Cranbrook, QLD 4814
Townsville City, Queensland
Good to Know
Cranbrook, QLD 4814 is a strong-growth house market in the Townsville City Council area, currently positioned as a demand-driven capital-growth submarket. The suburb is home to roughly 5,844 adults across 2,718 dwellings and is trading with a vacancy rate of 0.94%, signalling tight rental conditions.
According to HtAG Analytics, Cranbrook is exhibiting demand-driven tightening. Stock on Market sits at 0.63% and Inventory at 2.78 months — around the ~3-month balanced-market threshold — driving +17.7% YoY price growth and +8.3% YoY rent growth.
What the market data is signalling
Cranbrook's 1-year price growth of +17.7% outpaces rent growth of +8.3%, which points to capital-led momentum supported by improving rental returns (median rent $575, gross yield 4.33%). Low vacancy (0.94%) and an opportune days-on-market of 31 days show active demand for houses; Stock on Market (0.63%) and Inventory (2.78 months) remain in balanced bands, so gains are being driven more by demand than by a surge in listings. See the Markets in the Moment (MiM™) heatmap for nearby submarket momentum.
Who lives in Cranbrook — and why it matters for investors
Cranbrook's IRSAD of 941 sits above the recommended threshold, indicating a modestly stronger socio-economic profile that can dampen downside volatility versus lower-IRSAD pockets. Tenure and dwelling mix are neutral: renter/owner ratio 31.0% and units/houses ratio 14.0%, which supports both capital stability and rental demand. For more on why socio-economic crossover matters, see the IRSAD Crossover study.
Why suburb-level data matters for Cranbrook
Council or LGA averages can hide pockets like Cranbrook. Decisions should rest on Cranbrook's own metrics: typical price $690,225, median rent $575, yield 4.33%, Stock on Market 0.63%, Inventory 2.78 months and days on market 31 — these suburb-level readings explain the recent +17.7% price uplift and rental pressure. Read more on why you should research below-council markets in our LGA vs Suburb research.
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What's behind the RCS™ score of 69
HtAG's RCS™ score (69) bundles three independent dimensions — risk minimisation, capital-growth potential and cashflow resilience — into one composite rating. A single score masks sub-score trade-offs, so read the breakdown to match Cranbrook to your strategy (for example: above-average capital upside with solid yield). Learn how the RCS™ is built.
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Forward signals to watch
The vacancy rate — currently 0.94%: sustained vacancy below 1% typically keeps upward pressure on rents and increases tenant competition over the next 12–24 months.
The building approvals ratio — currently 0.05%: very low approvals point to constrained new-supply risk, which can support price growth if demand remains strong.
The wider Brisbane cycle phase: a city-wide upswing or slowdown in the Brisbane cycle could amplify or damp local momentum in Cranbrook depending on whether broader sentiment and capital flows shift.
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RCS Breakdown
Cranbrook'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
Cranbrook's headline values — $690K to buy and $573PW to rent, a 4.31% gross yield. Over the past decade, prices have moved 143.36% and rents 75.30% — the Yield series shows whether that gap is widening (price outpacing rent, yield compressing) or closing.
$690K 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.
$573PW today, with rent growth at (+8.29% YoY) compared to price growth (+17.74%). That spread determines yield is expanding or compressing across the next cycle. Sign up to unlock the entire trend line.
Where is Cranbrook in its cycle - and is the 4.31% 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 Cranbrook's long-hold story?
Beyond the headline price, Cranbrook 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
Cranbrook'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
Cranbrook 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 Cranbrook 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 Cranbrook 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 Cranbrook - 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
Cranbrook 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 Cranbrook'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 Cranbrook has structural support for the next leg of capital growth.
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Full HtAG Intelligence
Cranbrook 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 Cranbrook 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 Cranbrook 4814 QLD is 4,845, with a median age of 40. Of those, 39.86% are married, 14.04% are divorced or separated, 39.92% are single and 6.21% are widowed.
The average household size is 2.5 people per dwelling, and the median household monthly income is estimated to be $7,028. The median monthly mortgage repayment for households in this suburb is $1,300 which is 18.50% of their earnings.
Source: ABS Census Data (2021)