Bohle Plains, QLD 4817
Townsville City, Queensland
Good to Know
Bohle Plains, QLD 4817 is a high-growth house market in the City of Townsville area, currently positioned as a high-growth capital appreciation submarket. Located on the northern fringe of Townsville, Bohle Plains is home to roughly 3,989 adults across 2,007 dwellings, with a vacancy rate of 1.39%.
According to HtAG Analytics, Bohle Plains is exhibiting balanced supply and strong price momentum. Stock on Market sits at 0.48% and Inventory at 2.17 months — close to the ~3-month balanced threshold — driving +20.9% 1-year price growth and +5.5% 1-year rent growth.
What the market data is signalling
Bohle Plains shows a clear capital-led upswing: prices have risen 20.9% in the past year while rents have increased 5.5%, producing a gross yield of 3.59% (above the 3% benchmark). Supply metrics look mixed — vacancy is a neutral 1.39%, Stock on Market is a neutral 0.48%, and Inventory sits at a neutral 2.17 months — but the elevated building approvals ratio of 4.91% could add future supply pressure. For a visual snapshot of where Bohle Plains sits in the cycle, see the Markets in the Moment (MiM™) heatmap.
Who lives in Bohle Plains — and why it matters for investors
Bohle Plains posts an IRSAD of 1060, comfortably above the recommended minimum and signalling relatively stronger socio-economic conditions compared with lower-index areas. The renter/owner split is 43.0% renters (neutral), which can support steady rental demand without the volatility of highly transient suburbs. Read more on why socioeconomic crossover matters in our IRSAD Crossover study.
Why suburb-level data matters for Bohle Plains
Suburb-level metrics give a precise picture: the typical house price is $885,915, gross yield 3.59%, Stock on Market 0.48%, Inventory 2.17 months and median days on market 40 days. Those concrete local readings are the right basis for decisions because council averages can blend very different pockets. Learn why granular screening matters in our LGA vs Suburb research. For the full set of local metrics, download the full Bohle Plains data guide.
What's behind the RCS™ score of 82
The HtAG RCS™ score of 82 blends three independent dimensions — risk minimisation, capital-growth potential and cashflow resilience — into a single composite. That score is useful, but the sub-score breakdown tells you whether Bohle Plains suits a growth or income strategy. Learn how the RCS™ is built, then open Bohle Plains in HtAG Copilot to explore the component scores and scenario analysis.
Forward signals to watch
Monitor the vacancy rate — currently 1.39%: sustained neutral-to-low vacancy over 12–24 months supports rental growth and tight letting conditions; a rise above ~3.5% would signal weakening rental demand.
Watch the building approvals ratio — currently 4.91%: this unfavourable high reading implies above-normal new-supply risk that could dampen price momentum if approvals translate into completions.
Track the wider Townsville cycle phase: a city-wide shift from expansion to slowdown would likely temper Bohle Plains' price momentum and tighten risk premia for growth plays.
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RCS Breakdown
Bohle Plains's RCS™ headline is an overall signal — but it doesn't tell you why. The three sub-scores below reveal whether that score is earned through risk minimisation, capital growth, or cashflow — and which portfolio brief it fits.
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Market Trends
Bohle Plains's headline values — $885K to buy and $610PW to rent, a 3.58% gross yield. Over the past decade, prices have moved 170.82% and rents 71.63% — the Yield series shows whether that gap is widening (price outpacing rent, yield compressing) or closing.
$885K is today. The 10-year trajectory reveals whether that's the top of a run, the start of a new leg, or somewhere mid-cycle. Sign up to unlock the entire trend line.
$610PW today, with rent growth at (+5.53% YoY) compared to price growth (+20.88%). That spread determines yield is expanding or compressing across the next cycle. Sign up to unlock the entire trend line.
Where is Bohle Plains in its cycle - and is the 3.58% yield holding?
Cycle phase tells you whether you're buying near the bottom (room to run) or top (compression ahead). Yield trajectory tells you whether cashflow is durable or being eroded — the single most important question for a long-hold thesis.
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Area Risks
Property data alone won't flag the structural risks that can erode a long-hold position. Bushfire overlays, flood-zone exposure, and economic concentration sit outside the price feed but determine whether your capital is insurable, defensible, and structurally protected. Unlock to see.
Are there hidden structural risks shaping Bohle Plains's long-hold story?
Beyond the headline price, Bohle Plains carries risk signals a median can't show — hazard exposure from bushfire and flood overlays, and how narrowly local employment leans on a handful of sectors (the concentration the EDI score quantifies). Together these separate insurable, defensible long-holds from those carrying tail-risk that never surfaces in the headline number.
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Supply & Demand
Bohle Plains's headline numbers show where the market is today. The two cards below answer where it's heading. Direction is what separates a buy from a wait.
Is housing supply tightening or building up?
Stock on Market is one number — the trend is what matters. SoM, inventory, building approvals and hold period together reveal whether the market is starving for stock (price pressure up) or quietly building a pipeline (pressure down).
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Is buyer and renter demand heating up or cooling off?
Vacancy is one signal — the real question is whether demand is still building or quietly peaking. Days on market, vacancy, search index and clearance rate are the four pulse-points — when they diverge, they signal a turning point.
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Fundamentals
Bohle Plains can look solid on the surface — but the three layers below separate markets that genuinely hold value from ones that only look like they do.
Is Bohle Plains genuinely stable - or just expensive?
IRSAD hints at affluence, but socio-economic strength alone doesn't guarantee resilience. Combined with the renter-to-owner balance and unit-to-house ratio, you get the three signals that separate a tightly-held submarket from one carrying hidden volatility.
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Where do Bohle Plains prices go over the next 12 months?
Today's headline price is just a snapshot. Projected ROI and the volatility index tell you whether to commit capital now, wait for a softer entry, or rotate into a steadie submarket.
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Can you actually buy into Bohle Plains - and exit cleanly?
Tightly-held areas reward long-hold investors but punish anyone who needs liquidity. Annual sales and rental volume reveal whether your capital can reposition — or sits structurally locked in.
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Education & Infrastructure
Bohle Plains looks tightly-held and stable on the surface — but the three layers below separate areas that genuinely hold value from ones that only look like they do.
Does Bohle Plains's school catchment + infrastructure pipeline justify the price?
School ranks anchor family demand and tenant quality. The active infrastructure pipeline shifts a suburb's price ceiling over the next 5–10 years. Together they tell you whether Bohle Plains has structural support for the next leg of capital growth.
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Full HtAG Intelligence
Bohle Plains shows potential. The platform tells you whether it's the best fit for your portfolio.
Price and yield are only the surface. HtAG reads the forces underneath — supply tightening or loosening, demand heating or cooling, and the risks that move slowly but decide long-term growth. Together they show whether Bohle Plains has the structural support for its next leg — or whether the numbers are running ahead of the fundamentals.
The total adult population (15 years or older) of Bohle Plains 4817 QLD is 2,982, with a median age of 28. Of those, 49.36% are married, 7.48% are divorced or separated, 40.34% are single and 2.55% are widowed.
The average household size is 2.8 people per dwelling, and the median household monthly income is estimated to be $9,852. The median monthly mortgage repayment for households in this suburb is $1,733 which is 17.59% of their earnings.
Source: ABS Census Data (2021)