Free market report · Data to July 2026
Cook property market
Cook is one of the 453 council areas we track on the Australian property clock. This page is the plain-numbers read: where it sits in the cycle, who lives there, what's being built, and the suburbs inside it.
Houses · cycle position
Slowing
The Cook house market is still growing, but the pace has come off its fastest point. Slowing markets often keep rising for years, just less quickly.
0% to +11%
Modelled 12-month price range
0.0%
Modelled 12-month rent change
Units · cycle position
Not enough unit sales in Cook for a reliable cycle reading. That's common outside the cities, and honest beats guessed.
The clock measures growth momentum, not price. Peak means growing fastest, not about to fall. See Cook on the clock.
The people
Who lives in Cook.
Population · ABS estimates
4,876
People (2025)
+1.3%
Growth per year, last 5 years
Steady growth. Not a boom town, not going backwards.
Households · Census 2021
42
Median age
$1,159
Median household income per week
53% own or are paying off their home, 34% rent. An owner-occupier market at heart, which tends to steady prices through the cycle.
New supply
What's being approved to build.
Building approvals are tomorrow's supply. A market where approvals are falling while population grows is a market where pressure builds. The reverse deserves caution.
Dwellings approved · ABS
27 of the latest year's approvals were houses. Approvals are roughly steady year to year.
Jobs and investment
Who's working, and what's being spent.
Jobs pay mortgages and rents. Government and commercial building spend is where future jobs come from: schools, hospitals, shops and factories all get approved before they get built.
Jobs · SALM, March 2026
1,850
Employed residents
9.9%
Unemployment (national 4.2%)
57 more residents are in work than five years ago (+3.2%). Steady jobs growth, in line with a healthy regional economy.
Non-residential building approved · ABS
$30m
All sectors, FY26
$178k
Public sector (government projects)
| Year | Government | All non-residential |
|---|---|---|
| FY24 | $126k | $6m |
| FY25 | $366k | $5m |
| FY26 | $178k | $30m |
Public building spend has been steady rather than surging. For the named projects behind these numbers, ask for the full report below.
Inside the LGA
The suburbs of Cook.
All 19 suburbs and localities in Cook
Archer River · Bloomfield · Coen · Cooktown · Dixie · Edward River · Holroyd River · Hope Vale · Iron Range · Lakefield · Lakeland · Laura · Lizard · Palmer · Rossville · Shelburne · Starcke · Wenlock · Yarraden
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General information only, not financial or investment advice. Cycle positions and projections are modelled LGA-level figures to July 2026 (licensed market analytics). Population and approvals are ABS estimates; employment is SALM smoothed data; income, age and tenure are Census 2021. None of it can see street quality, flood maps, zoning or the contract, which is where deals are actually won and lost. Get advice on your own situation before acting.
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