Cheap inner entry ($500k) with a 27.4% headline 12-month move and solid ~7-9 min CBD access on the Bruce Highway.
A thin 4-sale-a-year market with only 12% rented and no measured yield — almost no tenant pool for an SMSF, wrapped around old industrial-edge stock.
Low-lying river-flood ground (homes abandoned in the record 1918 flood) and a levee-protection target with the levee unbuilt — flood insurance is a structural, rising liquidity risk you can't renovate away.
An industrial-edge, flood-exposed pocket with no functioning rental market — the wrong shape for a leveraged super fund. Pass on the numbers; only a verified-dry, insurable block bought as long-run land would even be arguable.
| Dimension | Verdict | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Capital growth | ◐ Mixed | —% compound over 0 yrs, 27.4% last 12m. Past growth is already in the price — sustaining it depends on the supply picture below. trend data (this DB) |
| Flood risk | ✗ Bad | Low-lying — residents abandoned homes here in the record 1918 flood and it is a named target of the unbuilt South Rockhampton levee; structural river-flood exposure, insurance-relevant. Flood factpack — SBS/farmonlineweather 2017; Council levee plan 2020 |
| Crime | ◐ Mixed | No suburb-level crime data (small industrial-edge locality); policed via the Rockhampton/Capricornia division — read the inner-southside cluster as an above-average proxy pending an address-level QPS map check. Crime factpack — UNCERTAIN (QPS division proxy) |
| Infrastructure | ◐ Mixed | ~7-9 min to the CBD near the Bruce Highway south exit, only some bus service; an industrial-edge residential fringe with limited local amenity. Transport factpack — Kinetic/Translink 2025 |
| Owner-occupier appeal | ✓ Good | 85% owned / 12% rented, 61% 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 | Built-out with no greenfield pipeline, but the cap is industrial/flood constraint rather than premium scarcity. Supply factpack — RRC 2025 |
| Distance to rail | ✓ Good | No commuter rail regionally; drive access is still solid at ~7-9 min to the CBD on the Bruce Highway, though bus coverage is thin. Transport factpack — Kinetic/Translink 2025 |
| Housing stock & upkeep | ◐ Mixed | Old inner industrial-edge housing (no specific stock data) — treat as ageing, owner-funded upkeep the LRBA can't improve. editorial — stock-age judgment (inferred) |
| 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | 5+ bed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median price | — | $470k | $530k | — |
| Median rent | — | — | — | — |
| Implied yield | — | — | — | — |
| School | Level | Grades | Sector | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Curtis Road State School | Primary | Prep-6 | Government | 59 |
| Address | Sold price |
|---|---|
| 109 Jellicoe Street, Port Curtis | $611,000 |
| 313B Bowlin Road, Port Curtis | $195,000 |