Dysart, the Queensland mining town dominates the cheapest median housing locations in 2017

Dysart, the Queensland mining town dominates the cheapest median housing locations in 2017
Staff reporterDecember 17, 2020

Outback and mining towns dominated Australia's cheapest median home prices.

The list was prepared by CoreLogic.

Queensland's Dysart was among the busiest locations with 44 house sales.

There was a $98,000 median house price in the mining town.

Sales included a highest home at 107 Beardmont Crescent at $67,000.

Dysart is a service centre for the nearby Norwich Park coal mine, which closed in 2012, the Saraji coal mine, and the Lake Vermont Coal Mine, as well as grazing properties in the district. Most residents are employed by the coal mines.

Houses                Volume              Median                                                         

WA Mount Magnet Mount Magnet 12 $68,605     

WA Norseman Dundas 19 $80,314.                      

WA Kambalda East Coolgardie 15 $90,978            

Tas Rosebery West Coast 40 $91,907                   

Tas Queenstown West Coast 73 $93,707               

Tas Zeehan West Coast 18 $96,377                      

Qld Dysart Isaac 44 $98,187                               

Vic Rupanyup Yarriambiack 11 $99,299                

SA Pinnaroo Southern Mallee 12 $103,928           

Vic Sea Lake Buloke 11 $105,235                       

 

Units

SA Elizabeth Vale Playford 12 $128,118

Qld Beachmere Moreton Bay 11 $135,981

WA South Hedland Port Hedland 44 $136,227

Qld Woree Cairns 54 $142,780

Vic Moe Latrobe 33 $143,014

SA Whyalla Stuart Whyalla 37 $146,462

Qld Kooralbyn Scenic Rim 14 $146,839

Qld Edmonton Cairns 10 $152,917

Qld Manunda Cairns 63 $153,919

NSW North Albury Albury 13 $154,580

 

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