Top 68 suburbs for growth in Queensland revealed

“A total of 68 suburbs throughout Queensland have delivered double-digit growth over 12 months, which is a really strong result,” Ms Mercorella said.

“And there are many more suburbs delivering strong single-digit growth. It’s a great market to be in at the moment.”

While south-east Queensland saw a lot of attention, there were some high growth suburbs found in central and northern Queensland.

The area with the strongest growth was Blackwater, which saw a rise of 151 per cent growth, which Ms Mercorella attributed to the resurgence of coal prices.

Aside from Blackwater, 10 other suburbs saw growth over 20 percent. These included:

• Spring Mountain with growth of 103.6 per cent;
• Collinsville with growth of 46.2 per cent;
• Minyama with growth of 45.8 per cent;
• Hamilton with growth of 32.9 per cent;
• Hollywell with growth of 30.5 per cent;
• Miles with growth of 23.5 per cent;
• Mount Coolum with growth of 21.9 per cent;
• Dundowran beach with growth of 21.5 per cent;
• Boonah with growth of 21.3 per cent; and
• Idalia with growth of 21.3 per cent.

Ms Mercorella said the top 11 suburbs were indicative of steady growth across the state, but warned against calling it a ‘boom’.

“While we’re definitely seeing prices come back in western Queensland mining towns, such as Blackwater, these prices are still below their peak,” she said.

It’s unlikely we’ll see a return to pre-2013 prices in those areas anytime soon.”

South-east Queensland

While the top 11 suburbs show a spread of high growth suburbs through the state, 41 suburbs out of the 68 are located in the ever-popular south east corner of Queensland.

Of these, 15 suburbs were located in the Sunshine Coast region, with the highest growing being Minyama, which ranked fourth overall.

The Brisbane region also saw a large number of high performing suburbs at 13. Hamilton was the region’s best performer and fifth overall.

Next was Ipswich with six suburbs, then the Gold Coast with four, Moreton Bay with three, while Redland and Logan suburbs did not rank.

Regional Queensland

Outside of south east Queensland, 27 regional suburbs ranked on the list, with the Townsville region recording four suburbs. Its highest performer was Idalia, which ranked 11th overall.

Next were the Cairns and Gympie regions, both recording three suburbs each. Cairns’ top performer was Palm Cove, which ranked 26th overall, while Cooloola Cove was Gympie’s top performer, which ranked 42nd overall.

While only recording one suburb, the Whitsunday region’s Collinsville ranked third overall.

The Bundaberg and Toowoomba regions both recorded two top suburbs, while the Banana, Charters Towers, Fraser Coast, Gladstone, Isaac, Livingstone, Mackay, Rocky, Scenic Rim, Somerset and Western Downs regions all had one top suburb each

The top 68 suburbs which experienced double digit growth over the last year to June 2018, according to the REIQ, are:

Rank	Suburb	Median price	Capital growth over 12 months (as a percentage)
1	Blackwater	$94,250	151.3%
2	Spring Mountain	$450,000	103.6%
3	Collinsville	$95,000	46.2%
4	Minyama	$1,310,000	45.8%
5	Hamilton	$1,442,000	32.9%
6	Hollywell	$810,000	30.5%
7	Miles	$148,250	23.5%
8	Mount Coolum	$670,000	21.9%
9	Dundowran Beach	$607,000	21.5%
10	Boonah	$324,500	21.3%
11	Idalia	$485,000	21.3%
12	Rasmussen	$347,500	19.9%
13	Yaroomba	$749,000	19.7%
14	Biloela	$272,750	18.6%
15	Burnett Heads	$317,000	18.1%
16	Tivoli	$295,000	18.0%
17	Cashmere	$690,000	18.0%
18	Walloon	$370,000	16.7%
19	Sunshine Beach	$1,400,000	16.7%
20	Noosa Heads	$1,070,000	16.0%
21	Hope Island	$739,750	15.7%
22	Ripley	$374,000	15.4%
23	Sandgate	$705,000	15.2%
24	North Ward	$575,000	15.0%
25	Paddington	$1,150,000	14.7%
26	Palm Cove	$606,000	14.3%
27	Charters Towers City	$142,500	14.0%
28	Pelican Waters	$761,000	13.9%
29	Cooee Bay	$313,000	13.8%
30	Mount Ommaney	$944,000	13.7%
31	Fernvale	$357,500	13.5%
32	The Range	$380,000	13.4%
33	Landsborough	$432,500	13.4%
34	Sunnybank	$832,500	13.3%
35	North Mackay	$270,000	13.2%
36	Whitfield	$540,000	13.1%
37	Graceville	$932,500	13.0%
38	Hendra	$1,100,000	12.7%
39	Shorncliffe	$840,000	12.4%
40	Moranbah	$185,000	12.1%
41	Coes Creek	$442,500	12.0%
42	Cooloola Cove	$317,500	12.0%
43	Battery Hill	$578,000	12.0%
44	Seven Hills	$940,000	11.9%
45	Nundah	$755,000	11.9%
46	Monkland	$240,000	11.6%
47	Bongaree	$470,000	11.6%
48	Clifton Beach	$557,500	11.5%
49	Maroochydore	$639,000	11.2%
50	Twin Waters	$823,000	11.2%
51	Cambooya	$322,500	11.2%
52	Tewantin	$572,500	11.2%
53	Coolum Beach	$675,250	11.2%
54	Kedron	$744,500	11.1%
55	Sunrise Beach	$820,000	11.0%
56	Oakey	$241,500	11.0%
57	D'aguilar	$416,000	10.9%
58	Mountain Creek	$610,000	10.9%
59	Flinders View	$371,500	10.9%
60	Highland Park	$570,000	10.7%
61	Rosewood	$291,000	10.7%
62	Bulimba	$1,300,000	10.6%
63	Kirkwood	$353,500	10.5%
64	Woodgate	$402,500	10.3%
65	Railway Estate	$309,500	10.1%
66	Auchenflower	$1,070,000	10.0%
67	Rainbow Beach	$489,500	10.0%
68	Ormeau Hills	$530,000	10.0% You need to be a member to post comments. Become a member for free today! Related articles Author Sasha Karen Know more More from this writer: Where to find winners in the WA market How rents have performed for investors so far this year How to save money with a new repayment strategy Popular capital cities on the rise as market softens over June Cash rate call for July 2019 revealed New property sales rebound over May How far can a $500,000 budget get you in Sydney?