Suitable Locations for an Investment Property

South East Queensland is the third largest urban region in Australia behind Sydney and Melbourne. The Queensland Government’s ‘SEQ Regional Plan’ forecasts an average of 50,000 – 70,000 new residents each year over the next 20 years requiring over 550 new dwellings each week; this continuing level of significant and sustained growth cements Brisbane as the preferred investment location for residential property investors for the next 10 to 20 years.

South East Queensland (SEQ) - Greater Brisbane

The primary urban centre of SEQ comprises Brisbane City and the surrounding local governments of Caboolture, Gold Coast, Logan, Pine Rivers, Redcliffe and Redland with Ipswich and the Gold Coast being the two secondary urban centres that form the economic growth engine of SEQ.

The Greater Brisbane urban area is focused on the Brisbane Central Business District (CBD) and contains a large number of other regional activity centres, tertiary level hospitals, universities and other centres of research and learning, cultural hubs, and the region’s principal air and sea ports. The area is well-serviced with urban infrastructure including a suburban rail service. It contains many diverse communities ranging from well-established ‘timber and tin’ suburbs to high-rise apartments and new master-planned estates. While it contains a high proportion of the region’s major employment opportunities, these are not evenly distributed.

Greater Brisbane provides significant opportunities for urban consolidation, particularly through infill and redevelopment of areas with good accessibility to activity centres and public transport. There are also significant opportunities for housing choice, with land available for greenfield development, particularly in Pine Rivers and Caboolture.

Rockhampton Region

Rockhampton is the largest city in Central Queensland and is located some 640km north of Brisbane by road. The city is the principal administrative centre for the region and is referred to as the Beef Capital of Australia and the Gateway to Central Queensland. It is situated within close proximity to Australia’s largest coal producing region, the Bowen Basin, and Queensland’s largest industrial centre outside of Brisbane.  The economic factors supporting the Rockhampton region as an ideal investment location are;
• Extensive coal reserves (in the Bowen Basin), mineral and resource deposits;
• Climate and soils highly suited to primary production, with tropical fruits grown in the coastal regions, and beef, sheep and grain produced in the west;
• A growing tourism market supported by major tourist facilities and natural attractions such as the Great Barrier Reef and Keppel Islands;
• A concentration of government facilities, including administration centres, health and educational services, and defence training at Shoalwater Bay;
• Reliable energy supplies of gas and electricity (gas pipeline to Gladstone, and power stations at both Gladstone and Stanwell);
• Available water reserves in the Fitzroy River Basin and artesian basins;
• Proximity to a major commercial port at Gladstone which is one of the largest deepwater ports on the eastern seaboard.

General

Our Property Acquisition and Research Department search for well valued properties that meet our strict selection criteria on an ongoing basis. The fact that an area is not in our current ‘Property Locations’ list does not necessarily mean that the area is will not show strong growth but may just mean that we have been unable to find properties in that area that meet our strict selection process. With this in mind, and the fact that our research is ongoing, please do not hesitate to ask if your specific investment requirements are not fulfilled by our current selection process.