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How much do security guards cost in Brisbane?

By The WTD Editorial Team · Last reviewed November 2026 · Methodology

Updated November 2026·Independently researched·11 min read

A static security guard in Brisbane runs $40–$60 per hour

for a weekday day shift, as published by security firms (mostly ex GST where stated) - night, weekend, public holiday, event and patrol rates below

A James Street Fortitude Valley bar that puts licensed crowd controllers on the door from Friday night pays $55–$85 per guard per hour, with $60 typical. An Eagle Farm freight yard that only needs someone to check the gates after dark pays by the visit, at $30–$60 per mobile patrol.

+3.4% Security Guards costs in Brisbane are up around 3.4% over the past year, re-verified against 90+ sources in November 2026. Year on year

Typical static guard rate in Brisbane, weekday day shift

$45

per guard per hour, Brisbane 2026, as published

Static security guard, weekday day shift

$40-$60

Static guard, night or weekend shift

$55-$75

Static guard, public holiday

$80-$120

$40$45$60

Brisbane guard quotes start from one number and then move with the clock. A static guard on a weekday day shift is $40–$60 per hour; move that same booking to a night or a weekend and it becomes $55–$75, and on a public holiday $80–$120. Firms usually set a minimum booking length, which is why a one-evening job at a Given Terrace Paddington shop is priced to the minimum rather than the hours on the floor.

The officer type matters as much as the hours. Licensed crowd controllers at $55–$85 per guard per hour work the doors along James Street and Boundary Street West End; event security guards at $45–$70 per guard per hour cover South Bank and Howard Smith Wharves functions; and a Milton or Newstead office building that wants a person at reception books a concierge or front-desk officer at $40–$65 per hour.

Sites that do not need a person all day are bought another way. A mobile patrol is $30–$60 per site visit and a contract of nightly patrols on one site $400–$1,200 per month; a construction site guard is $45–$70 per hour, one 10-hour overnight site shift $500–$750 and one 8-hour weekday static shift $280–$480. A private party or wedding with 2 guards for 6 hours runs $660–$840 per event, and a council-run hall that sets its own event security charge prices the guard at $68–$198 per guard per hour.

Quick answerA static security guard in Brisbane costs $40–$60 per hour for a weekday day shift in 2026, with $45 typical, $55–$75 per hour for a night or weekend shift and $80–$120 per hour on a public holiday. Event security guards run $45–$70 per guard per hour, licensed crowd controllers $55–$85 per guard per hour and a mobile patrol $30–$60 per site visit. Prices are as published by security firms and councils, mostly ex GST where a basis is stated. Get free Brisbane quotes →

Security Guards Prices in Brisbane 2026: Cost Table, Price List and Hourly Rates

Service	Low	Typical	High
Static security guard, weekday day shift	$40per hour	$45	$60
Event security guard	$45per guard per hour	$55	$70
Licensed crowd controller (venues, events)	$55per guard per hour	$60	$85
Mobile patrol, per site visit	$30per visit	$35	$60
Static guard, public holiday	$80per hour	$100	$120
Static guard, night or weekend shift	$55per hour	$65	$75
Concierge or front-desk security officer	$40per hour	$50	$65
Construction site guard	$45per hour	$50	$70
Overnight site guard, one 10-hour shift	$500per shift	$650	$750
Static guard, one 8-hour weekday shift	$280per shift	$360	$480
Mobile patrol contract, one site, nightly patrols	$400per month	$600	$1,200
Private party or wedding, 2 guards for 6 hours	$660per event	$780	$840
Event security guard at a council venue (council-set hourly charge)	$68per guard per hour	$80	$198

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Prices are as published by security firms and councils, mostly ex GST where a basis is stated. Greater Brisbane, November 2026.

How much does a security guard cost per hour in Brisbane?$40–$60 per hour for a static guard on a weekday day shift, $45 typical. The rate climbs to $55–$75 per hour for a night or weekend shift and $80–$120 per hour on a public holiday, and one 8-hour weekday shift is priced at $280–$480 per shift.

What do event security and patrols cost in Brisbane?Event security guards run $45–$70 per guard per hour and licensed crowd controllers $55–$85 per guard per hour. A mobile patrol is $30–$60 per site visit, or $400–$1,200 per month on a contract of nightly patrols for one site.

Worked Security Guards Cost Scenarios — Brisbane

Three Brisbane bookings priced from this page's rows: a Fortitude Valley bar door, a Newstead apartment site and a Howard Smith Wharves wedding. Each names the row it uses; your own quote prices your hours, guard numbers and site.

Fortitude Valley bar, Friday and Saturday doors. A cocktail bar off James Street rosters two licensed crowd controllers at $55–$85 per guard per hour ($60 typical) from opening to close on Friday and Saturday, adds a static guard at $80–$120 per hour for the public holiday weekend, and books a mobile patrol at $30–$60 per site visit to check the rear lane after the doors shut.
Newstead apartment site, overnight guard. A builder with a residential tower going up in Newstead keeps a construction site guard on the hoarding gate at $45–$70 per hour ($50 typical) through the working day, then books one overnight site guard on a 10-hour shift at $500–$750 per shift while fit-out stock sits on the lower floors.
Howard Smith Wharves wedding. A couple holding a riverside reception at Howard Smith Wharves books 2 guards for 6 hours at $660–$840 per event ($780 typical) to watch the entry, the gift table and the car park, and asks the firm to confirm the finish time so the last hour is not billed at a separate rate.

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Security Guards Costs by Sector in Brisbane

Brisbane's guard bookings spread from the late venues of Fortitude Valley and Boundary Street West End and the riverside events at South Bank and Howard Smith Wharves, across the CBD and Queen Street Mall, to the freight and industrial estates of Eagle Farm, Acacia Ridge, Richlands and Yatala, the centres at Westfield Chermside, Westfield Garden City and Indooroopilly, and the offices of Milton, Newstead and Upper Mount Gravatt.

Late venues: Fortitude Valley, Boundary Street West End - Licensed crowd controllers at $55–$85 per guard per hour on Friday and Saturday doors, with a static guard at $55–$75 per hour for a weeknight function; the quote should name how many controllers each door needs and from what hour.
Riverside events: South Bank, Howard Smith Wharves - Event security guards at $45–$70 per guard per hour for festivals, markets and conferences, a private party or wedding of 2 guards for 6 hours at $660–$840 per event, and a council-run venue's own charge of $68–$198 per guard per hour where the hall sets one.
Freight and industrial: Eagle Farm, Acacia Ridge, Richlands, Yatala - Mobile patrols at $30–$60 per site visit or a nightly patrol contract at $400–$1,200 per month for a fenced yard, and one 10-hour overnight guard at $500–$750 when stock or plant needs a person on site.
Retail centres: Westfield Chermside, Westfield Garden City, Indooroopilly - A store guard at $40–$60 per hour on weekdays or one 8-hour weekday shift at $280–$480, with late-night trading and weekend shifts at $55–$75 per hour; ask whether the centre's own guards already cover the mall floor before booking your own.
Offices and builds: Milton, Newstead, Upper Mount Gravatt - Concierge or front-desk officers at $40–$65 per hour for a building reception, and construction site guards at $45–$70 per hour where an office or apartment block is going up next door.

What Brisbane Security Guards Jobs Actually Cost

Plain weekday Brisbane bookings sit close to the typical rates. A Milton or Upper Mount Gravatt office reception books a concierge officer around $50 per hour, and a Westfield Chermside store guard on a weekday around $45 per hour within the $40–$60 band. The figures rise as the work moves after dark: Fortitude Valley and Boundary Street West End doors sit in the crowd controller band of $55–$85 per guard per hour, and weekend cover at $55–$75 per hour.

Industrial and building work is bought by the shift or the visit. An Acacia Ridge or Richlands distribution yard pays $30–$60 per mobile patrol visit or $400–$1,200 per month on a nightly contract, while a Newstead apartment site keeps a construction guard at $45–$70 per hour by day and an overnight guard at $500–$750 per 10-hour shift. South Bank events book event guards at $45–$70 per guard per hour, and a council-run hall that sets its own charge prices the guard at $68–$198 per guard per hour.

What Affects Security Guards Costs in Brisbane

In Brisbane, what moves a guard price is when the shift falls, which officer the job needs, and whether the site wants a person all night or a visit.

Friday and Saturday nights in the Valley - Venue doors along James Street and Boundary Street West End run on licensed crowd controllers at $55–$85 per guard per hour, and the number of controllers per door is the line that sets the quote.
Weekend and public holiday rosters - A static guard is $55–$75 per hour for a night or weekend shift and $80–$120 per hour on a public holiday, against $40–$60 on a weekday day shift, so a retail roster that runs through holiday trading costs more per hour than an ordinary week.
Event size and duration - South Bank and Howard Smith Wharves events book event guards at $45–$70 per guard per hour; guest numbers set the guard count and the bump-in and pack-down hours set the length of the booking.
Patrol distance and site size - An Eagle Farm or Yatala yard on a patrol run pays $30–$60 per site visit, and the size of the site and how long each check takes move that figure within the band.
Overnight construction cover - A Newstead or Milton build with plant and materials on site pays $45–$70 per hour for a day guard and $500–$750 per 10-hour overnight shift; the quote should say whether the guard stays at the gate or walks the perimeter.
Council venue charges - A council-run hall that sets its own event security charge prices the guard at $68–$198 per guard per hour, and that charge can sit on the hire invoice rather than a security firm's quote.

How to Control Security Guards Costs in Brisbane

In Brisbane, the savings come from booking the right officer for only the hours that carry risk, and from swapping a guard for a patrol wherever a visit does the job.

An Acacia Ridge or Richlands yard that is fenced and locked each night can price a nightly patrol contract at $400–$1,200 per month against an overnight guard at $500–$750 per 10-hour shift before choosing one.
Fortitude Valley venues can roster crowd controllers to the late hours when the door fills instead of from opening, and ask the firm to price the quiet early hours with fewer controllers.
A Newstead or Milton builder can book overnight guards only for the weeks when fit-out stock is stored on site, and step down to mobile patrols once the floors can be locked.
For a Howard Smith Wharves or South Bank booking, check what the venue already supplies, so the guards you book are not doubling the venue's own.

What a Compliant Security Guards Quote Includes — Cost in Brisbane

Before comparing Brisbane quotes, check each one prices the same shifts at the same rate type - weekday day, night or weekend, public holiday - states the minimum booking, and lists event guards, crowd controllers, concierge officers and patrols on their own lines with the GST basis stated.

The hourly rate for each shift type: weekday day shifts at $40–$60, night or weekend shifts at $55–$75 and public holidays at $80–$120 per hour
The minimum booking length, and what a whole shift comes to - one 8-hour weekday shift at $280–$480 or one 10-hour overnight shift at $500–$750
Event security guards at $45–$70 and licensed crowd controllers at $55–$85 per guard per hour, with the guard count and the hours on site written down
Mobile patrols at $30–$60 per site visit, or a nightly patrol contract at $400–$1,200 per month, with the visits per night and what each visit checks
Construction site guards at $45–$70 per hour, with day cover and overnight cover shown as separate lines
Concierge or front-desk security officers at $40–$65 per hour, with the duties - visitor sign-in, deliveries, floor rounds - listed
For a private party or wedding, the per-event price of $660–$840 for 2 guards for 6 hours; at a council venue, whether the council's own charge of $68–$198 per guard per hour applies instead
The licence numbers held by each guard and by the company supplying them, with the company's ABN and public liability insurance
A single GST basis across every line, with public holiday dates, cancellation terms and any travel charge for an outlying site stated

Security guards cost in Brisbane: Valley doors, riverside events and freight yards

In Brisbane, security guards cost an hourly rate that depends on when the shift falls: $40–$60 per hour on a weekday day shift (typically $45), $55–$75 per hour at night or on a weekend (typically $65) and $80–$120 per hour on a public holiday (typically $100). A firm may also quote the whole shift: one 8-hour weekday static shift is $280–$480 and one 10-hour overnight site shift $500–$750.

Beyond the hours, a Brisbane quote is shaped by the job. Venue doors in the Valley are crowd controllers at $55–$85 per guard per hour; South Bank functions are event guards at $45–$70; a Milton reception is a concierge officer at $40–$65 per hour; a Newstead tower site is a construction guard at $45–$70 per hour; and an Acacia Ridge or Richlands yard that only needs checking is a mobile patrol at $30–$60 per site visit or $400–$1,200 per month on a nightly contract. Weddings with 2 guards for 6 hours price at $660–$840 per event, and a council hall with its own event security charge at $68–$198 per guard per hour.

The Queensland Government's fair trading pages say that to work as a crowd controller in Queensland you need a Queensland security provider class 1 licence, and that a business needs a security firm licence if it supplies staff to provide security services. Before booking in Brisbane, have the firm write its security firm licence number, each crowd controller's class 1 licence number and every other guard's licence number on the quote.

Security guards cost by shift type and site in Brisbane

Quick answerIn Brisbane the price follows the shift and the site: a Given Terrace Paddington shop books a few hours at $40–$60 per hour, a Fortitude Valley door runs crowd controllers at $55–$85 per guard per hour, a Milton reception a concierge at $40–$65 per hour, and a Yatala or Eagle Farm yard patrols at $30–$60 per visit or an overnight guard at $500–$750.

Hours are the first lever on a Brisbane booking. Weekday day cover is $40–$60 per hour; the same post at night or on a weekend is $55–$75 and on a public holiday $80–$120, so a Queen Street Mall store that keeps a guard through the Christmas trading weeks pays three different rates across one roster. Quoted as shifts, 8 weekday hours are $280–$480 and a 10-hour overnight $500–$750.

The site sets who is booked. A Westfield Chermside or Indooroopilly tenancy needs a static guard; a Boundary Street West End venue needs crowd controllers at $55–$85 per guard per hour; a South Bank conference needs event guards at $45–$70; and an Eagle Farm depot can often be covered by a nightly patrol contract at $400–$1,200 per month instead of a guard sitting on site, with a private party or wedding of 2 guards for 6 hours at $660–$840 per event.

Frequently Asked Questions — Security Guards Cost in Brisbane

What is the price of security guards in Brisbane?

From our Brisbane table: a static guard is $40–$60 per hour on a weekday day shift (typically $45), $55–$75 per hour for a night or weekend shift (typically $65) and $80–$120 per hour on a public holiday (typically $100); a mobile patrol is $30–$60 per site visit.

How much does a security guard cost per hour in Brisbane?

A static guard on a weekday day shift costs $40–$60 per hour in Brisbane, with $45 typical, and a concierge or front-desk security officer $40–$65 per hour, typically $50. A Newstead or Milton office tends to want the same officer on a weekday roster; a Given Terrace Paddington shop that needs cover after a break-in may only book a few nights, and each one is billed to the firm's minimum booking.

How much does event security cost in Brisbane?

Going by our Brisbane table, an event security guard is $45–$70 per guard per hour, typically $55, and a licensed crowd controller $55–$85 per guard per hour, typically $60. South Bank and Howard Smith Wharves events and Fortitude Valley venue doors are the usual Brisbane bookings here; ask the firm to split event guards from crowd controllers on the quote and to state the hours from set-up to pack-down.

What does a mobile security patrol cost in Brisbane?

A mobile patrol is $30–$60 per site visit on our Brisbane table, with $35 typical, and a contract of nightly patrols on one site $400–$1,200 per month, typically $600; the visit count and what each visit checks decide where a quote lands.

What licence should a Brisbane security company hold?

The Queensland Government's fair trading pages say that to work as a crowd controller in Queensland you need a Queensland security provider class 1 licence, and that a business needs a security firm licence if it supplies staff to provide security services. On a Brisbane quote, look for the security firm licence number and a licence number for every crowd controller or guard named, and ask whether any guard will be subcontracted from another firm.

How much does a construction site security guard cost in Brisbane?

A construction site guard is $45–$70 per hour on our Brisbane table, with $50 typical; where the cover runs through the night, an overnight site guard on one 10-hour shift is priced at $500–$750 per shift.

What do security guards cost on weekends and public holidays in Brisbane?

A static guard costs $55–$75 per hour for a night or weekend shift in Brisbane, with $65 typical, and $80–$120 per hour on a public holiday, typically $100. Valley venues and Westfield Garden City or Westfield Chermside retailers often roster across weekends and public holidays, so ask for all three rates on the one quote before the roster is set.

How much does security for a private party or wedding cost in Brisbane?

A private party or wedding with 2 guards for 6 hours is $660–$840 per event on our Brisbane table, with $780 typical; at a council venue that sets its own event security charge, the guard is priced at $68–$198 per guard per hour, typically $80. For a Brisbane reception at Howard Smith Wharves or a South Bank venue, ask whether the venue already supplies its own guards, and agree in writing when the booked guards finish.

What does a full security shift cost in Brisbane?

One 8-hour weekday shift for a static guard costs $280–$480 per shift on our Brisbane table, with $360 typical, and one 10-hour overnight site shift $500–$750, typically $650. For a Brisbane overnight shift at an Eagle Farm or Yatala site, ask what the guard reports at hand-over and how any time past the booked shift is charged.