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Bentley Park features low-set and newer houses on generous blocks, tropical gardens, parks and sporting fields, and a neighbourhood shopping strip on the main road.

Bentley Park is a young community with many households buying their homes, and couples with children make up 44.1% of families. Local bus services connect the area to the city and the wider region, while major roads give straightforward access to the airport and coastal corridors. Sporting fields, playgrounds and public parks sit alongside the shopping strip for everyday needs, and planning is under way for the Foster Road grade-separated intersection and a Bentley Park interchange as part of the Bruce Highway, Cairns Southern Access Corridor (Stage 5) project.

With a median house price of $734,000, buying in Bentley Park works out to about 7.7 times a typical local annual household income, using a weekly household income of $1,831 at the last Census. Renting is easier to relate to: a house rent of $680 a week would take roughly 37% of that weekly household income, which is a sizeable share, while a unit at $460 a week would take about 25%, a moderate share. On these figures, buying sits well above local incomes and renting, particularly units, looks comparatively more manageable for a typical local household.

Everyone's financial situation is different, so it's important to consider your own circumstances when deciding which suburb is right for you.

What stands out in Bentley Park is a strong 17.2% rise in median house values over the past 12 months. House rents rose a modest 4.6%, so for houses capital growth has outpaced rental income.

This information has been prepared without taking your objectives, needs and overall financial situation into account. It is not meant to be a substitute for professional financial advice. For this reason, you should consider the appropriateness of the information and, if necessary, seek appropriate professional advice.