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Rocksberg

QLD 4510City of Moreton Bay → Woodford and Wamuran western hinterlandprofiled 2026-07-18
Median price
$1,540,000
18.1%
Median rent
$1,100/wk
Gross yield
3.7%
median rent ×52 ÷ median price
Sales 12m
4
4 rental listings
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Room demand
people per room listed

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

Overall
4.5
weighted 20% past · 35% present · 45% future
Past
6.2
Price 9.1%/yr (A6.0) · rent 13.2%/yr (B9.5) · consistency 2.0 (thin, 5 neg stretch) · Waraba-fringe arc D5.5. = .35·6.0+.25·9.5+.15·2.0+.25·5.5.
Present
4.5
Yield 3.7% (5.5) · tenant 3.5 (19% rented) · conditions 4.75 (crime/flood/infra mixed; maint bad) · momentum 4.0 (price −18.1%). = .30·5.5+.25·3.5+.25·4.75+.20·4.0.
Future
3.8
Supply 2.5 (Waraba/Greenstone greenfield adjacency) · demand 4.0 (near Caboolture, no rail) · yield trajectory 4.5 · climate 5.5. = .35·2.5+.30·4.0+.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

~18-22min to Caboolture's rail, hospital and retail, with a $1,100/wk median rent pointing to large-home demand.

The bad

A thin 4-sale market with prices down 18.1%, a shallow rental base and no rail or in-suburb services — little for an SMSF to lean on.

The ugly

Rocksberg abuts the Waraba PDA — the new suburb of Greenstone borders it — so a 30,000-dwelling greenfield pipeline directly overhangs its western-fringe land scarcity, the structural drag an SMSF long hold can't renovate away.

Net read from the data

The subregion's weakest SMSF outlook: the Waraba supply overhang caps future growth just as the thin market caps liquidity. Avoid for a long hold unless bought well under value on dry, elevated ground.

Investment lens 1 good · 5 mixed · 3 bad · computed from data + sourced research — each row cites its source

DimensionVerdictWhy
Capital growth Mixed9.1% compound over 5 yrs, -18.1% last 12m. Past growth is already in the price — sustaining it depends on the supply picture below.
trend data (this DB)
Rental yield Mixed3.7% gross — expect contribution top-ups at LRBA rates; losses stay trapped in the fund at 15%.
PropTrack via suburb page
Flood risk MixedRural creek-flat plus road-isolation exposure inferred from catchment; no verified per-suburb flood event — Flood Check at address level.
flood factpack; MBRC Flood Check
Crime MixedNo suburb-level rate data (Woodford/Kilcoy police divisions); rural, with neighbours below the QLD average — verify on the QPS crime map.
QPS crime map (verify)
Infrastructure Mixed~18-22min to Caboolture's rail, hospital and retail; no in-suburb centre, rail or hospital of its own.
Transport factpack
Owner-occupier appeal Good81% owned / 19% rented, 74% family households — owner-occupier depth supports prices and resale; verify tenant demand separately (listings volume, room demand).
ABS via suburb page
New supply risk BadAbuts the Waraba PDA — the new suburb of Greenstone borders Rocksberg, and its boundary was amended in the Caboolture West naming. Direct greenfield adjacency to a 30,000-dwelling pipeline caps land scarcity on the western fringe.
EDQ Waraba PDA; statements.qld.gov.au #97628 (2024)
Distance to rail BadNo station; nearest heavy rail Caboolture ~18-22min.
Translink network
Housing stock & upkeep BadRural acreage (avg age 52) on septic/bore; large-lot upkeep is a standing, LRBA-uncovered cost.
editorial — stock-age judgment

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

Median house sale price

each point = median of the 12 months ending then
$808k$1.25m$1.70m$2.14m202120222023202420252026
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MonthValueSample
2021-07-31$1,002,5004
2021-08-31$1,002,5004
2021-09-30$1,125,0003
2021-10-31$1,125,0003
2021-11-30$1,046,2504
2021-12-31$1,046,2504
2022-01-31$1,046,2504
2022-02-28$1,046,2504
2022-03-31$1,000,0005
2022-04-30$1,000,0005
2022-05-31$1,000,0005
2022-06-30$1,000,0005
2022-07-31$983,7504
2022-08-31$983,7504
2022-09-30$1,312,5004
2022-10-31$1,312,5004
2022-11-30$1,312,5004
2022-12-31$1,312,5004
2023-01-31$1,312,5004
2023-02-28$1,000,0005
2023-03-31$1,312,5004
2023-04-30$1,312,5004
2023-05-31$1,312,5004
2023-06-30$1,000,0003
2023-07-31$1,000,0003
2023-08-31$1,000,0003
2023-09-30$950,0002
2023-10-31$950,0002
2023-11-30$900,0001
2023-12-31$900,0001
2024-01-31$900,0001
2024-02-29$2,050,0001
2024-03-31$2,050,0001
2024-04-30$2,050,0001
2024-05-31$1,675,0002
2024-06-30$1,675,0002
2024-07-31$2,050,0003
2024-08-31$2,050,0003
2024-09-30$2,050,0003
2024-10-31$2,050,0003
2024-11-30$2,050,0003
2024-12-31$2,050,0003
2025-01-31$2,050,0003
2025-02-28$1,862,5002
2025-03-31$1,862,5002
2025-04-30$1,862,5002
2025-05-31$1,602,5002
2025-06-30$1,880,0003
2025-07-31$1,200,0003
2025-08-31$1,200,0003
2025-09-30$1,200,0003
2025-10-31$1,400,0004
2025-11-30$1,400,0004
2025-12-31$1,400,0004
2026-01-31$1,540,0006
2026-02-28$1,540,0006
2026-03-31$1,540,0006
2026-04-30$1,540,0006
2026-05-31$1,600,0005
2026-06-30$1,540,0004

Median weekly house rent

same rolling 12-month window
$602$834$1066$1298202120222023202420252026
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MonthValueSample
2021-07-31$685/wk2
2021-08-31$685/wk2
2021-09-30$685/wk2
2021-10-31$685/wk2
2021-11-30$685/wk2
2021-12-31$685/wk2
2022-01-31$685/wk2
2022-02-28$685/wk2
2022-03-31$685/wk2
2022-04-30$685/wk2
2022-05-31$685/wk2
2022-06-30$650/wk1
2022-07-31$650/wk1
2022-10-31$745/wk1
2022-11-30$745/wk1
2022-12-31$745/wk1
2023-01-31$745/wk1
2023-02-28$745/wk1
2023-03-31$745/wk1
2023-04-30$745/wk1
2023-05-31$745/wk1
2023-06-30$745/wk1
2023-07-31$745/wk1
2023-08-31$745/wk1
2023-09-30$745/wk1
2023-10-31$745/wk1
2024-04-30$1,250/wk1
2024-05-31$1,250/wk1
2024-06-30$1,250/wk1
2024-07-31$1,250/wk1
2024-08-31$1,250/wk1
2024-09-30$1,250/wk1
2024-10-31$1,250/wk1
2024-11-30$1,250/wk1
2024-12-31$1,250/wk1
2025-01-31$1,250/wk1
2025-02-28$1,250/wk1
2025-03-31$1,250/wk1
2025-04-30$1,250/wk1
2025-11-30$800/wk1
2025-12-31$800/wk1
2026-01-31$800/wk1
2026-02-28$800/wk1
2026-03-31$1,000/wk2
2026-04-30$1,000/wk2
2026-05-31$1,000/wk2
2026-06-30$1,100/wk4

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

2 bed3 bed4 bed5+ bed
Median price$1.48m$1.60m$1k
Median rent$1,000/wk$1,000/wk
Implied yield3.3%5200.0%

Demographics

Population 277 (metro 2,526,238)Income $1,805/wk (2.4% below metro)Average age 52Household size 2.6
Age groups
Under 15 15.4%15–64 59.1%65+ 28.6%
Households
Family 74%Shared 3%Single 23%
Ownership
Owned 81.0%Rented 18.9%
40% of owners have a mortgage

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

AddressSold price
85-101 F Lindsay Road, Rocksberg$1,700,000

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