Karalee
QLD 4306 · Ipswich
5,521 (2021) → 5,965 est. (2025)
Based on transport, liveability & education. Safety is scored separately below.
Karalee is a suburb in Ipswich, QLD 4306, about 22km from Brisbane CBD. Recent property sales in Karalee are too limited to report a reliable median price. The suburb has 1 school, a transport score of 43/100, and is about 36km inland. Karalee has an overall score of 47/100, based on transport, liveability and education, plus a separate residential safety score of 79/100.
Demographics
Age distribution
Housing tenure
- Owned
- Mortgage
- Rented
Commute to work
- Car
- Public transport
- Walk/cycle
- Work from home
Top countries of birth: England (4.85%), New Zealand (3.02%), South Africa (1.61%), Scotland (0.6%), India (0.58%)
Top languages: Afrikaans (0.85%), Malayalam (0.34%), Tagalog (0.27%), Punjabi (0.24%), Tamil (0.22%)
Source: ABS Census 2021
Property
Suburb-level sale prices aren't published for QLD. Median weekly rents:
Source: RTA Queensland · Updated Q1 2026
Residential Safety
QLDdoesn't publish crime data at the suburb level. The rates shown are the Ipswich local-government-area average applied to this suburb, so other suburbs in the same LGA share the same figures.
Recorded residential incidents (latest year), with rate per 100,000 residents:
Residential incidents over time
Sum of the five residential categories above — not all recorded crime.
Area crime context
An independent score — crime data quality varies by state, so safety is shown separately and is not part of the overall score.
Source: Queensland Police Service (LGA-level) · Updated 2025
Schools
Average ICSEA of schools within 10km 982 (below the national average of 1000).
In suburb
- Karalee State SchoolPrimary · GovernmentICSEA 1046
Nearby (within 10km)
- Mount Crosby State SchoolPrimary · Government · 2.1kmICSEA 1053
- YOS Lawnton - Riverview CampusSecondary · Independent · 4.3km
- St Peter Claver CollegeSecondary · Catholic · 4.4kmICSEA 1011
- Queensland Pathways State College - Bundamba CampusSecondary · Government · 5km
- YMCA Vocational School - IpswichSecondary · Independent · 5kmICSEA 892
- Moggill State SchoolPrimary · Government · 5.2kmICSEA 1098
- Riverview State SchoolPrimary · Government · 5.2kmICSEA 855
- Tivoli State SchoolPrimary · Government · 5.4kmICSEA 909
- Bundamba State SchoolPrimary · Government · 6kmICSEA 903
- Redbank State SchoolPrimary · Government · 6.1kmICSEA 920
- Bundamba State Secondary CollegeSecondary · Government · 6.1kmICSEA 898
- Challenge Trade and Business CollegeSecondary · Independent · 6.4kmICSEA 1010
Source: ACARA 2023
Transport
Source: TfNSW GTFS
Liveability
Amenities within 2–3km
Counted within a short distance of the suburb centre (so nearby facilities count), with the in-boundary count shown beneath.
Source: Bureau of Meteorology · OpenStreetMap
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Frequently asked questions about Karalee
Is Karalee safe?
Karalee has a residential safety score of 79/100, based on residential crime (break-ins, theft from dwellings, vehicle theft, domestic assault and robbery) per resident relative to the NSW median. Its total recorded incident rate is 6,948 per 100,000 across all categories.
How far is Karalee from Brisbane CBD?
Karalee is about 22.1 km from Brisbane CBD, an estimated 78 minutes by public transport.
What schools are in Karalee?
Karalee has 1 school, with an average ICSEA of 1046 (the national average is 1000). Schools are listed factually, not ranked.
What is public transport like in Karalee?
Karalee has a transport score of 43/100.