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West Rockhampton

QLD 4700Rockhampton Region → Rockhampton CBD and Southside urban areaprofiled 2026-07-19
Last month West Rockhampton had 5 properties available for rent and 2 properties for sale. The median sold price for houses over the last year is $600,000. West Rockhampton has seen an annual compound growth rate of 20.0% for houses.
Median price
$600,000
20.0%
Median rent
$550/wk
10.0%
Gross yield
4.8%
median rent ×52 ÷ median price
Sales 12m
43
39 rental listings
Saved favourites
1
in your collection
Room demand
people per room listed

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

Overall
7.1
weighted 20% past · 35% present · 45% future
Past
7.5
Price 16.8%/yr 5-yr (A9.5) · rent 9.0%/yr (B8.0) · consistency 5.5 (flat 3mo, thin market) · flood-adjacent/flat-decade arc (D5.5). = .35·9.5+.25·8.0+.15·5.5+.25·5.5
Present
7.6
Yield 4.8% (9.0) · tenant 6.5 (33% rented) · conditions 6.25 (crime mixed 5.5 / flood mixed 5.5 / infra good 8.5 / maint mixed 5.5) · momentum 8.8 (p20.0/r10.0). = .30·9.0+.25·6.5+.25·6.25+.20·8.8
Future
6.6
Built-out inner-west scarcity (supply 8.5) · airport + CBD-adjacent amenity, solid (demand 6.5) · yield trajectory 4.5 · flood-adjacency unverified (climate 5.5). = .35·8.5+.30·6.5+.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

Strong all-round current numbers: 20% 12-month growth to a $600k median, a ~4.8% yield, the group's best rent growth (+10%), airport-anchored employment and ~5-7 min CBD access — a younger, family-skewed suburb (avg age 36).

The bad

The crime read is volatile (+47.3% YoY on a small base) which can lift screening and insurance, and the mixed-era stock means repair exposure varies house-to-house.

The ugly

Flood status is genuinely unverified — it borders low Wandal/river ground and the airport flats — so a per-address council Flood Check is mandatory before relying on the dry read.

Net read from the data

A well-rounded inner-west hold with real yield, strong rent momentum and airport-anchored demand — one of the better cash-flow-plus-growth balances in the subregion. Gate hard on an address-level Flood Check (the river-adjacency is the open question) and favour the newer stock.

Investment lens 6 good · 3 mixed · 0 bad · computed from data + sourced research — each row cites its source

DimensionVerdictWhy
Capital growth Good16.8% compound over 5 yrs, 20% last 12m. Past growth is already in the price — sustaining it depends on the supply picture below.
trend data (this DB)
Rental yield Good4.8% gross — strong; can approach self-funding at LRBA rates.
PropTrack via suburb page
Flood risk MixedNo specific flood record located, but it is adjacent to low Wandal/river areas and hosts the airport (built to stay operational in major floods) — treat as unverified and check the council map at the address.
Flood factpack — UNCERTAIN (RRC Spatial Data Hub); TMR flood-immunity note
Crime MixedAround the QLD average but volatile — 102.8/1,000, rank 18/100, property-crime odds 1 in 17, with a +47.3% YoY jump on a small base that makes the trend noisy.
Crime factpack — RedSuburbs/QPS 2025
Infrastructure GoodHosts Rockhampton Airport (~656k pax/yr, ~5km from the CBD) and is ~5-7 min to the CBD; bus-served, near the duplicated Capricorn Highway.
Transport factpack — Wikipedia/RRC 2024-25
Owner-occupier appeal Good65% owned / 33% rented, 66% family households — owner-occupier depth supports prices and resale; verify tenant demand separately (listings volume, room demand).
ABS via suburb page
New supply risk GoodBuilt-out inner-west with minimal new land or unit pipeline — detached-house scarcity holds.
Supply factpack — RRC 2025
Distance to rail GoodNo commuter rail regionally; transport access is strong at ~5-7 min to the CBD and airport-adjacent, on sealed arterials.
Transport factpack — Kinetic/Translink 2025
Housing stock & upkeep MixedMixed-era stock (younger owner profile, avg age 36, 66% families) — some post-war/newer alongside older houses; upkeep varies, owner-funded.
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
$254k$378k$502k$626k202120222023202420252026
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MonthValueSample
2021-07-31$280,00045
2021-08-31$280,00049
2021-09-30$284,00053
2021-10-31$287,50054
2021-11-30$290,00057
2021-12-31$286,00060
2022-01-31$285,00059
2022-02-28$287,00055
2022-03-31$290,00061
2022-04-30$295,00060
2022-05-31$290,00061
2022-06-30$300,00066
2022-07-31$300,00066
2022-08-31$307,50066
2022-09-30$310,50064
2022-10-31$310,50062
2022-11-30$312,00059
2022-12-31$332,50062
2023-01-31$329,50064
2023-02-28$330,00061
2023-03-31$329,00057
2023-04-30$330,00061
2023-05-31$330,00064
2023-06-30$330,00055
2023-07-31$335,00058
2023-08-31$335,00059
2023-09-30$335,00059
2023-10-31$335,00067
2023-11-30$335,00063
2023-12-31$335,00057
2024-01-31$352,00056
2024-02-29$370,87760
2024-03-31$382,00060
2024-04-30$382,00056
2024-05-31$390,00053
2024-06-30$401,50057
2024-07-31$410,00054
2024-08-31$425,00055
2024-09-30$442,50059
2024-10-31$457,75054
2024-11-30$465,50057
2024-12-31$462,75058
2025-01-31$468,25856
2025-02-28$475,00056
2025-03-31$485,00053
2025-04-30$497,50052
2025-05-31$492,50052
2025-06-30$500,00051
2025-07-31$502,50147
2025-08-31$508,00045
2025-09-30$510,00040
2025-10-31$520,50044
2025-11-30$520,50043
2025-12-31$550,00046
2026-01-31$557,45048
2026-02-28$575,00045
2026-03-31$575,00043
2026-04-30$575,00044
2026-05-31$585,00047
2026-06-30$600,00043

Median weekly house rent

same rolling 12-month window
$345$418$492$565202120222023202420252026
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MonthValueSample
2021-07-31$360/wk28
2021-08-31$360/wk27
2021-09-30$370/wk28
2021-10-31$373/wk26
2021-11-30$373/wk26
2021-12-31$380/wk25
2022-01-31$380/wk27
2022-02-28$380/wk28
2022-03-31$390/wk25
2022-04-30$380/wk25
2022-05-31$405/wk26
2022-06-30$400/wk25
2022-07-31$420/wk25
2022-08-31$395/wk30
2022-09-30$395/wk28
2022-10-31$400/wk29
2022-11-30$400/wk29
2022-12-31$405/wk32
2023-01-31$410/wk33
2023-02-28$420/wk35
2023-03-31$440/wk33
2023-04-30$440/wk33
2023-05-31$425/wk30
2023-06-30$440/wk31
2023-07-31$440/wk28
2023-08-31$450/wk28
2023-09-30$450/wk28
2023-10-31$450/wk30
2023-11-30$440/wk30
2023-12-31$440/wk32
2024-01-31$450/wk29
2024-02-29$445/wk28
2024-03-31$465/wk27
2024-04-30$470/wk27
2024-05-31$480/wk29
2024-06-30$490/wk29
2024-07-31$485/wk30
2024-08-31$480/wk31
2024-09-30$490/wk31
2024-10-31$490/wk32
2024-11-30$490/wk34
2024-12-31$485/wk36
2025-01-31$500/wk35
2025-02-28$500/wk40
2025-03-31$500/wk39
2025-04-30$500/wk39
2025-05-31$500/wk39
2025-06-30$500/wk38
2025-07-31$500/wk38
2025-08-31$500/wk39
2025-09-30$510/wk42
2025-10-31$510/wk44
2025-11-30$520/wk43
2025-12-31$520/wk41
2026-01-31$535/wk40
2026-02-28$540/wk39
2026-03-31$550/wk39
2026-04-30$550/wk38
2026-05-31$550/wk38
2026-06-30$550/wk39

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

2 bed3 bed4 bed5+ bed
Median price$488k$600k$606k$830k
Median rent$480/wk$540/wk$720/wk$750/wk
Implied yield5.1%4.7%6.2%4.7%

Demographics

Population 1,848Income $1,350/wk (10.4% below metro)Average age 36Household size 2.3
Age groups
Under 15 19.3%15–64 62.6%65+ 18.0%
Households
Family 66%Shared 3%Single 31%
Ownership
Owned 65.4%Rented 33.1%Other 1.5%
52% of owners have a mortgage

Room rentals renting out a room

Average room rent
Demand
people looking per room listed

Schools & childcare as listed on property.com.au

SchoolLevelGradesSectorStudents
Crescent Lagoon State SchoolPrimaryPrep-6Government452

Recently sold comps from the suburb page · 2026-07-19

AddressSold price
350 Denham Street, West Rockhampton$830,000
1/99 Pennycuick Street, West Rockhampton$774,000
35 Meade Street, West Rockhampton$735,000
3 Boreham Street, West Rockhampton$700,000
14 Foreman Street, West Rockhampton$690,000
9 Verney Street, West Rockhampton$670,000
7 Wambool Street, West Rockhampton$635,000
46 Stickley Street, West Rockhampton$620,000
84 Western Street, West Rockhampton$620,000
101 Pennycuick Street, West Rockhampton$615,000
28 Harrow Street, West Rockhampton$585,000
92 Harrow Street, West Rockhampton$545,000

Saved houses in West Rockhampton 1 favourited · links open the listing

LGASubregionSuburbAddressFit Sub. ScoreB/B/CLandLand $/m²vs Sub. landLand IdxPriceEstimatevs Est.vs Bed Med.Est. YieldSuburb YieldRisk
Rockhampton RegionRockhampton CBD and Southside urban areaWest Rockhampton13 Pearson Street9.17.14/2/21165 m²$6430% dearer10.1$749k$731k2.5% above124%4.5%5.0%clear