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REDLANDS SUBURB PROFILE: THORNLANDS
Suburb snapshot
The figures dont lie Thornlands is booming.
Why? A short drive away is access to Victoria Point restaurants, cafes and cinemas, five minutes north is the central business district of the Redlands with the harbour and shopping.
Thornlands offers blocks of 600 square metres to quarter acre blocks, as well as both new developments and existing homes.
Predominately the suburb comprises of free standing homes.
It suits all ranges of the property market from the local first home buyer to the interstate purchaser looking for a sea change at an affordable price.
Lifestyle
Thornlands offers a bayside family lifestyle, which is nestled in close proximity to shopping centres, parks, walking and cycle trails and a large number of sporting groups.
Families flock to the area with its catchment into a range of highly regarded schools including Thornlands and Bay View state schools.
It is also home to the Redlands District Special School and Carmel College, a co-educational Catholic school.
Nearby Cleveland District State High School, a member of the Council of International Schools, is highly regarded.
The school zoning also creates a strong rental market. Units alone are seeing a 15.1 per cent yield.
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From the experts
Thornlands was once a farming area, but it is now a thriving residential community and one of the fastest growing suburbs in the Redlands.
The mixture of residential and acerage blocks gives Thornlands a semi-rural feel, even though you are only minutes away from the beautiful Moreton Bay.
Thornlands encompasses the best of both worlds.
The population has grown in the last year due to the many new quality housing estates being developed along Cleveland Redland Bay Road.
With access to private and public schools, shopping centres, and being home to a large number of sporting groups, Thornlands is a popular lifestyle choice, particularly with families.
To top Thornlands off the higher areas of suburb have great bay views and it has some of the best parklands seen in South East Queensland.
- Jan Goetze, Raine and Horne Cleveland
PROPERTY FIGURES
- Median sale price: $610k
- Previous median price: $562,500
- Total sold in last 12 months: 303
- Suburb growth: +8.4 per cent
- House median rent: $500
- Unit median rent: $435
- Unit rental yield: +15.1 per cent