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Whitsunday (QLD) property development snapshot

GoSiteHunt Research · Queensland · sales Dec 2025 quarter · rents Mar 2026 quarter (new tenancies)

$720,000
Median house price · Dec 2025 quarter
+16.1%
Median change, year on year
204
House sales in the period
$650/wk
Median rent · 3-bed houses
4.7%
Indicative gross yield
#11
of 33 · Queensland Opportunity Index

Median rents by bedroom — Whitsunday (R) rental area

Type1-bed2-bed3-bed4+ bedAll
House$500/wk (27 bonds)$650/wk (76 bonds)$780/wk (65 bonds)
Townhouse$650/wk (15 bonds)
Unit$380/wk (37 bonds)$500/wk (96 bonds)$640/wk (21 bonds)

Bond-lodgement medians from the © The State of Queensland Residential Tenancies Authority (CC BY 3.0 AU), Mar 2026 quarter (new tenancies). "Low sample" = the count is masked or small at source; treat those medians with care.

What the data suggests for developers.

A gross yield around 4.7% is middling: it neither rescues nor kills a development case in Whitsunday. End values and build cost will decide the feasibility, with rent as a secondary support. The median moved +16.1% year-on-year on 204 sales — momentum is real, but never pay for it twice: if the asking price already banks the growth, the residual land value has to be run on today's evidence, not the trend line. Whitsunday qualifies for the Queensland Opportunity Index at #11 of 33 — mid-table on the yield-led score, so neither the rent side nor the momentum story dominates here. All of the above is area-level screening, not advice: a specific parcel lives or dies on zoning, overlays, frontage, and the end value of what it can actually carry.

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State-wide ranking: Queensland Opportunity Index · all covered areas: suburb data hub

Granularity & method.

Council (LGA) level — Queensland does not publish suburb-level sale prices as open data. Sale medians are detached-house sales on a QVAS contract-date basis; rents are RTA new-tenancy medians for the LGA. Indicative gross yield = headline weekly bond median × 52 ÷ sale median — a screening ratio, not a valuation input.

Sources: Residential Land Development Activity, Queensland Government Statistician's Office, Queensland Treasury (CC BY 4.0) · © The State of Queensland Residential Tenancies Authority (CC BY 3.0 AU) · Indicative screening data — not financial, investment, valuation or planning advice. Area medians can move sharply between periods, especially on thin samples. © Madison Jade Pty Ltd.