Median priceⓘLast 12 months
1.52M
↑ +11.6% YoY
Coolum Beach's four markets run roughly even — unit rentals just edge ahead, with 146 sales (up 1.4%) at around $1.523M (up 11.6%), taking about 28 days to sell (up from 26 days last year), with just under half being 4-bedroom.
Unit rentals follow closely, with 136 leases (up 8.8%) at $745 a week (up 7.2%), renting out in about 14 days (down from 19 days last year), more sought-after than most unit rental markets nationally, with around half being 2-bedroom. Rounding it out, 119 house rentals at $950 a week (up 11.8%), among the country's most in-demand house rental markets. 105 unit sales at around $1.028M (up 4.2%).
Who lives hereA middle-income, mostly owner-occupied, mixed-age suburb — high-rise-heavy.
House covers houses, duplexes, semi-detached and terraces; Unit covers apartments, units, townhouses and villas.
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing and Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) 2021 · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
The age structure, household make-up, and cultural fabric of the people who call this suburb home.
Share of all residents by 5-year band · hover a band for the count + split
15% report Irish ancestry, but only 0.4% were born in Ireland — the gap is the Australian-born and diaspora Irish community, invisible in birthplace alone.
A predominantly Australian-born community.
2020–21 understated — COVID border closures.
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
What it costs to live here, who owns versus rents, and the shape of the housing stock.
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
Incomes, employment, and the occupation mix of the people who live here.
A typical household pulls in about 2.1× the typical individual — a multi-earner area.
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
How people get to work, and how car-dependent the suburb is — the clearest tell of inner-urban versus outer-suburban living.
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
Education · ACARA My School 2025
3 schools inside Coolum Beach, plus the closest options around it. Distances are straight-line from the suburb centre and are not enrolment catchments — always confirm zones with the school.
ICSEA is ACARA’s official measure of a school’s socio-educational advantage — based mainly on parents’ education and occupation, plus the school’s location and student mix.
Why are some State Rank and star ratings blank? Schools can choose not to publish their results. In practice, schools that score well above their state average almost always publish theirs — so a blank rating more often reflects a school opting out than a top result being hidden. Academic results also tend to rise with ICSEA Rank, so higher-ICSEA schools more often carry a strong State Rank as well.
School profile and ICSEA data sourced from ACARA — © Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (data year 2025) · State Rank & star columns are Micromarkets-compiled academic ratings from publicly available school results · Distances are straight-line from the suburb centre, not catchments.
How settled or transient the community is — and where newcomers came from.
Headline price, rent, yield and time on market for Coolum Beach — choose a property type and size below.
Every segment this suburb tracks — sales and rentals side by side, ranked by total activity over the last twelve months.
Where each segment sits against its peers in the chosen geography — past the midline means it's outperforming the rest.
Market demandHow fast this market is moving — a velocity index built from trailing-year transaction volume and median days on market. Strong volume lifts the score; days on market drags it down, with the drag growing sharply once listings start lingering. Ranked against peers in the chosen geography.
What it costs each week to own a property versus renting the same one — positive means buying carries the premium, negative means rent covers the mortgage.
Two questions on one chart — how strong demand is right now, and which way it's heading year-on-year.
Eight diagnostic views cutting the data a different way each time — Coolum Beach in blue, peers in colour.
How long current listings would take to clear at the recent rate of sales or leases. Critical shortage and Oversupply only fire at the genuine tails of the national distribution — sales tip in under 0.7 months, rentals far faster, under 0.3.
Out of every property transaction in this suburb, what share are sales versus leases — each point a rolling twelve-month window.
Each tape traces one metric across sixty months for the selected segment — every point a trailing twelve-month figure, matching the headline KPIs above.
Every market within reach of Coolum Beach, ranked by distance — each compared against this suburb's Houses · Total segment so divergence reads at a glance.
QLD markets whose Houses · Total segment behaves most like Coolum Beach's on the buy side — ranked by a like-for-like blend of price, yield, days on market, ownership cost and cycle phase.
Comparable sales markets to Coolum Beach include Golden Beach (QLD 4551), Buderim (QLD 4556), Wurtulla (QLD 4575), Upper Kedron (QLD 4055), Mountain Creek (QLD 4557), Brookwater (QLD 4300), Mooloolah Valley (QLD 4553) and Sinnamon Park (QLD 4073). Each link opens that suburb's full market report.
23 data-driven answers about Coolum Beach's property market — every one computed from the metrics above.
The median house price in Coolum Beach, QLD 4573 is $1.52M as of June 2026, based on 146 sales recorded over the past 12 months. Houses there have moved +11.6% year-on-year. Prices vary by bedroom count, from compact two-bedroom homes to larger four-bedroom houses. See the bedroom-level breakdown below for 2-, 3- and 4-bedroom medians.
The median unit price in Coolum Beach, QLD 4573 is $1.03M as of June 2026, based on 105 sales over the past 12 months. Units have moved +4.2% year-on-year and currently trade at roughly 67% of the median house price.
The median weekly house rent in Coolum Beach is $950 as of June 2026, drawn from 119 leases over the past 12 months. Units rent for around $745 per week. House rents have moved +11.8% year-on-year. Current vacancy pressure is shown in the supply section above.
Gross rental yield in Coolum Beach is 3.20% for houses and 3.80% for units as of June 2026, compared with the QLD unit median of 4.35%. Gross yield is annual rent divided by purchase price — it doesn't account for ownership costs like council rates, strata, maintenance or vacancy.
As of June 2026, Coolum Beach medians by bedroom count:
| Property | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houses | — | $1.26M | $1.4M | $1.7M | $1.52M |
| Units | $709k | $1.06M | $1.31M | — | $1.03M |
Figures cover only segments with enough recent transactions to be statistically meaningful; sparse segments are excluded.
At the median Coolum Beach unit ($1.03M purchase, $745/week rent), weekly mortgage repayments sit at roughly $1137 — about $392 more per week than renting. That gap is the ownership premium. Figures assume 80% LVR, a 6.0% interest rate and a 30-year principal-and-interest loan.
Coolum Beach's property market trends to June 2026: house prices rose +11.6% year-on-year and units +4.2%; weekly house rents moved +11.8%; homes now sell in a median 28 days — slower than a year ago by 2; sales supply sits at 3.8 months (loose). Read together — price, rent, selling speed and supply — they show which way the Coolum Beach market is leaning. The 5-year tape and demand cycle charts above plot the full trajectory.
As of June 2026 in Coolum Beach, house prices rose +11.6% over the year, gross rental yield is 3.20% against a QLD median of 3.71%, houses take a median 28 days to sell, sales supply is 3.8 months (loose). Capital growth, rental yield, selling speed and supply are the signals investors weigh — but these figures describe the market, not a recommendation. This is data, not financial advice; always do your own research and consider a licensed adviser.
Houses in Coolum Beach sell in a median 28 days on market as of June 2026, with units clearing slightly faster at 27 days. Days on market have lengthened by 2 days versus a year ago. Faster clearance typically coincides with stronger buyer demand and lower supply.
Coolum Beach's sales market sits at 3.8 months of supply for houses as of June 2026 — classified as Loose against the Australian distribution. Under 1.7 months is Severe (extreme shortage); over 4.5 months is Loose. The rental side is tighter still at 0.6 months of supply.
House prices in Coolum Beach moved +11.6% over the 12 months to June 2026, while units moved +4.2%. The 5-year tape above plots the full monthly trajectory — showing where the market changed character rather than just crossing round numbers.
Coolum Beach's house rental market sits at 0.6 months of supply as of June 2026 — classified as Severe (extreme shortage), with 119 houses leased over the past 12 months. Units sit at 0.7 months. Tighter supply typically corresponds to faster letting and upward pressure on rents.
Coolum Beach's house market is currently in the 'in_demand_easing' phase as of June 2026 — combining above-median sales velocity nationally with year-on-year loosening in days on market. The demand cycle chart above plots all eight segments on the same demand-versus-direction axes.
Coolum Beach's median house price ($1.52M) is 59% above the QLD median ($960k) as of June 2026. On selling speed, houses clear in 28 days vs 26 days state median. On gross yield, Coolum Beach sits at 3.20% vs 3.71% state median.
Coolum Beach's most-similar nearby market is Golden Beach (31.9 km away) with a median house price of $1.3M — about 15% cheaper. The Nearby and Similar markets sections above rank every peer within radius and by composite similarity across price, days on market, yield, ownership cost and cycle phase.
The most-transacted segment in Coolum Beach over the 12 months to June 2026 is 4 bed houses with 68 sales. 3 bed houses come second at 59 sales. The 'Most popular' panel above breaks down the top segments with weekly mortgage, rent and ownership-cost detail.
Coolum Beach recorded 146 house sales and 105 unit sales over the 12 months to June 2026 — a combined 251 transactions. On the rental side, 119 houses and 136 units were leased. Segments with statistically thin samples are excluded from displayed figures.
Coolum Beach, QLD 4573 is home to 9,152 residents (ABS Census 2021). The median resident age is 45, and the average household holds 2.4 people. The "Who lives here" section above breaks the community down by age, life stage and tenure.
The median household in Coolum Beach earns $2k per week — roughly $83k a year (ABS Census 2021). Median personal income runs $769/week. Income, rent-to-income and mortgage-to-income context sits in the "Who lives here" section above.
Coolum Beach is mostly owner-occupied: about 68% of households are owner-occupiers and 29% rent (ABS Census 2021). Of owners, 34% own outright and 34% are paying off a mortgage.
Coolum Beach has 48 schools within reach, 3 of them inside the suburb itself — including Coolum State School, Coolum Beach Christian College, Coolum State High School. The Schools section above maps each one with sector, year range, enrolment, Micromarkets-compiled academic ratings and ICSEA (ACARA).
Coolum Beach, QLD 4573 has a population of 9,152, a median age of 45, a median household income around $2k/week, 29% of households renting (ABS Census 2021). There are 48 schools within reach. Whether it's the right fit depends on your priorities — these figures describe the community, housing mix and amenity rather than offer a verdict.
This Coolum Beach market data was last updated June 2026. Figures are computed monthly from 12-month rolling windows of recorded sales and leases, with five years of monthly history behind the trend charts. Methodology, glossary and data sources are linked in the footer.
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