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Yeppoon sits on the Capricorn Coast near Keppel Bay and Great Keppel Island. Its compact town centre has a main shopping street of cafés, shops and community facilities, and a seafront green space used for boating, markets and outdoor events.

Yeppoon is an older community with incomes below the Queensland median, and couples without children make up 48.0% of families. Everyday amenities include parks and walking paths along the foreshore, regular maritime activity and Rosslyn Bay's harbour and ferry services to the islands, with regional services in Rockhampton within easy reach; the Capricorn Coast Hospital has a satellite renal dialysis unit, and the Town Centre Revitalisation project is programmed as a staged streetscaping and public space upgrade.

Housing costs in Yeppoon sit against a typical local household income of about $1,221 a week at the most recent Census. On those figures, the average house rent of $660 a week would take about 54% of a typical local household's weekly income, and the average unit rent of $520 a week would take about 43%, both a large share of income. If you're renting rather than buying, those rent shares are the most relevant numbers.

Buying looks more stretched: the median house price of $802,500 is about 12.6 times a typical local annual household income, and the median unit price of $580,000 is about 9.1 times annual income. On these figures, purchase prices sit well above local incomes, so whether that feels expensive will depend on your own circumstances.

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

The most striking change in Yeppoon over the past 12 months is that unit values climbed 23.0% while house values rose 10.8%. On the income side, house rents rose 6.5% and unit rents rose 6.1%.

Put simply, capital growth has outpaced rental income for both property types here. Unit values grew much faster than unit rents, and unit value growth also exceeded the rise in house values, while house value growth was noticeably larger than house rent growth.

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.