2026 | Top growth suburbs in Australia right now
The first half of 2026 has been a turbulent stretch for Australian property, with a shifting national outlook dominating the headlines. The national picture only tells you so much, though. Local markets move at their own pace, and plenty of suburbs have kept climbing regardless of the broader mood.
Growth in the six months to June concentrated in two places: apartments in established inner and middle ring suburbs, and small coastal and regional towns. Apartments took four of the top five places nationally, and Western Australia and Queensland between them hold seven of the top ten.
The following are the top 10 growth suburbs in Australia right now, according to OpenAgent data for the first half of 2026. These are six-month moves in small markets, so a run of larger sales or a newly settled apartment block can lift a median on its own.
Using data to identify high growth suburbs
High growth suburbs tend to have one or more - sometimes all - of the following factors present:
- Consistent and rapid rise in property values over a relatively short time frame.
- Properties sell quickly, and don’t spend many days on market (DOM), a sign there is strong demand in a suburb.
- Rising rental yields, which is a value of how much income a property could fetch over a timeframe, as a proportion of its value. Higher yields indicate there is strong demand for rental accommodation.
- High auction clearance rates, which are reported as a percentage of the number of properties sold over a week/month.
- Low vacancy rates indicate strong demand for rental property in an area.
Let’s now look at ten suburbs that performed well beyond the norm in the first half of 2026.
Top 10 growth suburbs in Australia right now
1. Prospect, NSW 2148
Prospect's apartment market recorded the strongest six-month growth in the country. The median apartment price rose from $506,000 in the second half of 2025 to $706,750 in the first half of 2026, a gain of +39.7 per cent.
Prospect sits 32 kilometres west of the Sydney CBD in the City of Blacktown, bordered by the M4 Motorway and the Great Western Highway. The suburb takes its name from Prospect Hill, and Prospect Reservoir sits on its edge within the Western Sydney Parklands.
Median house price: $706,750
Growth over 6 months: +39.7%
2. Paddington, QLD 4064
Paddington is an apartment market on the inner western edge of Brisbane. Its median apartment price rose from $867,100 to $1,200,000, a gain of +38.4 per cent.
Paddington lies about 4.6 kilometres west of the Brisbane CBD and is set across steep ridges and gullies, with most of its shops on Given and Latrobe Terraces. It is predominantly residential, with distinctive Queenslander houses and workers cottages dating from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Median house price: $1,200,000
Growth over 6 months: +38.4%
3. Sunshine Beach, QLD 4567
Sunshine Beach was the strongest performing coastal apartment market on the list. Its median apartment price rose from $1,171,250 to $1,610,000, a gain of +37.5 per cent.
Sunshine Beach sits 1.8 kilometres south east of Noosa Heads in the Shire of Noosa. It is a beachfront village on the southern side of the Noosa National Park headland, about a five minute drive from Noosa Heads.
Median house price: $1,610,000
Growth over 6 months: +37.5%
4. Mosman Park, WA 6012
Mosman Park posted the strongest apartment growth in Perth over the half. Its median apartment price rose from $540,000 to $737,500, a gain of +36.6 per cent.
Mosman Park sits 11 kilometres south west of the Perth CBD, on the land between the Indian Ocean to the west and the Swan River to the east and south. It was a major industrial centre through the 1970s and now has around five kilometres of river frontage.
Median apartment price: $737,500
Growth over 6 months: +36.6%
5. Capel, WA 6271
Capel recorded the largest house price move in the country over the half. Its median house price rose from $645,000 to $880,000, a gain of +36.4 per cent.
Capel sits 17 kilometres south of Bunbury and 212 kilometres south of Perth in the Shire of Capel. It is historically a farming area, with dairy and beef alongside mineral sand mining by Iluka Resources on the Bussell Highway.
Median house price: $880,000
Growth over 6 months: +36.4%
6. Pearsall, WA 6065
Pearsall is one of two suburbs on the list to record +35.5 per cent, and takes sixth place on the exact figure. Its median house price rose from $701,000 to $950,000.
Pearsall is in the City of Wanneroo, and until the late 1990s formed the southernmost part of the suburb of Wanneroo. The suburb covers 1.5 square kilometres, taking in The Terraces Estate, a primary school and a shopping centre.
Median house price: $950,000
Growth over 6 months: +35.5%
7. Home Hill, QLD 4806
Home Hill has the lowest median on this list and one of its largest moves. Its median house price rose from $310,000 to $420,000, a gain of +35.5 per cent.
Home Hill is a rural town 12.3 kilometres south of Ayr in the Shire of Burdekin, on the delta of the Burdekin River. The Burdekin is known as the sugar cane capital of Australia, with Home Hill and Ayr linked by the Burdekin Bridge.
Median house price: $420,000
Growth over 6 months: +35.5%
8. Chevron Island, QLD 4217
Chevron Island is an apartment market and the fourth Queensland entry in the top ten. Its median apartment price rose from $696,000 to $940,000, a gain of +35.1 per cent.
Chevron Island is a natural island in the Nerang River and a neighbourhood within the suburb of Surfers Paradise. It is a medium density residential area, reached by two bridges linking it to Southport, Bundall and the Surfers Paradise strip.
Median apartment price: $940,000
Growth over 6 months: +35.1%
9. Clunes, VIC 3370
Clunes was the strongest performing Victorian suburb on the list. Its median house price rose from $520,000 to $699,000, a gain of +34.4 per cent.
Clunes sits 36 kilometres north of Ballarat in the Shire of Hepburn, and was the site of Victoria's first registered gold discovery in 1850. It is regarded as one of the most architecturally intact gold towns in Victoria, and has hosted the Clunes Booktown Festival each year since 2007.
Median house price: $699,000
Growth over 6 months: +34.4%
10. Moil, NT 0810
Moil is the Northern Territory's only entry in the national top ten, and takes tenth place on our tie-break for geographic spread after three suburbs finished level at +34.2 per cent. Its median house price rose from $635,000 to $852,000.
Moil is a northern suburb of Darwin, 11.7 kilometres from the CBD, in the City of Darwin local government area. It was built before Cyclone Tracy struck in 1974.
Median house price: $852,000
Growth over 6 months: +34.2%
About the data
Source: OpenAgent data. Growth is measured as the change in median sale price between July–December 2025 and January–June 2026, based on recorded sales only. Houses and apartments are ranked separately, meaning the same suburb may appear in both lists. Only suburbs with 10 or more recorded sales in each period are included. Where suburbs tied at one decimal place, we favoured geographic spread across the states and territories.
For the fuller state-by-state list, see Australia's top growth suburbs of 2026 so far.
