Wilston is a suburb of houses, most of them timber Queenslanders and interwar homes on sloping streets. Through Hamilton Roofing, get a quote from a QBCC-licensed local roofer for a new corrugated iron roof, rusted screws and flashings, a leak, a restoration or new gutters, from Kedron Brook Road and Lovedale Street to the Wilston village shops and the streets above Enoggera Creek.
At the 2021 Census seven in ten Wilston homes were separate houses (1,044), the highest share of the suburbs these pages cover, and about four in five of those houses were owner-occupied. With only about 300 flats and 131 townhouses, most roof requests here are for a single house, often highset and on a slope.
Roofing work in Wilston
Choose the work you’re planning in Wilston, then describe the roof material, condition and access:
- Roof replacement: old corrugated iron, tile or fibro roofs stripped and replaced.
- Tile to Colorbond: concrete or terracotta tiles swapped for a lighter steel roof.
- Roof repairs: cracked tiles, ridge capping, rusted screws and sheets, flashings and valleys.
- Roof leak repairs: leaks traced back to where the water gets in, then fixed there.
- Roof restoration: clean, repair, rebed, repoint and recoat a roof that’s still sound.
- Gutters and downpipes: new gutters, downpipes, fascias and box gutters.
What a new roof or restoration costs in Wilston
The roofer prices the job after seeing the roof. As a guide, these are figures Brisbane contractors and cost guides publish, each with its source; the roof replacement cost guide and roof restoration cost guide have more.
Re-roofing and restoration prices in Brisbane
| Job | Published price | Who publishes it |
|---|---|---|
| Colorbond re-roof, per m² of roof (low, typical and high) | $80, $120 and $180 per m² | whatsthedamage.com.au, Brisbane |
| Full roof replacement, single storey (low, typical and high) | $14,000, $22,000 and $30,000 | whatsthedamage.com.au, Brisbane |
| Full roof replacement in the inner-city and character suburbs, such as Ascot, Clayfield and Wilston | $15,000 – $40,000 | whatsthedamage.com.au, Brisbane |
| Tile to metal re-roof, 180 m² home, all-in (insulation, engineering, scaffolding, skip and compliance) | $23,000 – $28,000 | Fortified Roofing Group, Geebung |
| Typical single-storey tile roof restoration (Brisbane row) | $4,500 – $10,000 | Yakka Labour |
Checked 22 October 2026. whatsthedamage.com.au is a national cost-guide website; its Brisbane table (updated 8 October 2026) says its prices include GST. Fortified is a northside contractor; its tile-to-metal post was updated 18 November 2025 and doesn’t say whether GST is included. Yakka Labour is a labour-hire company’s national cost guide with Brisbane rows (published 1 October 2026), including GST. Your own price comes from the roofer after they’ve seen the roof.
How to get a roofing quote in Wilston
Send the job, what the roof is made of and whether the house is lowset, highset or two storeys. A fixed price comes after a roofer has seen the roof; ask for the scope, materials and price in writing, and check the roofer’s licence and class on the QBCC licensee register.
Re-roofing in Wilston’s character streets
By our calculation from Brisbane City Council’s open data, 84% of Wilston’s residential land is in City Plan’s Traditional building character (TBC) overlay, the highest share of any suburb these pages cover, and about a third of the suburb is zoned Character residential. Yet only eight places are on Council’s local heritage register, among them St Alban the Martyr Anglican Church and St Columba’s church precinct. Wilston’s character is the street as a whole, which is what Council says the overlay protects: it “is limited to the cohesive and visual qualities of the street.”
That makes roof material and colour the question to settle before a re-roof. Council’s severe-weather fact sheet says external repairs with different materials “May require DA in some circumstances” in the TBC or pre-1911 overlay, while like-for-like repairs to a lawful house don’t need a development application. Check the property in City Plan online and ask Council or a certifier; the Queenslander re-roofing guide explains the overlay’s roof wording.
Highset Queenslanders on Wilston’s slopes
Wilston packs about 60 metres of rise into 1.4 square kilometres, by our reading of state LiDAR contours, so many houses sit on tall stumps on a slope. That affects the quote: the roofer has to plan ladders, edge protection or scaffold on the low side, and how sheets get up and old iron comes down. Mention a steep block, the number of steps up from the street and any side access in the request.
Hail and storms in Wilston
The Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience lists Wilston among “the most affected suburbs” in the 16 December 1998 hailstorm, and the Bureau of Meteorology’s storm archive records hail at Wilston on 4 October 1983. Hail cracks tiles and dents old iron; the storm and hail damage page covers what to do after a storm. Enoggera Creek runs along Wilston’s southern side; a FloodWise Property Report shows a property’s flood information.
Roofing in nearby suburbs
Common questions
Do I need approval to change the roof colour or profile in Wilston?
Possibly. Most of Wilston’s houses are in the TBC overlay, and Brisbane City Council’s severe-weather fact sheet says external repairs with different materials “May require DA in some circumstances” there. Like-for-like repairs to a lawful house don’t need a development application. Check the property in City Plan online and ask Council or a certifier before choosing.
What affects the cost of re-roofing a highset Queenslander?
The roof’s size and pitch, the height and slope (edge protection or scaffold), the state of the battens, whether the old roof needs special handling, and the sheet and sarking chosen. See the roof replacement cost guide for published Brisbane figures.
Can rusted iron be repaired instead of replaced?
Often, if the rust is limited to screws, laps and a few sheets. When it’s through most sheets, a re-roof usually makes more sense. See roof repairs and roof replacement.
Is Wilston State School heritage-listed?
Yes, it’s on the Queensland Heritage Register. That listing covers the school, not the houses around it; check your own address on Council’s Local Heritage Places online and the state register.
Where this information comes from
The local details on this page come from these published pages, checked on 22 October 2026.
- ABS 2021 Census QuickStats: Wilston · Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 Census (the latest released)
- Brisbane City Council Open Data: City Plan 2014 overlays, zoning, suburb boundaries and the February 2022 flood extent · Council open data; the overlay and flood shares on these pages are our calculations from it
- Brisbane City Council: heritage and character buildings · Brisbane City Council, undated page
- Brisbane City Council: severe weather fact sheet, repairing or rebuilding dwelling houses · Brisbane City Council, March 2025
- Brisbane City Council: Local Heritage Places online · Council’s register of local heritage places
- Queensland Heritage Register · Queensland Government register of state heritage places
- Brisbane City Council: City Plan online · Council’s property search and Property Lot Report
- Australian Disaster Resilience Knowledge Hub: storm, Brisbane and region, 1998 · Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience, event record for 16 December 1998
- Bureau of Meteorology: Severe Storms Archive · Bureau of Meteorology database of reported storm events, compiled from spotters, diaries and news reports
- Brisbane City Council: FloodWise Property Report · Council’s flood report for a property
