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Kenmore

Real estate profile

Location

10km south-west of the Brisbane CBD.

Features

Easy access to Centenary Highway and Brisbane City via Milton Road or Coronation Drive.

Median Price

REIQ research shows that the median house price in the suburb for the calendar year 2006 was $398,000.

Median Weekly Rent

The median weekly rent paid for a 3-bedroom house in this area in the June 2007 quarter was $350. The median weekly rent paid for a 2-bedroom unit in this area for the same period was not available.

Profile

Kenmore is 10 kilometres from the Brisbane CBD and has benefited greatly from the Centenary Highway that gives it direct access to the City via Milton Road or Coronation Drive.

The suburb has a large number of parks and playing fields. It has easy access to outdoors activities in surrounding suburbs, including walking tracks and roads to Mt Coot-tha lookout, botanical gardens and the planetarium; boating ramps into the Brisbane River and horse riding facilities in Fig Tree Pocket and Brookfield.

There are a number of schools in the suburb, including Kenmore State School, Kenmore State High, and private Christian schools. There are a large number of restaurants as well as two large retail centres, Kenmore Village and Kenmore Plaza, located on Moggill Road.

As one of the suburbs developed during the 1950s and 1960s, Kenmore has experienced only moderate growth in median house prices during recent years. Many of the homes built in this era are losing favour with Brisbane buyers. Lately a number of these homes have experienced renovation as owners update and modernise.

Kenmore is likely to experience strong growth throughout the next decade as demand for near-city living expands into the suburbs. The suburb should continue to attract interest from those who enjoy access to a variety of facilities but still enjoy leafy urban environments.

According to the 2006 Census there were 8,206 people living in the suburb with a median age of 39. The median individual income was $619 per week. Of all occupied private dwellings 80.4% were either fully owned or being purchased; 15.4% were being rented.

Source: REIQ

REIQ Copyright 2007. Enquiries about the reproduction of part or all of the information should be directed to the Marketplace Strategy division of the The Real Estate Institute of Qld Ph 3249 7300.

This information has been carefully compiled by the REIQ and is not intended to be treated as a warranty or promise as to the correctness of the information.

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