Redbank Plains, QLD 4301

I agree with this review. I think the residents that are happy don't tend to come onto this website to say why!

I thought I should update the 'What's in the area' details ... I have been told that Aldi's will be opening up next to Woolies at Redbank Plains - I am very excited to know we will have our own in the near future. I was told that this was planned to be open by 2015. I have also been told that Costco has taken up an idea to build there first store in QLD next door to Masters in Springfield Central ... So looking forward to that happening too - the dates for that were also expected in the next few years too. From what I understood that Mirvac (who run Orion) had to establish a few more buidlings before they were considering on starting on the Costco building. Anyway I hope that helps.

Fantastic chris_and_niki great review (and well done on the editors choice!)

Does anyone know the area around Pleasant Drive Redbank Plains? Thinking of moving there? As I do not know the area I am really relying on the locals for their input. Thanks. :)

hey dear chris and niki, thank you for such wonderful reviews, however,I was wondering that is this place convenient for people who works in CBD? it took 30 min to get to CBD. However, I have heard that the government are building a new CBD in springfield, is that true? I am thinking to buying a house in redbank, what is ur opinion for that ? :)

Hello Oscar! In relation to your first question - the buses here are pretty bad not very reliable and aren't exactly setup to get to places quickly. The best public transport is the trains. Your choices are Springfield Central, Goodna or Redbank Station. I prefer Springfield Central as there are expresses that can get you into the city in 30 mins comfortably and you always get a seat. They have approved plans for Redbank Plains train station but it is population capped. In regards to your second question yes that is correct Maha (CEO of Springfield Land Corp) has great plans for Greater Springfield. It won't all be here tomorrow but he is pushing quite a bit through. The government isn't building it but they are supporting it (sometimes). Finally, Redbank and Redbank Plains are older suburbs so you will have neighbours that have been here for quite a while. Asking the neighbours of the potiential buy wouldn't hurt to find out about the street. Also take note that Redbank Plains was obviously a flood plain so blacksoil is very common so just means to get the footings inspected to be safe. The older houses seem to have been built to last where the newer ones not so much - movement can be pretty bad for some. I have also been informed where the Redbank Plains shopping centre is will no longer be Aldi's but will be ripped down and the entire corner block (including the grass area next door) will be a whole new complex that will include Coles & Target and other shops. So will be interesting to see. Also Redbank Plains Rd gets a revamp starting this year so it will be dual access right through from Jones Rd to Centenary Highway. Also with the opening of of Collingwood Drive from Redbank Plains Rd now also means quicker access to Redbank & Collingwood Park now too.

Oh and Costco now is on the backburn but now Bunnings is setting up next door to Masters at Springfield Central - so loving that convenience!

Dear Chris and niki, thanks for all the help you are offering to make up people's mind on moving to this area. I am thinking of buying an Investment property in Fernbrooke Ridge Estate. This is my first IP and I am not very aware of the market and factors. Would really appreciate if you could suggest me a couple of things, I am worried about:
1) cappital growth in this estate
2) flooding and black soil issue
3) if the population is that much here to get tenants easily or if the properties are vacant for long times.
4) how is this estate's accessibility from other main areas of redbank plains
any other thing you would like to suggest. Sorry for all the trouble. But it would really help me avoid getting into trouble with my first IP as I dont have much money to pay bank installments without place getting rented.
Thanks
Nish

Hello NishantG I hope I can assist with your questions.

1) Capital growth in this area has slowed right down due to the influx of property availability. With Fernbrooke Ridge and Edens Landing going full swing the growth will probably hold out now until the land availability starts to be scarce.

2) Flooding is always going to be on the cards as the name says 'plains' - just keep an eye out for 6 Mile Creek. Redbank Plains is entirely blacksoil. This just means that it has the capability of moving quite a bit between dry spells and wet seasons. If you have a soil test done on the land you buy this will let you know how bad the soil can move. It some cases it can costs you 10s of thousands to be able to limited the movement in the slab (deeper piers) also do research if the builder recommends waffle pods for the slab. I have seen a lot of bad cracking in houses because waffle pods had been used.

3) in relation to turnaround in 2012 it took 7 weeks for my house to be rented so wasn't too long. Unsure to be honest in the availability side I would contact Ray White in Redbank Plains and ask them for those details. Units seem to go pretty quickly I have to say though.

4) even though Redbank Plains is an older suburb all the developments happening around it are making it more accessible. To the west we have a 15-20 min drive to the centre of Ipswich and to the east we have a 10 min drive to the Greater Springfield area and all its potential. I recommend going to the Edens Landing website and checking out their master plan so you can see what's coming near Fernbrooke Ridge.

So I suppose the question should be asked if you are tight for repayments now when the interest rates are at a record low how would you handle a rate rise? If things are already tight I wouldn't recommend buying your first IP in houses. Also with growth that means land values go up so rates are higher and so in tale your insurances will also increase. If you are limited for money I would consider going into units. Look at a complex that you like and as each property becomes available on the market buy the next unit. The growth for units as been very similar to housing and the rent availability of units is a very small turn around but at least you won't need to go bankrupt when the interest rates start to go back up again.


Hope I helped ;)

redbank plains is a terrible place to live. people take their lives into their own hand by walking around after dark sharing the streets with machete wielding punks. at school start and finish our streets become raceways with idiots both sexes young and old travelling in access of 60 km/h. Our streets are 50. Hoons sitting on corners burning rubber , engines screaming with no regards to anyone's safety. Does any one care? No. council don't give a s*** police are never around when you need them. Roads are almost totally blocked off with all these people dropping of kids instead of making them take school busses. Parties that you can hear from kilometres away, and no one cares. Flying foxes are taking over the trees behind willow road west, screeching and smelly, but don't complain to council this vermin is a protected species. There is nothing nice to say about redbank plains.

Hi Chris & Niki !

Thanks for sharing all info earlier.

I am looking to get an corner block /Land + Home Package at Six Mile Creek Collingwood Park.would be able to guide me please about how good is the area.I am just looking for more open space area with access to gardens and all,and i am also not sure if moving to Karalee could be other better option as well.Please advise.Thanks !

Hi Chris and Nikki, Thanks a lot for providing all info in this forum.I am looking to get an land and home package in Six Mile Creek Collingwood Park Qld 4301.Please advise if area is good for living.Thanks !

Hi Chris and Nikki. Bottlebrush Cres, Redbank Plains is this a nice & quiet area?

Sam... Move to Karalee, better class of people! No offence to Redbank.

Hi Chris & Nikki - I am considering to invest my first IP in Redban Plains within the Edens Crossing estate. Since I am in VIC I am limited with my understanding of the area in terms of how the rental market goes for the area, a realistic rent that could be received for a newly built 4/2/2 house so that I could have my numbers close to the reality. Id greatly appreciate if you could please shed some light on this. Also I am hearing that the train station is 6 years away however the Ipswich council chair, has announced that Redbank Plains can not wait for the completion of the cross river rail project to finish and thus will be bringing the Redbank Plains station plan forward given the number of people are moving into RBP each quarter. Is this true or anything that you may know about this?

Yes ICC and Sekisui want to bring the train forward for Ripley. That will give us a train station at Redbank Plains. Pretty good value at the moment _ still can get acreages with a livable house on it for early 400k. It's a dream!

Hi Chris and Nikki, I am looking at buying a house in French Court. Do you know if that are is ok for families? I can see is near Henty Drive which seems to have a bad reputation? Do you have any insights please? Which parts of Henty Drive are not good if any? Thanks a lot.

Can someone please advise of the area on/around Tina street? Looking to move but we don't know the area very well.

To add - we bought in the older section now with a large block. Previously lived in the newer section.

I do not think this comment describe Redbank plains . I have been living in this area for 1 year already . it is a nice Suburb a good value money Comparing another ones .I have not seen anything that you describe here We do biking with my kid at least 3 days a week , and I have not seen people try to steal our items or see serious assaults around . I have not smell even once the odour that you are talking about . in my own opinion Does matter where you live You can have bad or good experiencies. For example one work mate who lived in north side Brisbane Classified hight class Suburb have to save woman live because his husband was trying stub her My work-mate had to called the policed the guy end up Killed by the police . Also my own experience living in Annerley Classified as a good location one day at 1 pm a guy break our neighbor door and steal his jewels. It is all depends but again my own experience have been really good . But the way I suggest to visit redbank- plains Reserve recreation park. It is really Nice it has a good areas for kids .

I'm glad you're having a positive experience living here and I hope that the majority do. Crime happens everywhere that's obvious but it does happen more often in high crime areas such as Redbank Plains. One look at the QPS Crime Map will show you that. Just because you haven't experienced something personally doesn't mean that others haven't. Take one look at your community pages for the recent crimes mentioned. In regards to the smell there's a reason why the government has created an Odour Abatement Taskforce receiving over 4000 community complaints in 2020 alone. Others moving to the area may like to know this as I would have. One quick google search key words Redbank Plains Odour will show you that many have experienced the smell I'm referring to. I'm glad you haven't and hope it stays that way!

well , sad to heard you experienced those kind of odors in your location but I heard that qld government is doing a lot investments with Remondis company to create a sustainable recycling location because this affect Ripley.https://www.statedevelopment.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/33563/remondis-waste-to-energy-facility-ias.pdf

for the crime rates data depend how you analyzed it , because if you type Redbank plains and mount Gravatt and compare it, the result is that it is way more crime in mount Gravatt , the reason for that is population. The population in Redbank plains is higher than other suburbs in Ipswich . also depend which programs or polices activities are crossing . in my opinion police is working a lot in this area to clean that kind of bad reputation that this location has in the past even when I moved here a lot aussie friend suggested to do not move south Brisbane (Ipswich )or north Brisbane ( Redcliffe) . also is important to check when type in google crime rate check the date of the publication because on google there is a lot raw data that is not related to the current time .

for the crime rates data depend how you analyzed it , because if you type Redbank plains and mount Gravatt and compare it, the result is that it is way more crime in mount Gravatt , the reason for that is population. The population in Redbank plains is higher than other suburbs in Ipswich . also depend which programs or polices activities are crossing . in my opinion police is working a lot in this area to clean that kind of bad reputation that this location has in the past even when I moved here a lot aussie friend suggested to do not move south Brisbane (Ipswich )or north Brisbane ( Redcliffe) . also is important to check when type in google crime rate check the date of the publication because on google there is a lot raw data that is not related to the current time .

Mate you're kidding yourself if you don' think there's an issue with the crime rate in Redbank Plains more so than other areas. Tell that to the woman who posted on the Redbank Plains Community Notice Board on the 04/10/2021 warning other women to be cautious after she was harassed by a male in his car as she was walking around the Recreational Reserve you recommend before. Or to the mother on the 03/10/2021 who posted about her daughter being mugged by a man who stole her phone as she was walking, CCTV image attached to her post... The list goes on, it's a real group feel free to join. The type of crimes and frequency in which they are reported is something I just don't see in other community pages I have been a part of. I'm not here to educate or enlighten you as an individual on what other members of your community are experiencing that you as a male who occasionally rides his bike a few times a week haven't experienced. This is a place for everyone to share their personal experiences/opinions regarding their suburb, not just for those who share the same opinion as you. If you don't agree with my review move on?

Mate I did not say That is not a crime issue in this suburb like any other Medium class suburb , I am just trying to show other people who read This kind of comments That this not a fabella like in Brazil this is normal medium class suburb where you may experience interactions with People that you do not want it .Of course if you do not want those interactions there is a better location , maybe Brookwater , chape hill , hope island , Kenmore . I do not want to spent my all salary just paying a mortgage or spent all my life to pay a house . easy equation better locations means more money to spent , anyways my all point here is someone read the comments, have another point view and if someone is looking to move here it is not that bad .

Redbank Plains is not a medium class suburb it's a lower socio-economic suburb dealing with lower socio-economic issues as I mentioned above. You clearly have never lived in a medium class suburb if you think Redbank Plains is medium class.

Well living in Australia for more than 10 years greenslopes , annerley , camp hill and yeronga. Does not have sustentation to said that redbank plains is medium class is ok plusss

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Mate the more you comment on my review the more attention you're going to give it for the next viewer. If you're so against my opinion and people seeing it, go talk to yourself in the comments section of your own review, maybe that will bump yours up. Go enjoy the rest of your day, like I'm about to. Don't waste it on trying to be right on a website based on opinions.

It is okey mate I will promise myself this the last reply because this kind of discussion never ending . you think that living in costly suburbs. You will not deal with crime . Sad to tell but I experienced Worst news than here in other locations that lived in . you going to tell me that yeronga is not medium class . I think depends where you lived you get interested in those kind of news or coments . https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/7news.com.au/news/qld/man-to-stand-trial-for-wheelie-bin-murder-c-1029906.amp.

No I don't think that... Like I said crime happens everywhere but it happens more frequently in high crime areas like Redbank Plains that's a given. You've lived in Australia for 10 years, I lived here for 30 years spending a decent amount of time in each area I've lived in... Whilst I'm grateful Redbank Plains allowed me to get my foot in the door and become a home owner I would have picked a different entry level suburb based purely on the issues surrounding Swanbank as mentioned in my review. It would have been a deal breaker for me & I wish someone would have mentioned it on this very page. The higher crime rate is a given in any affordable/entry level suburb that doesn't mean it's not worth mentioning. BYEEEEE...

I have lived in redbank plains since 1986. The area was beautifull with minimum size blocks at 1/2 an acre Plenty of bush only 800 meters from shanahan parade. Some roads were still dirt, there was plenty of wild life, kangaroos, dingoes, koalas.lizzards etc. try and find some now. Redbank plains is just a dumping ground for immigrants,blocks of land where there used to be one house now has 3 homes or more, Crime rate is unbelievable. not only is redbank plains effected, take a step further and have a look at bellbird park. Koalas used to live in our back yard. now your lucky to have a backyard. Bloody units everywhere which once were not allowed to be build. Think twice and ask people who have lived here to see the changes that are happening.

Hi just wanting to buy in the area of Edens in redbank plains and want to know if the smell issue is gone? I visited one of the houses and there was some smell coming in the bedrooms only but no where else. Is it the same smell you are taking about or the smell you are talking about is everywhere? Your prompt reply will be appreciated.