Land for a fraction of the mainland price is just one of the reasons island populations are booming.
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time.Few Australian capital cities have the luxury of five islands an hour from the central post office with the price of blocks of land beginning at $45,000.
“Why would you pay $500,000 for a block of land at Redland Bay, which is 20 minutes across the bay, when you can buy block of land on Russell Island on the north end – the good end – for $80,000?” real estate agent Ted Byrne says of one of south-east Queensland’s hidden population growth zones.North Stradbroke Island, or Minjerribah, curves around all five islands, like a mother protecting the 8481 residents from the swells of the Pacific Ocean.
“Redland has shown an increase of approximately 20.8 per cent of people aged over 65 years old between 2016 and 2021. There is an identified need to align housing stock more closely with current and future residents needs through diversifying housing stock available.”“People just don’t understand a place like this, so close to a major metropolitan city like Brisbane.
More than 1000 new homes were built in the decade to February 2020, but in the three years since almost 800 new homes have been built, according to the council.Ten minutes further south a second ferry stop from Weinam Creek takes commuters clockwise to Karragarra Island, to Macleay Island, then Lamb Island and around to Russell Island.Islanders refer to going back to the Redland Bay as “back to the mainland”, or going “around the world” if travelling around the four islands.Macleay Island.
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