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Here you can find what you need to know about Palm Cove, QLD, including house prices in the area, median values, annual growth, recent sale prices, maps, a suburb profile and much more.

Suburb Insights
for Houses in last 12 months

At a Glance

$950K Median Sale Price (National Average $485k) 343rd In QLD
-17.57% Median Sale Price Change (1yr) (National Average 4.30%) 2780th In QLD
$710pw Median Rent (National Average $395) 181st In QLD
3.9% Median Gross Yield (National Average 4.24%) 429th In QLD
Properties sold 60
Average discounting -6.76%
Average Days on Market 87
Stock on Market 54 for sale

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How we calculate the suburb Cash Flow Score

The suburb Cash Flow Score is simply the average of all the individual Cash Flow Scores for each property in that suburb.

A higher score indicates the suburb is more likely to contain properties that deliver an above average gross yield.

Palm Cove, QLD National
Median
Gross Yield

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How we calculate the suburb Capital Growth Score

The suburb Capital Growth Score is simply the average of all the individual Capital Growth Scores for each property in that suburb.

A higher score indicates the suburb has recently experienced significant capital growth and the short term outlook for further growth is likely to be good given strong market health indicators.

Palm Cove, QLD National
Change in Median
Price (1 yr)
Average Days
on Market
Average Vendor
Discounting

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How we calculate the suburb Lower Risk Score

The suburb Lower Risk Score is simply the average of all the individual Lower Risk Scores for each property in that suburb.

A higher score indicates the suburb has increased in value over a longer period so is less likely to only be due to recent market forces. It is also likely to contain properties that command higher rent than average and therefore attract higher income tenants. Furthermore, properties in this suburb are likely to be easier to sell in the future due to strong market health indicators.

Palm Cove, QLD National
Average Days
on Market
Change in Median Price
(5 yr)
Average Vendor
Discounting

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Suburb Information

Palm Cove, QLD 4879

Part of: Cairns Council No data available

The size of Palm Cove is approximately 3.6 square kilometres. It has 11 parks covering nearly 24.5% of total area. The population of Palm Cove in 2016 was 2059 people. By 2021 the population was 2450 showing a population growth of 19.0% in the area during that time. The predominant age group in Palm Cove is 60-69 years. Households in Palm Cove are primarily childless couples and are likely to be repaying $1800 - $2399 per month on mortgage repayments. In general, people in Palm Cove work in a professional occupation.In 2021, 66.80% of the homes in Palm Cove were owner-occupied compared with 57.10% in 2016. (source: Australian Bureau of Statistics)

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Market Trends for Palm Cove   for Houses in last 12 months


There have been 60 Houses sold in Palm Cove in the past 12 months with a median sale price of $950K, down 17.6% annually. It takes on average 72 days to sell with vendor discounting of -6.8%.

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