Is Blacks Beach a nice place to live?

Blacks Beach is a relaxed suburb on a long sandy shoreline with open ocean views, a foreshore reserve, low-density streets and a small shopping strip. The community is young, with many renters and incomes above the Queensland median, and couples with children are the largest family group at 43.7%. Everyday life centres on walking tracks to the beach, parks, playgrounds and local community facilities, and regular bus services and local roads keep errands and access to Mackay straightforward; a new Eimeo Road shared path was constructed to link the Northern Beaches Shopping Centre to Blacks Beach.

Is it expensive to live in Blacks Beach?

Buying versus renting in Blacks Beach shows a clear gap when measured against local incomes. A typical local household earned about $2,013 a week at the most recent Census. The median house price of $713,000 works out to about 6.8 times a typical local annual household income, which places buying well above local incomes. For renters, average house rent of $660 a week would take about 33% of that weekly household income, a sizeable share, while average unit rent of $580 a week would take about 29%, a moderate share. Whether that feels expensive depends on your own income and circumstances. Everyone's financial situation is different, so it's important to consider your own circumstances when deciding which suburb is right for you.

Is Blacks Beach a good place to invest?

Unit values in Blacks Beach jumped 31.3% over the past 12 months, while house values rose a strong 17.9%, and unit rents increased 10.9% as house rents rose a modest 3.1%. Put simply, capital growth outpaced rental growth for both property types on this page: the disparity is particularly large for units, where value gains were much stronger than rent increases, and for houses values also rose by more than rents. 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.

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Blacks Beach suburb profile

Blacks Beach is a relaxed suburb in the Mackay region, set along a long sandy shoreline near the Coral Sea. The suburb’s durable character is shaped by open ocean views, foreshore reserve and low-density streets of single-level homes on generous blocks, with pockets of more recent housing blending into the coastal landscape.

Local life revolves around parks, playgrounds and walking tracks that run toward the beach, plus a small shopping strip and community facilities. The area is connected to Mackay by local roads and regular bus services, keeping everyday errands and city access straightforward while retaining a seaside atmosphere.

Blacks Beach property market performance

Current median dwelling price$521,500Past 3 months

Property growth+24.6%Past 12 months

Blacks Beach's median house price is $713,000 and house values rose 17.9% over the last 12 months, a sharp rise. It is primarily a house market: 21 houses and 1 unit sold over the last 3 months, and there is no reliable median for units because too few have sold to publish one.

In Blacks Beach, house values ran ahead of house rents, which rose 3.1% over the last 12 months.

	Houses	Units
Median price Past 3 months	$713K	N/A
Change in value Past 12 months	17.9%	31.3%
Sold Past 3 months	21	1
Median days on market Past 12 months	18	17
Average rent Past 12 months	$660	$580
Change in rent Past 12 months	3.1%	10.9%

5 year median price trend for houses and units

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Blacks Beach demographics

Blacks Beach is a young community with many renters and incomes above the median for Queensland.

Couples with children are the largest family group, at 43.7% of families. At the 2021 Census there were 4,153 people living in Blacks Beach.

Blacks Beach and Queensland

	Suburb	QLD
Median age years	31	38
Median household income weekly	$2,013	$1,675
Couples with children share of families	43.7%	41.2%
Couples without children share of families	33.2%	40.3%
One-parent families share of families	21.9%	16.8%
Homes owned outright share of homes	15.9%	30.1%
Homes with a mortgage share of homes	29.5%	35.6%
Homes rented share of homes	54.6%	34.3%

Source: ABS 2021 Census. Shares of homes exclude other and not-stated tenure.

Blacks Beach infrastructure, key developments and investment opportunities

Blacks Beach's Camilleri Street District Park upgrades were completed and opened in 2025, with the works delivering a new formal entry off Camilleri Street that includes an elevated pedestrian bridge. The new Eimeo Road shared path was constructed in 2026, closing a missing link in the Northern Beaches active-transport network and connecting the Northern Beaches Shopping Centre to Blacks Beach.

A state-funded upgrade of the Mackay–Bucasia Road and Golf Links Road intersection entered detailed design in 2025, with the scope including metering signals on all four roundabout approaches. Council adopted the Blacks Beach Local Coastal Plan in 2017. Bushland rehabilitation at the Blacks Beach Spit has been underway since 2014, with about 90% of the reserve having received primary weed control.

Suburbs near Blacks Beach

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How does Blacks Beach compare to nearby suburbs?

Median house prices: Blacks Beach’s median house price is 20.8% higher than Slade Point’s.
Median unit prices: Blacks Beach’s median unit price is 91.3% higher than Dolphin Heads’s.
House price growth: Over the past 12 months, house prices in Blacks Beach have grown 7.4% higher than in Eimeo.
Unit price growth: Over the past 12 months, unit prices in Blacks Beach have grown 49.2% higher than in Dolphin Heads.
Selling speed for houses: Properties in Blacks Beach are selling 72.3% faster than in Dolphin Heads.
Selling speed for units: Properties in Blacks Beach are selling 75.4% faster than in Dolphin Heads.

Common questions about Blacks Beach

Is Blacks Beach a nice place to live?
Blacks Beach is a relaxed suburb on a long sandy shoreline with open ocean views, a foreshore reserve, low-density streets and a small shopping strip.

The community is young, with many renters and incomes above the Queensland median, and couples with children are the largest family group at 43.7%. Everyday life centres on walking tracks to the beach, parks, playgrounds and local community facilities, and regular bus services and local roads keep errands and access to Mackay straightforward; a new Eimeo Road shared path was constructed to link the Northern Beaches Shopping Centre to Blacks Beach.
Is it expensive to live in Blacks Beach?
Buying versus renting in Blacks Beach shows a clear gap when measured against local incomes. A typical local household earned about $2,013 a week at the most recent Census. The median house price of $713,000 works out to about 6.8 times a typical local annual household income, which places buying well above local incomes. For renters, average house rent of $660 a week would take about 33% of that weekly household income, a sizeable share, while average unit rent of $580 a week would take about 29%, a moderate share. Whether that feels expensive depends on your own income and circumstances.

Everyone's financial situation is different, so it's important to consider your own circumstances when deciding which suburb is right for you.
Is Blacks Beach a good place to invest?
Unit values in Blacks Beach jumped 31.3% over the past 12 months, while house values rose a strong 17.9%, and unit rents increased 10.9% as house rents rose a modest 3.1%.

Put simply, capital growth outpaced rental growth for both property types on this page: the disparity is particularly large for units, where value gains were much stronger than rent increases, and for houses values also rose by more than rents.

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.

Choose the right real estate agents in Blacks Beach

There are 54 real estate agents in Blacks Beach, but they don’t all deliver the same results.

Some agents have a much stronger presence in the suburb, with just 5 agents handling around 41.9% of all sales in the past year.

Commission rates in Blacks Beach typically range from 1% to 3.13%. Comparing agents—including what they charge, what’s included, and how they structure their fees—is not only important when choosing an agent, the right structure can help ensure your chosen agent is motivated to achieve the best possible result.