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Bellthorpe

QLD 4514City of Moreton Bay → Woodford and Wamuran western hinterlandprofiled 2026-07-18
Median price
$1,800,000
Median rent
Gross yield
median rent ×52 ÷ median price
Sales 12m
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Room demand
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Scores 0–10 against the SMSF rubric · edit data/scores.json

Overall
5.1
weighted 20% past · 35% present · 45% future
Past
5.6
No 5-yr price/rent series (thin, 1 sale) → A5.0/B5.0 defaults · consistency 7.0 (flat, thin) · rural-scarcity arc D6.0. = .35·5.0+.25·5.0+.15·7.0+.25·6.0.
Present
4.2
No sale-price yield → 5.0 · tenant 3.5 (8% rented) · conditions 4.0 (crime/flood mixed; infra/maint bad) · momentum 4.0 (no series). = .30·5.0+.25·3.5+.25·4.0+.20·4.0.
Future
5.6
Supply 8.5 (rural-scarcity lens) · demand 3.0 (very remote, no rail, no catalyst) · yield trajectory 4.5 · climate 5.5. = .35·8.5+.30·3.0+.20·4.5+.15·5.5.

The good, the bad, the ugly narrative verdict — evidence in the lens below · edit data/verdicts.json

The good

Rural-preservation zoning locks up new supply, and the range setting suits a large-acreage lifestyle buyer.

The bad

As an SMSF asset it's untradeable — a 1-sale-a-year market, no measured rental demand and ~40-50min to any rail or services.

The ugly

Bushfire-interface forest with landslip and road-isolation risk lifts insurance and can cut access; acreage upkeep sits outside LRBA borrowing.

Net read from the data

No investment case for an SMSF: no tenant pool, no rail and a thin, illiquid market. Pass on the numbers.

Investment lens 2 good · 2 mixed · 3 bad · computed from data + sourced research — each row cites its source

DimensionVerdictWhy
Flood risk MixedRemote range/plateau locality; bushfire-interface forest with landslip and road-isolation the real climate risk (low riverine). No per-suburb flood data — Flood Check at address level.
flood factpack; MBRC road-closure reports 2022
Crime MixedNo suburb-level rate data (Woodford/Kilcoy police divisions); remote rural with neighbours below the QLD average — verify on the QPS crime map.
QPS crime map (verify)
Infrastructure BadVery remote — ~40-50min to Caboolture; no retail, rail or hospital, single range-road access.
Transport factpack
Owner-occupier appeal Good92% owned / 8% rented, 68% family households — owner-occupier depth supports prices and resale; verify tenant demand separately (listings volume, room demand).
ABS via suburb page
New supply risk GoodRural/national-park-interface zoning under the 75%-rural-preservation policy; no development pipeline — structural scarcity.
supply factpack
Distance to rail BadNo station; nearest heavy rail Caboolture ~40-50min.
Translink network
Housing stock & upkeep BadRemote acreage on septic/tank water with bushfire exposure — heavy standing upkeep the fund can't borrow to cover.
editorial — stock-age judgment

5-year trend rolling 12-month medians, exact chart data

By bedroom count median sale price, weekly rent, implied gross yield

2 bed3 bed4 bed5+ bed
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Implied yield

Demographics

Population 108 (metro 2,526,238)Income $1,213/wk (34.4% below metro)Average age 57Household size 2.1
Age groups
Under 15 16.4%15–64 53.3%65+ 30.3%
Households
Family 68%Single 32%
Ownership
Owned 91.8%Rented 8.2%
33% of owners have a mortgage

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Demand
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Recently sold comps from the suburb page · 2026-07-18

AddressSold price
2/400 Bellthorpe West Road, Bellthorpe$1,800,000

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