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Rush Creek

QLD 4521City of Moreton Bay → Dayboro and North Pine hinterlandprofiled 2026-07-18
Median price
$1,800,000
42.4%
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
5.3
weighted 20% past · 35% present · 45% future
Past
5.4
Price 5-yr CAGR n/a (5.0 neutral) · rent CAGR n/a (5.0) · near-nil 1-sale market, no flags (7.0) · flood/isolation-punctuated rural arc (5.5).
Present
4.5
Yield n/a (5.0 neutral) · no rental market, 0% rented (3.5) · conditions 4.0 — crime artefact-flagged & flood mixed, infrastructure & maintenance bad · momentum +42.4% on one sale (5.5).
Future
5.8
Supply — rural scarcity (8.5) · demand — remotest, one-road (3.5) · yield trajectory flat, no data (4.5) · climate — creek flash-flood (5.5).

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

The good

Absolute rural scarcity — rural-zoned, ~152 residents, no pipeline of any kind.

The bad

There is effectively no market: one sale a year, a $1.8M median that cannot be verified, and 0% of homes rented — literally no tenant pool to underwrite an SMSF income case.

The ugly

The remotest of the group (~32-38 min to rail and hospital) with creek flash-flood, isolation and bushfire exposure; the RedSuburbs 'dangerous' flag here is a small-denominator artefact, not a real crime signal, but the illiquidity is real.

Net read from the data

Uninvestable as an SMSF asset — no rental demand, no reliable value, no exit. Pass.

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

DimensionVerdictWhy
Capital growth Mixed—% compound over 0 yrs, 42.4% last 12m. Past growth is already in the price — sustaining it depends on the supply picture below.
trend data (this DB)
Flood risk MixedNo suburb-level event confirmed; the most remote hinterland creek locality — flash-flood and isolation inferred from the catchment, verify at address level.
BOM Pine/Caboolture brochure; MBRC Flood Check
Crime MixedRedSuburbs 2024 lists Rush Creek high on a 'most dangerous' ranking, but this is a small-denominator artefact (a handful of incidents in a ~152-person locality) — no reliable rate; treat with caution.
RedSuburbs 2024 (artefact caveat)
Infrastructure BadNo township, rail or hospital; ~32-38 min to Petrie — the group's remotest, thinnest-amenity locality.
Transport factpack (est.)
Owner-occupier appeal Good100% owned / 0% rented, 93% 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-zoned scarcity with no pipeline under the 75%-rural policy.
Supply factpack; MBRC Planning Scheme
Distance to rail BadNo station; ~32-38 min to Petrie rail — no commuter catchment.
Translink network; transport factpack
Housing stock & upkeep BadAcreage stock (septic, tanks, bushfire clearing) — high land upkeep outside LRBA funding.
editorial — acreage 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$1.80m
Median rent
Implied yield

Demographics

Population 152 (metro 2,526,238)Income $2,083/wk (12.7% above metro)Average age 48Household size 3.1
Age groups
Under 15 16.5%15–64 55.1%65+ 28.5%
Households
Family 93%Single 7%
Ownership
Owned 100%

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