The property at 7 Miles Ave, Kelso, sold for $524,000 in June. Picture: realestate.com.au
The Townsville suburb buyers can’t get enough of has been revealed, with 512 properties selling in the one area last financial year.
The latest PropTrack data showed buyers were flocking to Kirwan, with 512 homes sold in suburb from July 2024 to June 2025.
This placed it well above second place Kelso, where 288 homes exchanged hands in the same time.
According to the PropTrack data, 5716 residential properties sold in the Townsville region in the year to June 2025.
That works out to be about 16 per day.
Coming in behind Kirwan and Kelso, Burdell had 254 home sale in the 2024/2025 financial year.
Rounding the top five were North Ward, with 250 sales, and Mount Louisa, with 194 sales.
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The home at 7 Valencia St, Kirwan, sold for $745,000. Picture: realestate.com.au
The most house sales were in Kirwan (449), Kelso (288), Burdell (254), Mount Louisa (194) and Bushland Beach (181).
The most units were sold in North Ward (210), Townsville City (175), West End (91), Rosslea (67) and South Townsville (64).
Ray White Townsville managing director, Giovanni Spinella said the number of sales would obviously be higher in suburbs with larger populations, but popularity also had an influence.
“The top five suburbs are also the most wanted suburbs in Townsville right now,” he said.
“Kirwan is a family location, North Ward is a lifestyle suburb, while Mt Louisa and Burdell are newer suburbs with modern homes.
“Those newer suburbs are not only popular with locals, but with the investor market looking for low maintenance properties.”
The property at 31 Octagonal Cres, Kelso, sold for $900,000 in May. Picture: realestate.com.au
Mr Spinella said in the current market, the popularity of a suburb often came down to affordability.
“Typically, Kelso, Rasmussen and Condon are still in the first homebuyer price bracket of $550,000 to $600,000,” he said.
“That is where most of the stock in that price point can be found.
“Kirwan has been exceeding that, but $550,000 to $600,000 can still get you a good home, and that’s where we’re still seeing high demand at open homes.
“Mt Louisa has been popular for similar reasons, hovering around that $600,000 to $700,000, which is still attainable for some first homebuyers.
“Investors are also pushing their budgets to that $650,000 price point as long as the returns are there.”
The July PropTrack Home Price Index revealed Townsville home prices increased for the 25th consecutive month in July, up 16.69 per cent year-on-year and 1.21 per cent quarter-on-quarter to a median of $551,000.