Toowoomba house to 9 of Qld’s prime investor hotspots

Toowoomba has been revealed as Queensland’s prime spot for property funding with 9 of the area’s suburbs making the Sunshine State’s checklist of greatest regional locations to speculate.

The brand new MCG Regional Movers and Investor Hotspots 2025 report analysed migration and property information to spotlight regional funding alternatives amid city exodus throughout Australia.

Mike Mortlock, report writer and MCG Amount Surveyors managing director, stated MCG’s evaluation indicated a transparent development – Australians had been more and more trying past the capital cities for property funding.

“Regional areas aren’t solely providing higher affordability but additionally promising rental yields and way of life advantages which can be attracting a various vary of consumers,” he stated.

The MCG evaluation discovered the highest 10 investor suburbs for every state, with shortlists created by prioritising rental yields, robust inhabitants development and the MCG Investor Rating, a composite index reflecting yield, affordability, gross sales and rental turnover, market liquidity and native demographic power.

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The house at 3-5 Kent St, Millmerran, is on the market for $649,000. Image: realestate.com.au

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The Queensland checklist included 9 suburbs within the Toowoomba area, one in Gympie and one in Mackay.

Coming in at primary was Millmerran in wider Toowoomba with a median home value of $388,500, a gross rental yield of 4.8 per cent and a MCG Investor Rating of 81, which was the third highest rating within the nation.

The report stated the renal market in Millmerran remained tight, whereas regional business and agriculture anchored the native economic system.

“Rents have grown 7.1 per cent over the previous yr, and a low purchase affordability (5.4 years) helps regular demand from native tenants and households,” the report stated.

The Clifton-Greenmount space, additionally in wider Toowoomba got here in second with a median home value of $455,000, a gross rental yield of 5.1 per cent and a MCG Investor Rating of 80.

Pittsworth within the Toowoomba area was third with the median home value sitting at $615,000, gross rental yield at 4.3 per cent and the MCG Investor Rating at 76.

The broader Toowoomba areas of Jondaryan, Crows Nest – Rosalie, Highfields, Cambooya – Wyreema and Gowrie all made the checklist, together with Kilkivan in Gympie.

Walkerston – Eaton in Mackay and Center Ridge in Toowoomba tied for tenth place.

The property at 5 Collins St, Pittsworth, is on the market for provides over $599,000. Image: realestate.com.au

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Gross sales agent Ben Liesch, of Ray White Toowoomba stated nearly all of Toowoomba suburbs that made the checklist had been on the outskirts of the town or out of city.

“These are areas are extra in order that entry degree shopping for,” he stated.

“There was sizzling competitors in these space driving costs up and there’s additionally extra folks having to look out of city for leases due to brief provide.”

Mr Liesch stated with Toowoomba experiencing a emptiness price under 1 per cent and a rising inhabitants, traders had been eager to interrupt into the native property market.

“We do get numerous enquiry from out of space traders and native traders have been fairly busy, too,” he stated.

“We’ve additionally acquired numerous purchaser’s brokers appearing on behalf of traders.”

Mr Liesch stated traders had been notably lively within the $600,000 to $700,000 value bracket, which was contemplating entry degree in Toowoomba.

“In an space round city (that value level) will get you a 3 or four-bedroom house with one to 2 bogs and a bit of bit older.

“In additional densely populated areas, it will possibly get you a extra fashionable home.

“Something under $600,000 is probably going a renovator or pretty out of city.”

Ray White Toowoomba gross sales agent Ben Liesch.

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Mr Liesch stated the Toowoomba property market had been heating up since Covid with tasks resembling the brand new public hospital beneath building serving to to drive inhabitants development and curiosity within the area.

The Regional Movers and Investor Hotspots report discovered Queensland was a number one vacation spot for inner migration and a welcoming atmosphere for property traders, underpinned by inhabitants development, ongoing infrastructure commitments and regular rental demand.

“The state’s usually pro-investor coverage atmosphere, alongside fewer regulatory adjustments than seen in Victoria or New South Wales, continues to assist optimistic investor sentiment, notably within the southeast and alongside the coast,” Mr Mortlock stated.

“Nonetheless, the post-pandemic surge in home costs has softened, and competitors from each owner-occupiers and migrating households is intensifying in key markets.”

The house at 9 Staunton Ave, Highfields, is on the market for provides over $799,000. Image: realestate.com.au

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Mr Mortlock stated the December 2024 Regional Movers Index highlighted the resilience of Queensland’s regional way of life attraction, with the highest 5 LGAs by share of internet inner migration being Sunshine Coast (35.8%), Fraser Coast (11.7%), Gympie (7.2%), Mackay (6.2%) and Toowoomba (6.0%).

“Collectively, these 5 areas account for greater than two-thirds of the state’s internet migration positive factors, reaffirming Queensland’s standing as a magnet for these searching for affordability, local weather and a slower tempo of life,” he stated.

“The Sunshine Coast stays the state’s dominant development hall and the preferred regional vacation spot nationally, although its share of migration is progressively receding as new hotspots emerge.”

Mr Mortlock stated Fraser Coast, Gympie and Toowoomba had been more and more wanted by metropolis leavers and established Queenslanders, drawn by way of life, increasing job alternatives and extra attainable property markets, whereas historically resources-driven Mackay was additionally benefiting from diversification.

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(SOURCE: MCG Amount Surveyors)