Jaye Kershler
Mooloolaba, QLD+10
Regional Queensland · Sunshine Coast
A Sunshine Coast suburb in the Sunshine Coast Council area, home to the Maroochydore City Centre priority development area. Homes are a mix of houses, apartments and townhouses.
Last reviewed 25 October 2026
Market snapshot
Estimate, not an official figure · September 2026
Median house
$1.10M - $1.50M
Mid-band $1.3Mspread 31%
Median unit
$775,000 - $1.05M
Mid-band $913Kspread 30%
Rental yield
3.2% to 4.2%
Gross yield on house stock. Premium suburbs compress.
Price growth for Maroochydore is not shown. A property site that publishes medians from valuer-general sales records puts five-year house growth at +47% and one-year at +4%, outside our estimate's ranges, and no licensed sales data is available to check which is right.
Before you buy
The Maroochydore City Centre priority development area, declared on 19 July 2013, covers 60 hectares in central Maroochydore, and Economic Development Queensland assesses development applications there. Check whether the address is inside it.
Parts of Maroochydore are in the Sunshine Coast Planning Scheme's flood hazard overlay. The council says that map was first made in 2010, and that it endorsed a separate flood hazard area map for building rules in September 2023. Parts of the suburb are also mapped in the state's erosion prone area and storm tide hazard layers. The council adopted a coastal hazard adaptation strategy in May 2021 and says Maroochydore still needs further precinct planning. Check the address against each map.
Maroochydore has no train station. Translink's Maroochydore bus interchange is on Horton Parade. The state's planned rail project, The Wave, is at pre-construction: its first stages will run heavy rail from Beerwah to Birtinya, and a metro-style link via the Maroochydore city centre is a later stage still in planning.
Cotton Tree Caravan Park on Cotton Tree Parade is on the Queensland Heritage Register, and the planning scheme lists local heritage places in Maroochydore, including the former Methodist church and hall on Beach Road.
Maroochydore State High School has a negotiated catchment and an enrolment capacity of 1,353 students.
Residential Tenancies Authority bond data for the September 2026 quarter puts the median weekly rent for a new Maroochydore tenancy at $850 for a three-bedroom house and $700 for a two-bedroom unit. That quarter, the Residential Tenancies Authority recorded 366 new bonds.
At the 2021 Census, 37.5% of Maroochydore homes were separate houses, 36.6% were flats or apartments and 24.1% were semi-detached or townhouses.
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Why a buyers agent
In Maroochydore, a city centre development area, flood and storm tide mapping, and rail plans all bear on what you buy. A buyers agent who works the Sunshine Coast checks each map and plan for each home on your shortlist, prices it against the sales closest to it, and negotiates or bids at auction for you.
Economic Development Queensland assesses development in the Maroochydore City Centre priority development area. An agent checks whether the address is inside it.
Parts of Maroochydore are in the flood hazard overlay and the state's storm tide layers. An agent checks the address against each.
Maroochydore has no train station today, and the metro-style link in The Wave is still in planning. An agent weighs this if you plan to commute.
The Queensland Revenue Office charges no transfer duty on a first home valued at $700,000 or less, and the first home concession ends at $800,000. An agent with your conveyancer checks whether the home you choose qualifies before you sign.
Compare
| Metric | This suburbMaroochydore | NearbyBuderim |
|---|---|---|
| Median house | $1.10M - $1.50M | $1.20M - $1.65M |
| Median unit | $775,000 - $1.05M | $725,000 - $975,000 |
| Year-on-year growth | Not available | Not available |
| 5-year growth | Not available | Not available |
| Rental yield | 3.2% to 4.2% | 3.2% to 4.2% |
| Postcode | 4558 | 4556 |
Snapshot date varies by suburb; see individual suburb pages for figures.
The place
Maroochydore had 20,629 residents at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 47. It is in the Sunshine Coast Council area.
At the 2021 Census, 31.5% of Maroochydore homes were owned outright and 21.7% with a mortgage. The median weekly rent at that Census was $410 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,733.
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