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Oxley
4.5(20 reviews)

Oxley, QLD 4075

4.5(20 reviews)

Suburb within the Brisbane local government area, part of the Brisbane Region in Queensland. Ranked 55th best suburb by locals.

Great for

  • Safe and sound
  • Peace and quiet
  • Clean & green
  • Schools
  • Public transport

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Reviews of Oxley, QLD

Steve McMenamin real estate agent
Steve McMenamin
House Land Co

"Up and coming"

Oxley is one of the best up and coming suburbs in QLD. There are amazing post-war homes that have been renovated. The annual growth for houses is +0.88% which is good!
Beautiful area, great food, amazing people.
Thanks!
Steve Mac | House and Land Expert

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"Thriving Community Hub"

Oxley is a thriving community hub of residential, commercial, and retail sectors, providing its locale with the ideal suburban lifestyle. As one of Brisbane’s oldest suburbs, Oxley showcases a number of beautiful Queenslander's and cottages which nestle among the newer, contemporary homes.

Transport is fantastic with the suburb enjoying its own train station and a fantastic bus connection, as well as direct access to the Ipswich motorway.

There is no shortage of amenities in the area with major retailers including Woolworths, Aldi, TK Maxx, Harvey Norman and Bunnings, along with a chain of smaller local stores, cafes and restaurants. The area also boasts two Taverns, an 18-hole golf course, Private Hospital, multiple daycare centres and a primary school.

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"An amazing place to live, green and leafy and family friendly"

My family has lived here for 11 years. After quite a few moves looking for the right community, we have definitely found it in Oxley. Located a few minutes from Brisbane CBD, Oxley has a great village feel and a friendly community. So convenient with plenty of public transport options, two good supermarkets, a handful of good coffee shops, takeaways, doctors, dentist and speciality stores plus plenty more. Everything you need is here.

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  • Professionals
  • Families with kids
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"On the up and up!"

We got in just as the prices were going up and plan to raise and extend our post war home - this suburb is full of people doing the same.

Well located with links to the city and coast; Oxley Train Station to the city takes 17 minutes.

Our neighbours are predominantly caucasian couples/young families or retirees and over the past year we have noticed lots of hipsters milling around the coffee shops. Rental prices are continuing to rise too bringing in an influx of professionals. We've never seen any 'idiot behaviour'; people are neighbourly and take pride in their homes. Everyone appears to work full time on our street unless they are retired.

Negatives are that it is low lying in areas, but raising the house negates that aspect. Very unlikely that we will move from Oxley.

Great for

  • Friendly
  • Green
  • Pet-Friendly

Not great for

  • Traffic on Oxley Road

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"Hidden Gem"

We moved to Oxley a little over a year ago to raise a family. I have been overwhelmed with the community spirit of this place and the fantastic options the suburb provides. There is absolutely everything here- great schools, fantastic cafe's, boutique shops, beautiful parks, train station, plus the ease of access to everything not to mention being a meer 11km to the CBD. We bought here because we wanted to live in a suburb with history and character. There are beautiful homes here and sprawling parks with established trees- we found it the only affordable suburb this close to Brisbane to meet that criteria.
Our street is full of young home owners who are renovating and revitalising this suburb and we couldn't be happier to have got in to the property market here.

Great for

  • Friendly
  • Green
  • Pet-Friendly
  • Retail Hub
  • Buzz

Not great for

  • Low-levels flood-prone
  • Traffic on Oxley Road

Who lives here?

  • Professionals
  • Singles
  • Families with kids
  • Retirees
  • Tourists
  • LGBT+
  • Hipsters
  • Students
  • Country Lovers
  • Trendy & Stylish
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"Never Moving From Oxley"

I have lived in all parts of Brisbane at various stages of my life and never could i have dreamed to find such a peaceful and cosy suburb such as Oxley, Its feels like i am on holidays every day in this leafy suburb. I have been here for 8 years now and could not imagine raising a family anywhere else. It is getting busier every year but is filling with young new families who take pride in their suburb. 10 km from the city for nights out and plenty of its own boutique shops and restaurants.

Great for

  • Friendly
  • Green
  • Pet-Friendly
  • Retail Hub
  • Buzz

Not great for

  • Traffic on Oxley Road

Who lives here?

  • Professionals
  • Families with kids
  • Retirees
  • Hipsters
  • Trendy & Stylish
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"Fantastic secret High-Side Option"

Oxley can have a bad name brought over from the past. I have lived in the area over 10 years (owner occupied) plus went to high school in the suburb. Over that time I have seen some amazing positive changes. We rented at Chelmer a far more up-market area for 5 years prior to buying in Oxley. In Oxley, on the High-side (away from Oxley Road, and the Right Side of Ipswich Road) you find a hidden secret. Views, old beautiful houses, green streets and amazing neighbours. More and more people are choosing to move her for its location to public transport, ability to renovate and live comfortably, and close shopping options and access to major arterial roads. I believe Oxley residents will have the last laugh - especially when we have experienced homes going from low 100K's to mod 400-600's - don't listen to the hype, get in now before its too late and help revitalise and "yuppy-fy" this great suburb. Just need the last remaining bogans to move out a little further and we will be set for an awesome suburb! Rising Rents should assist this

Great for

  • Friendly
  • Green
  • Pet-Friendly
  • Retail Hub

Not great for

  • Low-levels flood-prone
  • Traffic on Oxley Road

Who lives here?

  • Professionals
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"Go Ahead Revitalised Suburb"

Having bought land close to the centre of Oxley, and rented here for a good three years I know and love it well. It seems to be that more and more people are moving to Oxley, there's a good supply of housing and its a large suburb. With that there is extensive development occurring with the new Woolworths on the cards. Public transport options are great as are road transport options. Shopping is fantastic with most major retailers based there. All it needs is a few more speciality stores, restaurants and a bigger supermarket, to improve its village feel... This is coming however. This I believe this will create a great village atmosphere, for families and young proffessionals etc. I know many people moving here and I believe there is also strong rental demand.

Great for

  • Retail Hub
  • Buzz
  • Friendly
  • Green
  • Pet-Friendly

Not great for

  • Low-levels flood-prone

Who lives here?

  • Professionals
  • Singles
  • Families with kids
  • Retirees
  • Students
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"Covenient, friendly and leafy town with affordable housing for FHB"

We bought our first home in Oxley just under a year ago. In a short-time, we got to know a large number of people on our street, just because everyone is so friendly and helpful! The floods really showed how strong Oxley residents were, and how willing neighbours were to help each other.

Oxley is a bit under-valued, in my opinion, as you have access to the Ipswich motorway in to the city, a fantastic rail-way service (which is improving services very soon), and a quick drive to University of Queensland (which is useful for both staff and students!).

Coming from Sydney, I would say that Oxley has relatively few eating out options - however this seems to be fairly standard for Brisbane (excl. those very inner suburbs, which are very expensive).
However, there is a very nice pub - the Oxley hotel, as well as a friendly, old-school bowls club on Englefield Road. The Marmalade cafe is also a nice little coffee shop on Cook st.
There is also a development in town which hopefully will see an increase in the number of eating out options...

There appears to be action on the beautification front, with plenty of street trees planted around Oxley recently - and I think this will make a vast improvement. Unfortunately, the state of properties/land on Oxley road gives a pretty poor impression of the town, however going down side-streets and into Oxley central will show you that it is a generally green, clean and leafy place.

Great for

  • Green
  • Friendly
  • Pet-Friendly

Not great for

  • Low-levels flood-prone
  • Traffic on Oxley Road

Who lives here?

  • Professionals
  • Singles
  • Families with kids
  • LGBT+
  • Students
  • Country Lovers
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"lovely little Oxley"

Having lived in Oxley for 2 and a half years now we don't want to live anywhere else. And in-fact are looking to buy here over the next two years. Friendly neighbourhood and everything is close by. The local Pizza place on Oxley Station road is superb. Oxley State School i Wonderful My Daughter just started prep. The facilities, teachers, play areas, staff, parents, Children are all just so warm and friendly and I am so elated to have found such a wonderful school in our suburb. There isnt a nightlife, but Indooroopilly is only a 10min drive away. There is a lot of green space for kids tokick a ball and quite a few parks dotted all over Oxley.

Not great for

  • Green ants

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