Elevated acreage ridge with genuine supply scarcity and a low-crime surround; the headline 3.9% yield is the district's highest on paper.
That yield rests on three rental listings at $1,250/wk — a thin-market artefact, not a real income signal — while prices actually fell 1.5% over the year and the rent series is badly choppy. Only 4% of homes are rented.
No rail (~15 min out), bushfire-interface terrain, and an eight-sale-a-year market — illiquid on both entry and exit, with no confirmed flood mapping.
A thin, volatile lifestyle-acreage market that reads better on the automated numbers than it lives; the income case is noise. Not an SMSF income hold — capital-only and illiquid.
| Dimension | Verdict | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Capital growth | ◐ Mixed | 13.0% compound over 5 yrs, -1.5% last 12m. Past growth is already in the price — sustaining it depends on the supply picture below. trend data (this DB) |
| Rental yield | ◐ Mixed | 3.9% gross — expect contribution top-ups at LRBA rates; losses stay trapped in the fund at 15%. PropTrack via suburb page |
| Flood risk | ◐ Mixed | Elevated forested ridge — low riverine risk, but bushfire-interface terrain carries its own insurance/liquidity cost; no per-suburb flood mapping confirmed, so verify at address level. MBRC flood mapping (UNCERTAIN per-suburb) |
| Crime | ◐ Mixed | No reliable suburb-level data (semi-rural ridge, ~800 residents); surrounding suburbs all lowest-tier, directionally low but unconfirmed. OpenStats 2022–24 (no suburb data) |
| Infrastructure | ◐ Mixed | Semi-rural ridge with no town centre; golf/resort amenity locally, otherwise leans on Albany Creek/Strathpine. Transport factpack |
| Owner-occupier appeal | ✓ Good | 94% owned / 4% rented, 88% family households — owner-occupier depth supports prices and resale; verify tenant demand separately (listings volume, room demand). ABS via suburb page |
| New supply risk | ✓ Good | Acreage ridge — structurally constrained, no greenfield, Waraba-insulated. MBRC supply pipeline |
| Distance to rail | ✗ Bad | No station; ~15 min to Strathpine / Bray Park. Translink / Ferny Grove line |
| Housing stock & upkeep | ◐ Mixed | Acreage ridge stock — large grounds, septic and bushfire-hardening upkeep the fund carries. editorial — stock-age/acreage judgment |
| Month | Value | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-31 | $920,000 | 21 |
| 2021-08-31 | $920,000 | 19 |
| 2021-09-30 | $920,000 | 19 |
| 2021-10-31 | $1,066,200 | 20 |
| 2021-11-30 | $1,150,000 | 20 |
| 2021-12-31 | $1,150,000 | 20 |
| 2022-01-31 | $1,190,000 | 20 |
| 2022-02-28 | $1,150,000 | 18 |
| 2022-03-31 | $1,170,000 | 16 |
| 2022-04-30 | $1,280,000 | 15 |
| 2022-05-31 | $1,170,000 | 14 |
| 2022-06-30 | $1,170,000 | 14 |
| 2022-07-31 | $1,220,000 | 9 |
| 2022-08-31 | $1,250,000 | 8 |
| 2022-09-30 | $1,280,000 | 9 |
| 2022-10-31 | $1,740,000 | 6 |
| 2022-11-30 | $1,200,000 | 6 |
| 2022-12-31 | $1,280,000 | 7 |
| 2023-01-31 | $1,120,000 | 7 |
| 2023-02-28 | $1,120,000 | 8 |
| 2023-03-31 | $1,120,000 | 8 |
| 2023-04-30 | $1,120,000 | 9 |
| 2023-05-31 | $1,200,000 | 8 |
| 2023-06-30 | $1,200,000 | 8 |
| 2023-07-31 | $1,200,000 | 8 |
| 2023-08-31 | $1,120,000 | 9 |
| 2023-09-30 | $1,160,000 | 10 |
| 2023-10-31 | $1,200,000 | 11 |
| 2023-11-30 | $1,240,000 | 10 |
| 2023-12-31 | $1,200,000 | 9 |
| 2024-01-31 | $1,280,000 | 9 |
| 2024-02-29 | $1,290,000 | 8 |
| 2024-03-31 | $1,360,000 | 8 |
| 2024-04-30 | $1,360,000 | 6 |
| 2024-05-31 | $1,420,000 | 7 |
| 2024-06-30 | $1,420,000 | 7 |
| 2024-07-31 | $1,420,000 | 7 |
| 2024-08-31 | $1,600,000 | 7 |
| 2024-09-30 | $1,772,500 | 7 |
| 2024-10-31 | $1,600,000 | 7 |
| 2024-11-30 | $1,590,000 | 8 |
| 2024-12-31 | $1,600,000 | 9 |
| 2025-01-31 | $1,676,250 | 8 |
| 2025-02-28 | $1,580,000 | 9 |
| 2025-03-31 | $1,700,000 | 9 |
| 2025-04-30 | $1,700,000 | 11 |
| 2025-05-31 | $1,640,000 | 10 |
| 2025-06-30 | $1,700,000 | 11 |
| 2025-07-31 | $1,736,250 | 12 |
| 2025-08-31 | $1,675,000 | 12 |
| 2025-09-30 | $1,675,000 | 10 |
| 2025-10-31 | $1,675,000 | 10 |
| 2025-11-30 | $1,825,000 | 10 |
| 2025-12-31 | $1,700,000 | 9 |
| 2026-01-31 | $1,675,000 | 12 |
| 2026-02-28 | $1,700,000 | 12 |
| 2026-03-31 | $1,700,000 | 11 |
| 2026-04-30 | $1,700,000 | 9 |
| 2026-05-31 | $1,700,000 | 9 |
| 2026-06-30 | $1,675,000 | 8 |
| Month | Value | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-31 | $623/wk | 6 |
| 2021-08-31 | $623/wk | 6 |
| 2021-09-30 | $623/wk | 6 |
| 2021-10-31 | $623/wk | 6 |
| 2021-11-30 | $623/wk | 6 |
| 2021-12-31 | $695/wk | 7 |
| 2022-01-31 | $810/wk | 6 |
| 2022-02-28 | $850/wk | 7 |
| 2022-03-31 | $850/wk | 7 |
| 2022-04-30 | $850/wk | 7 |
| 2022-05-31 | $875/wk | 6 |
| 2022-06-30 | $875/wk | 6 |
| 2022-07-31 | $900/wk | 5 |
| 2022-08-31 | $900/wk | 5 |
| 2022-09-30 | $945/wk | 6 |
| 2022-10-31 | $945/wk | 6 |
| 2022-11-30 | $945/wk | 6 |
| 2022-12-31 | $900/wk | 5 |
| 2023-01-31 | $900/wk | 5 |
| 2023-02-28 | $850/wk | 3 |
| 2023-03-31 | $820/wk | 3 |
| 2023-04-30 | $820/wk | 3 |
| 2023-05-31 | $910/wk | 4 |
| 2023-06-30 | $990/wk | 5 |
| 2023-07-31 | $990/wk | 5 |
| 2023-08-31 | $990/wk | 5 |
| 2023-09-30 | $995/wk | 6 |
| 2023-10-31 | $1,045/wk | 6 |
| 2023-11-30 | $1,100/wk | 5 |
| 2023-12-31 | $1,100/wk | 5 |
| 2024-01-31 | $1,050/wk | 6 |
| 2024-02-29 | $1,050/wk | 6 |
| 2024-03-31 | $1,050/wk | 6 |
| 2024-04-30 | $1,100/wk | 5 |
| 2024-05-31 | $1,100/wk | 4 |
| 2024-06-30 | $1,000/wk | 5 |
| 2024-07-31 | $1,000/wk | 5 |
| 2024-08-31 | $1,100/wk | 4 |
| 2024-09-30 | $1,000/wk | 3 |
| 2024-10-31 | $1,000/wk | 3 |
| 2024-11-30 | $900/wk | 2 |
| 2024-12-31 | $900/wk | 2 |
| 2025-01-31 | $950/wk | 3 |
| 2025-02-28 | $950/wk | 3 |
| 2025-03-31 | $875/wk | 4 |
| 2025-04-30 | $875/wk | 4 |
| 2025-05-31 | $875/wk | 4 |
| 2025-06-30 | $875/wk | 4 |
| 2025-07-31 | $875/wk | 4 |
| 2025-08-31 | $950/wk | 3 |
| 2025-09-30 | $950/wk | 3 |
| 2025-10-31 | $1,200/wk | 5 |
| 2025-11-30 | $1,200/wk | 5 |
| 2025-12-31 | $1,200/wk | 5 |
| 2026-01-31 | $1,200/wk | 5 |
| 2026-02-28 | $1,200/wk | 5 |
| 2026-03-31 | $1,225/wk | 4 |
| 2026-04-30 | $1,225/wk | 4 |
| 2026-05-31 | $1,225/wk | 4 |
| 2026-06-30 | $1,250/wk | 3 |
| 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | 5+ bed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median price | — | $1.76m | $1.60m | $4.35m |
| Median rent | — | $730/wk | $1,000/wk | $3,000/wk |
| Implied yield | — | 2.2% | 3.3% | 3.6% |
| Address | Sold price |
|---|---|
| 13 Ramsay Road, Clear Mountain | $3,050,000 |
| 23-27 Mccausland Court, Clear Mountain | $1,760,000 |
| 23 Fitzgerald Court, Clear Mountain | $1,550,000 |
| 14 Buranda Road, Clear Mountain | $1,495,000 |
| 91 Camfin Road, Clear Mountain | $1,240,000 |