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Bracalba

QLD 4512City of Moreton Bay → Woodford and Wamuran western hinterlandprofiled 2026-07-18
Median price
$1,110,000
3.5%
Median rent
Gross yield
median rent ×52 ÷ median price
Sales 12m
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Room demand
people per room listed

Scores 0–10 against the SMSF rubric · edit data/scores.json

Overall
5.3
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
4.4
No sale-price yield → 5.0 · tenant 3.5 (19% rented) · conditions 4.75 (crime/flood/infra mixed; maint bad) · momentum 4.0 (price −3.5%). = .30·5.0+.25·3.5+.25·4.75+.20·4.0.
Future
5.8
Supply 8.5 (rural-scarcity lens) · demand 3.5 (D'Aguilar Hwy, ~20min Caboolture, no rail) · yield trajectory 4.5 · climate 5.5. = .35·8.5+.30·3.5+.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

On the D'Aguilar Hwy ~20min from Caboolture (with a $20m highway rehab through the suburb) and rural-scarcity zoning.

The bad

A 1-sale-a-year market with no measured rental demand; the tenant pool for an SMSF is effectively nil.

The ugly

Its 'most dangerous' RedSuburbs ranking is a small-denominator artefact (tiny population near the Correctional Centre), but flood/isolation status still needs an address-level check.

Net read from the data

No SMSF case despite the highway proximity — the market is too thin and the rental pool too shallow to hold. Pass on the numbers.

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

DimensionVerdictWhy
Capital growth Bad—% compound over 0 yrs, -3.5% last 12m. Past growth is already in the price — sustaining it depends on the supply picture below.
trend data (this DB)
Flood risk MixedCreek-flat and road-isolation exposure inferred from the D'Aguilar Hwy catchment; no verified per-suburb flood event — Flood Check at address level.
flood factpack; MBRC Flood Check
Crime MixedTops RedSuburbs' 2024 'most dangerous in Moreton Bay' list, but that is a small-denominator artefact (tiny population near the Woodford Correctional Centre) — not a reliable street-risk signal, and no rate data exists.
RedSuburbs 2024 (artefact); crime factpack
Infrastructure MixedOn the D'Aguilar Hwy (~20min to Caboolture; $20m highway rehab runs through the Bracalba section); no in-suburb retail, rail or hospital.
Transport factpack; caboolturetoday.com.au 2025
Owner-occupier appeal Good81% owned / 19% rented, 100% 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 zoning under the 75%-rural-preservation policy; no pipeline — structural scarcity of new stock.
supply factpack
Distance to rail BadNo station; nearest heavy rail Caboolture ~20min via D'Aguilar Hwy.
Translink network
Housing stock & upkeep BadRural acreage on septic/bore; large-lot upkeep is a standing cost 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
Median price$1.11m
Median rent
Implied yield

Demographics

Population 97 (metro 2,526,238)Income $2,250/wk (21.7% above metro)Average age 38Household size 3
Age groups
Under 15 18.4%15–64 70.9%65+ 18.4%
Households
Family 100%
Ownership
Owned 80.6%Rented 19.4%
52% of owners have a mortgage

Room rentals renting out a room

Average room rent
Demand
people looking per room listed

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

AddressSold price
206 Gamgee Road, Bracalba$1,420,000

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