Free market report · Data to July 2026
Sunshine Coast property market
Sunshine Coast 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
Peak
The Sunshine Coast house market is growing at its fastest pace in the current cycle. That is a momentum reading, not a crash call: markets can sit at peak growth for a long time before easing.
-7% to +18%
Modelled 12-month price range
+2.7%
Modelled 12-month rent change
Units · cycle position
Peak
The unit market is growing at its fastest pace in the current cycle. That is a momentum reading, not a crash call: markets can sit at peak growth for a long time before easing.
-7% to +18%
Modelled 12-month price range
+3.6%
Modelled 12-month rent change
The clock measures growth momentum, not price. Peak means growing fastest, not about to fall. See Sunshine Coast on the clock.
The people
Who lives in Sunshine Coast.
Population · ABS estimates
381,957
People (2025)
+2.5%
Growth per year, last 5 years
Growing faster than most of the country. People arriving is the rawest form of housing demand.
Households · Census 2021
43
Median age
$1,595
Median household income per week
69% own or are paying off their home, 27% 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
1,830 of the latest year's approvals were houses. Approvals are trending down: new supply is thinning out.
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
190,449
Employed residents
3.6%
Unemployment (national 4.2%)
32,631 more residents are in work than five years ago (+20.7%). That is strong jobs growth, and it usually shows up in housing demand with a lag.
Non-residential building approved · ABS
$1.2b
All sectors, FY26
$128m
Public sector (government projects)
| Year | Government | All non-residential |
|---|---|---|
| FY24 | $108m | $777m |
| FY25 | $74m | $624m |
| FY26 | $128m | $1.2b |
Public building spend here is trending up. Governments build where they expect people. For the named projects behind these numbers, ask for the full report below.
Inside the LGA
The suburbs of Sunshine Coast.
All 114 suburbs and localities in Sunshine Coast
Alexandra Headland · Aroona · Bald Knob · Balmoral Ridge · Baringa · Battery Hill · Beerburrum · Beerwah · Belli Park · Bells Creek · Birtinya · Bli Bli · Bokarina · Bribie Island North · Bridges · Buddina · Buderim · Burnside · Caloundra · Caloundra West · Cambroon · Chevallum · Coes Creek · Conondale · Coochin Creek · Coolabine · Cooloolabin · Coolum Beach · Corbould Park · Crohamhurst · Curramore · Currimundi · Diamond Valley · Dicky Beach · Diddillibah · Doonan · Dulong · Eerwah Vale · Elaman Creek · Eudlo · Eumundi · Flaxton · Forest Glen · Gheerulla · Glass House Mountains · Glenview · Golden Beach · Highworth · Hunchy · Ilkley · Image Flat · Kenilworth · Kiamba · Kidaman Creek · Kiels Mountain · Kings Beach · Kulangoor · Kuluin · Kunda Park · Kureelpa · Landers Shoot · Landsborough · Little Mountain · Maleny · Mapleton · Marcoola · Maroochy River · Maroochydore · Meridan Plains · Minyama · Moffat Beach · Mons · Montville · Mooloolaba · Mooloolah Valley · Mount Coolum · Mount Mellum · Mountain Creek · Mudjimba · Nambour · Ninderry · Nirimba · North Arm · North Maleny · Obi Obi · Pacific Paradise · Palmview · Palmwoods · Parklands · Parrearra · Peachester · Pelican Waters · Peregian Springs · Perwillowen · Point Arkwright · Reesville · Rosemount · Shelly Beach · Sippy Downs · Tanawha · Towen Mountain · Twin Waters · Valdora · Verrierdale · Warana · West Woombye · Weyba Downs · Witta · Woombye · Wootha · Wurtulla · Yandina · Yandina Creek · Yaroomba
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This page is the public data. The full report is the licensed feed: 10 years of prices, rents and vacancy over time, days on market, demand, and the supply pipeline, for Sunshine Coast or any suburb in it. Same data we run for clients. I pull it and email it through, usually within a business day. No charge, and no 14-part email sequence after it.
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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