Bushland Beach, QLD 4818
Townsville City, Queensland
Good to Know
Bushland Beach, QLD 4818 is a high-value house market in the Bushland Beach area, currently positioned as a capital-growth submarket. The suburb is home to roughly 6,641 adults across 2,779 dwellings and currently records a vacancy rate of 3.51%.
According to HtAG Analytics, Bushland Beach is exhibiting a softening-demand backdrop against broadly balanced supply. Stock on Market sits at 0.55% and Inventory at 2.87 months — around the ~3-month balanced-market threshold — driving +14.7% YoY price growth and +7.8% YoY rent growth.
What the market data is signalling
Bushland Beach shows strong recent capital momentum — typical house price is $932,318 with +14.7% annual price growth — while rents have also risen +7.8% YoY to a median of $610 per week. Gross yield sits at 3.4%, marginally above a common 3% threshold, signalling a capital-growth tilt with some rental return support.
However, the rental side already shows a warning: the vacancy rate is an unfavourable 3.51%, and that elevated vacancy could moderate rental growth and local demand if it remains sustained. For a visual snapshot of how this sits in the market cycle, see the Markets in the Moment (MiM™) heatmap.
Who lives in Bushland Beach — and why it matters for investors
Bushland Beach posts an IRSAD of 1030, above common recommended minima, indicating a relatively advantaged socioeconomic profile that tends to reduce downside volatility and support long-run capital gains. The renter/owner mix is 27.0% renters (neutral), while the units/houses ratio is a very low 1.0% (opportune for buyers seeking low unit competition).
Affordability is stretched at 38 years, which can limit the local buyer pool and increase sensitivity to rate moves; investors should weigh that against the suburb's strong price and rent momentum.
Why suburb-level data matters for Bushland Beach
Suburb-level metrics reveal pockets of strength or weakness that council averages can hide. In Bushland Beach the typical house sits at $932,318, gross yield is 3.4%, Stock on Market is 0.55%, Inventory is 2.87 months and days on market are 36 days — these are the numbers you need to judge local liquidity, cashflow and timing rather than relying on a council-wide headline.
For a deeper methodology on concentrating on suburb signals, see our LGA vs Suburb research. For full local tables and charts, download the full Bushland Beach, QLD 4818 data guide.
What's behind the RCS™ score of 76
The HtAG RCS™ score of 76 bundles three independent dimensions — risk minimisation, capital-growth potential and cashflow resilience — into a single composite so you can align markets to strategy. Examining the component sub-scores matters: a high composite could mask trade-offs between yield and growth.
Read more on how the RCS™ is built, or open Bushland Beach in HtAG Copilot to explore score breakdowns and scenarios.
Forward signals to watch
The vacancy rate — currently 3.51%: sustained vacancies above the ~3.5% mark typically imply softer rental demand and rising incentives over a 12–24 month window, which can cap rent and price upside.
The building approvals ratio — currently 1.24%: this neutral reading points to a moderate development pipeline; it is not yet an oversupply signal but is a watch item if approvals accelerate above the neutral band.
The wider Brisbane cycle phase: a city-wide shift to weakness or recovery would influence buyer sentiment and finance availability across Queensland, and that would either amplify or temper Bushland Beach's current local momentum.
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RCS Breakdown
Bushland Beach'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
Bushland Beach's headline values — $932K to buy and $609PW to rent, a 3.39% gross yield. Over the past decade, prices have moved 127.78% and rents 81.55% — the Yield series shows whether that gap is widening (price outpacing rent, yield compressing) or closing.
$932K 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.
$609PW today, with rent growth at (+7.77% YoY) compared to price growth (+14.74%). That spread determines yield is expanding or compressing across the next cycle. Sign up to unlock the entire trend line.
Where is Bushland Beach in its cycle - and is the 3.39% 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 Bushland Beach's long-hold story?
Beyond the headline price, Bushland Beach 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
Bushland Beach'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
Bushland Beach 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 Bushland Beach 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 Bushland Beach 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 Bushland Beach - 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
Bushland Beach 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 Bushland Beach'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 Bushland Beach has structural support for the next leg of capital growth.
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Full HtAG Intelligence
Bushland Beach 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 Bushland Beach 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 Bushland Beach 4818 QLD is 5,036, with a median age of 35. Of those, 50.79% are married, 12.07% are divorced or separated, 34.97% are single and 2.30% are widowed.
The average household size is 2.9 people per dwelling, and the median household monthly income is estimated to be $9,692. The median monthly mortgage repayment for households in this suburb is $1,733 which is 17.88% of their earnings.
Source: ABS Census Data (2021)