Ascot
$1.01bn
75 further projects in
Brisbane Inner - North are not listed here.
Combined values on this page exclude
6 records that appear to be
separate stages of a project already counted. Both are still listed
above with their own values.
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Beyond 2030:
a further $40.8bn across
13 projects with completion dates further out — mostly precinct-scale programs whose dates are
indicative. Kept out of the chart so the years you can act on stay readable.
Estimated value of tracked projects by the year they are due to
complete, stacked by how certain they are. The dark band is money already being spent;
the pale band is still an intention. Estimates are indicative and mix infrastructure
cost with whole-of-precinct development value, so read the shape rather than the totals.
Approvals PipelineDevelopment Applications in Brisbane Inner - North
Development applications around
Brisbane Inner - North
Development approvals is a new addition to AreaSearch.
We’re actively expanding council coverage and refining the dataset — details and statuses for some councils may be partial. Check back regularly for the latest pipeline.
Applications
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In the local catchment
Est. Value
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Where disclosed
Under Assessment
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Awaiting determination
Determined
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Approved or decided
Approvals pipelineStatus, location, timing and project scale
Loading development applications…
Lodged
Address
Description
Type
Distance
Status
SOURCE: Planning portals and council registers, compiled by AreaSearch. Distance & bearing measured from the suburb midpoint.
ProfessionalPRODevelopment Map for Brisbane Inner - North
Applications and major projects plotted where
they are actually proposed, with the
130 projects AreaSearch tracks here on their own tab — filterable by type, delivery stage,
area and committed value. To search every application on record rather
than this sample, use the section above.
DistributionWhere Development Is Happening in Brisbane Inner - North
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Brisbane Inner - North.
Planning AuthoritiesCouncils Covering Brisbane Inner - North
Development in Brisbane Inner - North is assessed within the Brisbane local government area. AreaSearch publishes development
figures at ABS statistical boundaries rather than council boundaries. That is deliberate: the ABS
issues a separate official building-approvals series for local government areas, and totals
built up from statistical areas would not match it. Reporting at SA3 keeps every figure on this page
reconcilable with the published ABS series.
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major projects for areas neighbouring Brisbane Inner - North.
Data & MethodSources & Method for Brisbane Inner - North
The four tenses, and what each one can tell you
Proposed — development applications
Collected from council planning portals. The
earliest signal available, but the least certain: many applications are amended,
withdrawn or refused, values are the applicant’s own estimate, and coverage
varies by council. This is a curated set, not the full council feed:
AreaSearch carries applications of material scale and does not track routine minor
works such as signage, fencing or small alterations, so the counts here are lower
than a council’s own total lodgement figure and should not be compared with it. Applications still shown as under assessment more than
18 months after lodgement are reported separately
and kept out of the live-queue figures: the age profile of open applications is
sharply split between a genuine queue under a year old and a long tail of records
councils never closed. Not every state publishes a cost of works — Queensland,
the Northern Territory and the ACT publish none at all — so on those pages
applications are counted rather than valued and no dollar figure is shown
rather than a partial one. Treated here as a snapshot of the current queue only —
AreaSearch does not chart application counts over time, because the history
reflects when each portal was collected rather than when development happened.
Approved — ABS building approvals
The official series, aggregated to SA3 from
ABS building approvals data, currently published to June 2026.
Counts dwelling units approved, not buildings and not completions. The most recent
financial year is annualised from nine months of data wherever it appears and is
labelled as such.
Building — major projects
Projects tracked individually by AreaSearch
from Infrastructure Australia, state infrastructure agencies, developer disclosures
and council records. Values are estimates and delivery dates are targets. Ranked on
this page by committed value and delivery stage rather than by distance.
Delivered — verified new addresses
New residential addresses verified in the national
address register since the 2021 Census. This is the closest available measure of what has
actually been built, though address creation can lead occupation and lags
construction. It is not a completions count.
Boundaries
Brisbane Inner - North is Statistical Area Level 3 30503 in the ABS Australian Statistical Geography Standard (2021 edition), made up of 13 Statistical Areas Level 2.
It has an estimated 113,428 residents, +13.4% since the 2021 Census.
Currency
Measure
Source
To
Dwelling approvals, five-year average
ABS / AreaSearch
June 2026
House share of approvals
ABS / AreaSearch
June 2026
Residents per approval
ABS / AreaSearch
June 2026
Value per approved dwelling
ABS / AreaSearch
June 2026
Commercial work approved
ABS / AreaSearch
June 2026
Verified new addresses since the Census
Address register / AreaSearch
May 2026
Development applications
Council planning portals
July 2026
Major projects
Infrastructure Australia / state agencies / AreaSearch
Ongoing
Figures on this page are read live from the
AreaSearch database each time it loads, so they update as soon as a source does.
Development in Brisbane Inner - North — common questions
How many new dwellings were approved in Brisbane Inner - North?
The ABS recorded 1,307 dwelling approvals across Brisbane Inner - North in the 2024-25 financial year, against a five-year average of 884 a year.
How many development applications are lodged in Brisbane Inner - North?
AreaSearch tracks 8,455 development applications of material scale across Brisbane Inner - North — routine minor works such as signage and fencing are not included, so this is not a count of every application lodged, of which 324 remain in assessment. Applications are assessed within the Brisbane local government area. The most recent application in our data was lodged in July 2026.
What major projects are planned for Brisbane Inner - North?
AreaSearch tracks 90 current major projects in Brisbane Inner - North, 31 of them under construction. The largest include Herston Quarter Redevelopment, Waterfront Newstead - Mirvac Masterplan and Hamilton Grove.
Which council covers Brisbane Inner - North?
Brisbane Inner - North is an ABS Statistical Area Level 3. It is covered by the Brisbane local government area. AreaSearch publishes development figures at ABS statistical boundaries rather than council boundaries, so they reconcile with the official ABS series.
Is Brisbane Inner - North growing faster than the rest of Queensland?
On development approvals, Brisbane Inner - North is adding new dwellings at about the same rate as Queensland as a whole — 0.78 approvals per 100 existing dwellings a year against the state figure of 0.77.
How current is this development data?
ABS building approvals are published with a lag of roughly four months; this page carries the series to June 2026. Development applications are collected from council planning portals and refresh continuously, with the most recent application here lodged in July 2026. Major project records are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Each section carries its own currency label so the four are never confused.
Development data is provided for general information.
Estimated values, dwelling counts and delivery dates come from the lodging or delivering party and
are not independently verified by AreaSearch. Confirm anything material with the relevant council
or agency before relying on it.
Denotes AI-based impression for illustrative purposes only, not to be taken as
definitive under any circumstances. Please follow links and conduct other
investigations from the project’s source for actual imagery. Developers and
project owners wishing us to use original imagery please Contact
Us and we will do so.