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Yarrabilba is a master-planned outer-suburban community in Logan laid out around broad parkland, lakes and walking trails, giving it a semi-rural feel amid ongoing development. It attracts young families and first-home buyers and is home to 10,240 people with a median age of 25. Contemporary detached homes and townhouses sit alongside playgrounds, sporting fields and a central town centre with shops, cafes and basic services, while local schools, child care and community facilities are part of the suburb’s fabric.

Residents rely on road links to the motorway network and on bus services that connect to nearby rail and regional centres. Yarrabilba is the focus of state-led town-centre planning, with precinct plans guiding future mixed-use development and public infrastructure; current and planned works include a community health and services hub co-located with Yarrabilba State School, expanding local schools, intersection upgrades and new parks as precincts are developed. Whether that suits you depends on what you want from a suburb.

A median house price of $872,500 in Yarrabilba works out to about 10.6 times a typical local household's annual income at the last Census (weekly median household income $1,585, or about $82,420 a year), so buying sits well above what households locally earned then.

If you're renting, average house rent of $630 a week is about 39.7% of that weekly household income at the last Census, while average unit rent of $540 a week is about 34.0%. On these figures both house and unit rents take a sizeable share of a typical local household's weekly income, with house rent close to 40%. 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.

Unit values jumped 32.7% over the past year, a strong rise, while house values also climbed 20.2%, another strong increase. Rents rose too but by smaller amounts: house rents increased 6.8%, a solid gain, and unit rents rose 11.3%, a strong increase. Units have outpaced houses on both capital growth and rent growth over the 12 months to the figures provided.

For someone weighing up Yarrabilba as an investment, the value figures point to capital growth over the year and the rent figures point to changes in rental income; here capital growth — especially for units — has been the more pronounced story, and unit rents have also risen faster than house rents. Whether that pattern fits your goals and circumstances is for you to decide.

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.