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QLD › Tin Can Bay › Groper St

3 Groper St, Tin Can Bay QLD 4580

For saleHouse

$949,000

For sale

Asking

$550,000

Last sold

12 May 2023

3

Bedrooms

1

Bathrooms

2

Car spaces

506 m²

Land

Districts ViewPrice evidencePlanningSite constraintsHistoryListing

Districts View

Given the $949,000 ask, is this worth your time?

Why this ask?

  • FactListed for sale, asking $949,000(Listing record · 20 Aug 2026)
  • FactLand 506 m²; no building size recorded.(Property record)
  • CalculationRecorded House sales in Tin Can Bay (last 5 years) with land size: median $973/m² of land (n=131). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.(Districts recorded sales)
  • CalculationAsk is 28% above the Tin Can Bay median recorded sale ($740,000, n=41, last 12 months).(Districts calculation from recorded sales)
  • CalculationIf it leased at Tin Can Bay's advertised median rent ($540/wk), implied gross yield would be 2.96% — this is not a rent for this listing.(Districts scenario calculation)

What could make it worth more?

No upside evidence detected in the data Districts holds for this lot.

What could make it worth less?

No detected risks — but see the checklist: absence of evidence is not an all-clear.

What should you verify next?

  1. 1Official planning layers are still retrieving for this parcel — check back before relying on zoning or overlay absence.
  2. 2No hazard layer has been retrieved — confirm flood, bushfire and heritage exposure from council mapping before an offer.

Each line above is labelled. A fact is quoted from the named source, with its date. A calculation is worked out by Districts from those facts — you can check the arithmetic. An interpretation is Districts' opinion of what the evidence means, not a fact, a valuation, or advice. Anything we haven't retrieved yet is marked as missing rather than treated as a pass.

Price evidence

The ask against the evidence

Asking

$949,000

Asking · $1,875/m² of land

Last recorded sale $550,000 (12 May 2023).

Local land rate: recorded House sales in Tin Can Bay (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $973/m² of land (n=131). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Tin Can Bay at a glance

2,402

People

$740,000

Median sale

$540/wk

Median rent

3.79%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 41 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Tin Can Bay report →

Vs Tin Can Bay

+28.2%

Median sale

Suburb $740,000

-0.83 pp

Gross yield

Suburb 3.79%

Suburb median $740,000 from 41 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation, not a portal figure.

Total cost to purchase

Purchase Price
$949,000
Stamp Duty (Queensland)
$35,730
Transfer/Registration Fee
$3,833
Mortgage Registration (est., if financed)
$200
Legal & Conveyancing (est.)
$2,000
Building & Pest Inspection (est.)
$700
Rates & Water Adjustment at Settlement (est.)
$800
Total cash required
$992,263

$43,263 on top of the price (4.6% extra)

  • Stamp Duty (Queensland)
  • Transfer/Registration Fee
  • Mortgage Registration
  • Legal & Conveyancing
  • Building & Pest Inspection
  • Rates & Water Adjustment

Estimates only, at standard investor rates — no first-home or owner-occupier concessions applied. Not included: lenders mortgage insurance (usually applies when borrowing more than 80% of the price), loan application and settlement fees from your lender, the foreign-purchaser duty surcharge, and building insurance — in Queensland the property is at your risk from the first business day after signing, not from settlement. Verify with your conveyancer.

Stamp duty and transfer fees: Queensland schedules from 2026-07-01. Ongoing council rates and land tax are not included.

Rental yield

Pre-filled with Tin Can Bay's advertised median rent — not a rent for this listing.

Net yield
1.46%
Annual cashflow (pre-tax)
$-35,503
Interest cover (DSCR)
0.28
Annual rent
$28,080
Operating expenses
$14,235
Loan amount
$759,200
Annual interest
$49,348
Gross yield
2.96%

Gross yield is weekly rent × 52 ÷ price. Net yield subtracts operating expenses. Cashflow then subtracts interest-only interest on price × LVR. Tax, vacancies, and principal repayments are not included.

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Planning

Planning and development

Planning data is being calculated

Development activity

Data unavailable

Source

  • Provider: unavailable
  • Dataset: unavailable
  • Retrieved: not yet retrieved
  • Version: planning-v1

Planning facts are copied from official government GIS where available. Where an official property PDF exists (VicPlan, PlanBuild), Districts stores and serves that original document. Neither is a planning certificate, survey, or advice.

Site

Terrain

Terrain has not been calculated for this property yet.

Slope is calculated on a projected metric grid from a public DEM clip of the official parcel. This is not a survey, engineering, or insurance assessment.

Flood, bushfire and heritage

i

Flood

Not retrieved

Flood exposure has not been retrieved from any source for this property yet. Unknown is not the same as clear.

Bushfire

Not retrieved

Bushfire exposure has not been retrieved from any source for this property yet. Unknown is not the same as clear.

Heritage

Not retrieved

Heritage listing has not been retrieved from any source for this property yet. Unknown is not the same as clear.

For more information on this property, visit Queensland Globe↗.

Records

Property history

202320242026$550k$949k
  • Sold (recorded)
  • Asking price (not a sale)
  1. Listed$949,000available20 Aug 2026
  2. Sold$550,00012 May 2023
  3. Listedprice unknowncompleted23 Mar 2023

Events are recorded observations from public listings, kept with their source and date. Missing values are shown as unknown, never estimated.

Capital growth

QLD

Why this lot, not just this suburb

Why could this property outperform?

Planning layers have not been retrieved for this property yet. A suburb median or growth rate is not a reason this particular lot would outperform. Funded catalyst catchments are not loaded. A TOD badge is not this product.

What could kill that thesis?

Confidence: low

Official flood overlay has not been retrieved (pending). Missing layer is unknown, not “no.” Nearby development applications are not loaded. This lot’s own applications are a separate question.

Rental

Income, competition, and yield

What will it realistically rent for?

Confidence: low

No advertised rent is recorded. Suburb median rent $540/week — not this address. An inferred likely-rent range is not shown until official bond series are loaded for this dwelling type and bedrooms.

What competition will it face?

Current comparable rental listings within 400 m of this lot are not loaded. Nearby development applications are not loaded. This lot’s own applications are a separate question. Supply pressure needs comparable listings near this lot plus a nearby DA pipeline. Neither is loaded. Suburb vacancy or leased-tape days are not this property’s competition.

What does the yield actually look like?

Confidence: low

Gross yield if leased at the suburb aggregate is 3.0%. The yield that matters is the one on achieved rent, which has not been inferred for this address. Net yield (land tax, rates, insurance, vacancy) is not loaded. Net yield / holding costs are not estimated outside NSW without inventing land tax.

Verdict

What this means for this property

Districts view

Not enough official evidence yet to underwrite this as an investment.

Detail

The same ten questions apply to every property. Missing flood, nearby DAs, achieved rents, or lot geometry is unknown — not “no.”

Read more

Do not treat a suburb median, an advertised yield, or a listing score as the case for this lot.

The evidence loaded so far isn't enough on its own to change a buy, offer, or walk-away decision for this property.

Evidence

What is known for this property

Districts asks the same ten questions of every property. If one shows as unknown, that data isn't published for this state or hasn't been loaded yet — the question stays visible so you can see exactly what's missing.

1 of 10 questions answered so far

  • Development optionality of this lot

    Unknown

    Planning layers have not been retrieved for this property yet.

  • Nearby development pipeline

    Unknown

    Nearby development applications are not loaded. This lot’s own applications are a separate question.

  • Honest achievable rent

    Knownlow

    This is not “bond data says this address leases for $X.” The comparable figure is a suburb advertised/median rent, not this property. Official bond files (postcode or suburb × type × bedrooms) are not loaded yet.

  • Rental supply pressure

    Unknown

    Supply pressure needs comparable listings near this lot plus a nearby DA pipeline. Neither is loaded.

  • Why is this cheap?

    Unknown

    The constraint stack has not been retrieved for this lot, so Districts cannot explain a discount versus land size.

  • Lot-level flood

    Unknown

    Official flood overlay has not been retrieved (pending). Missing layer is unknown, not “no.”

  • Catalyst exposure

    Unknown

    Funded catalyst catchments are not loaded. A TOD badge is not this product.

  • This lot's DA history

    Unknown

    Development applications have not been queried for this parcel.

  • Statutory land value versus ask

    Unknown

    Statutory land value is not available as free bulk data in this jurisdiction. Do not fake it with a suburb median.

  • Net yield / holding costs

    Unknown

    Net yield / holding costs are not estimated outside NSW without inventing land tax.

Area

Tin Can Bay in one glance

Tin Can Bay at a glance

2,402

People

$740,000

Median sale

$540/wk

Median rent

3.79%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 41 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Tin Can Bay report →

Keep researching

  • Why Tin Can Bay? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in Tin Can Bay →
  • Other records on Groper St →

Listing material

Listed by Century 21 At The Bay

A Home With a View & Plenty of Possibilities

There is something special about waking up in Tin Can Bay, and even more so when you can step onto your back deck and take in the fresh coastal air. Positioned in a prime location close to the newly renovated Sleepy Lagoon Hotel, this home offers space and flexibility.

Upstairs, the home has a comfortable open-plan living and dining area that flows through to the new kitchen, complete with an electric cooktop. Step outside onto the back deck and the view immediately captures your attention, a wonderful place to enjoy your morning coffee, unwind at the end of the day or simply sit back and watch the changing colours across the Bay.

The upper level offers three bedrooms, all with fans and some with built-in robes, along with a bathroom and separate toilet.

Read the full description

Downstairs, the possibilities really open up. There is a fourth bedroom, bathroom, open-plan area and kitchenette, along with another room that could be used as a bedroom or office. This additional space gives the home plenty of flexibility for extended family, guests, working from home or simply having room to spread out.

The laundry is located in the storage area behind the double garage, with this separate area also enjoying its own courtyard.

Fully fenced and with two separate entries, the property also provides the option to utilise the home as an Airbnb, subject to the relevant requirements.

Property Features;

- Prime Tin Can Bay position

- Close to the newly renovated Sleepy Lagoon Hotel

- Upstairs with three bedrooms

- Bedrooms have fans, with some featuring built-in robes

- Upstairs bathroom with separate toilet

- Open-plan living and dining with Air-conditioning

- New kitchen with electric cooktop

- Large back deck with views across the Bay

- Downstairs fourth bedroom

- Downstairs bathroom

- Downstairs open-plan area with kitchenette and air-conditioning

- Additional room suitable as a bedroom or office

- Laundry located in the storage area behind the double garage

- Separate courtyard adjoining the storage/laundry area

- Double garage

- Fully fenced

- Two separate entries

- Potential to utilise the property as an Airbnb, subject to requirements

Imagine spending your afternoons on the back deck with family and friends or heading across the road for a meal or drink at the nearby Sleepy Lagoon Hotel, and enjoying everything the relaxed Tin Can Bay lifestyle has to offer.

Whether you're looking for a home with room for the family, somewhere to accommodate guests or a property with additional income potential, this one offers plenty of options in a wonderful position.

Properties offering this combination of space, flexibility and Bay views don't come along often. Call Paul Downman today on 0407 181 404 to arrange your inspection and see the possibilities for yourself.

Listing description written by Paul Downman, Century 21 At The Bay — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

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