Question 1

Is Moranbah a nice place to live?

Accepted Answer

Moranbah is a regional service town in the Bowen Basin, established around coal mining and marked by a compact town centre, visible mining infrastructure and a regional airport.

The community is young, with many renters and incomes above the Queensland median, and couples with children make up 55.8% of families. The town centre provides shops, essential services and social venues, while recreation is oriented around sports fields, a leisure centre and nearby bushland for riding and walking; a hospital redevelopment delivered a new hospital.

Question 2

Is it expensive to live in Moranbah?

Accepted Answer

A house at Moranbah's current median of $435,000 works out to about 2.7 times a typical local annual household income, with that household income at about $3,079 a week at the most recent Census. On those figures, buying a house sits relatively affordable against local incomes.

Looking at renting, a house rent of $650 a week would take roughly 21% of a typical local household's weekly income, a moderate share, while a unit rent of $600 a week would take about 19%, a modest share. If you're renting rather than buying, those rent shares are the figures that matter for comparing costs against local incomes.

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

Question 3

Is Moranbah a good place to invest?

Accepted Answer

Over the past 12 months, Moranbah's median house value rose 5.1% and median unit value rose 9.2%, while house rents fell 5.8% and unit rents fell 13.7%. In other words, both houses and units saw capital values increase at the same time their rental income declined. Unit values rose faster than house values, and unit rents fell more sharply than house 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.

	Houses	Units
Median price Past 3 months	$435K	N/A
Change in value Past 12 months	5.1%	9.2%
Sold Past 3 months	45	1
Median days on market Past 12 months	82	120
Average rent Past 12 months	$650	$600
Change in rent Past 12 months	-5.8%	-13.7%

	Suburb	QLD
Median age years	31	38
Median household income weekly	$3,079	$1,675
Couples with children share of families	55.8%	41.2%
Couples without children share of families	30.0%	40.3%
One-parent families share of families	13.1%	16.8%
Homes owned outright share of homes	8.8%	30.1%
Homes with a mortgage share of homes	19.8%	35.6%
Homes rented share of homes	71.4%	34.3%

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