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Nice: 1 in 8 areas scoring double-digit growth
Economists may be warning of Australia’s “big problem” in property, but that hasn’t stopped these locations from producing double-digit growth in the last year.
Nice: 1 in 8 areas scoring double-digit growth
Economists may be warning of Australia’s “big problem” in property, but that hasn’t stopped these locations from producing double-digit growth in the last year.
Australia faces four key economic challenges, with property the “biggest wave” in terms of impact, Deloitte Access Economics partner Chris Richardson said in a weekly update this morning.
Despite a generally healthy industry landscape, he said higher global funding costs coupled with tightened credit availability are a “big problem for property” and its linked sectors.
However, property market research group Propertyology has a more upbeat take on the current climate.
Noting that one in eight city council locations, or 12 per cent of locations over Australia, have delivered double-digit growth in the year ending April 2018, head of research Simon Pressley said there are still “significant” opportunities thanks to improved economic conditions.
“We’ve been saying for quite some time that the outlook for many parts of regional Australia is increasingly better than most capital city markets,” said Mr Pressley, pointing to employment growth in some regional areas.
According to Propertyology’s research, 67 out of 550 locations had double-digit growth, with 45 of these located outside of capital cities.
Mr Pressley noted that double-digit growth isn’t a common occurrence.
“Several capital cities still haven’t seen it since before the GFC. The strongest growth cycle unfolding right now is in strategically-chosen regional locations,” he said.
“The Asian Century is real, it’s having a positive impact in key industries and this is flowing through to certain property markets, including regional Australia. The opportunities are significant, and we are only 19 years in to it.”
These were the top 20:
| Location | Current price | % growth |
| Hume VIC | $566,000 | 25.0% |
| Uralla NSW | $367,000 | 24.1% |
| Whittlesea VIC | $625,000 | 23.0% |
| Cardinia CIV | $535,000 | 20.9% |
| Dorset TAS | $220,000 | 20.0% |
| Nillumbik VIC | $780,000 | 19.3% |
| Casey VIC | $620,000 | 19.0% |
| Snowy River NSW | $495,000 | 18.9$ |
| Melton VIC | $505,000 | 18.4% |
| Cooma-Monaro NSW | $320,500 | 18.4% |
| Grant SA | $275,000 | 18.0% |
| Berrigan NSW | $238,750 | 17.7% |
| Glenorchy TAS | $376,000 | 17.3% |
| Wyndham VIC | $560,000 | 17.2% |
| Mitchell VIC | $430,000 | 15.9% |
| Kingborough TAS | $576,600 | 15.7% |
| Palerang NSW | $727,500 | 15.6% |
| Gloucester NSW | $286,000 | 15.5% |
| Dungog NSW | $420,000 | 15.5% |
| Wellington NSW | $193,750 | 15.4% |
| Auburn NSW | $985,000 | 15.0% |
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