Railway Estate at a glance
3,034
People
$650,000
Median sale
$502/wk
Median rent
4.02%
Suburb gross yield
Median sale from 54 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.
QLD › Railway Estate › Brooks St
$615,000
For sale
Asking
3
Bedrooms
1
Bathrooms
1
Car spaces
843 m²
Land
Districts View
No upside evidence detected in the data Districts holds for this lot.
No detected risks — but see the checklist: absence of evidence is not an all-clear.
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
Asking
$615,000
Asking · $730/m² of land
No recorded sale for this property.
Railway Estate at a glance
3,034
People
$650,000
Median sale
$502/wk
Median rent
4.02%
Suburb gross yield
Median sale from 54 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.
Vs Railway Estate
-5.4%
Median sale
Suburb $650,000
+0.22 pp
Gross yield
Suburb 4.02%
Suburb median $650,000 from 54 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation, not a portal figure.
$26,697 on top of the price (4.3% extra)
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.
Pre-filled with Railway Estate's advertised median rent — not a rent for this listing.
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.
Planning
Planning data is being calculated
Data unavailable
Source
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 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 exposure has not been retrieved from any source for this property yet. Unknown is not the same as clear.
Bushfire exposure has not been retrieved from any source for this property yet. Unknown is not the same as clear.
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
Events are recorded observations from public listings, kept with their source and date. Missing values are shown as unknown, never estimated.
Capital growth
QLDPlanning 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.
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
No advertised rent is recorded. Suburb median rent $502/week — not this address. An inferred likely-rent range is not shown until official bond series are loaded for this dwelling type and bedrooms.
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.
Gross yield if leased at the suburb aggregate is 4.2%. 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
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.”
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
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
UnknownPlanning layers have not been retrieved for this property yet.
Nearby development pipeline
UnknownNearby development applications are not loaded. This lot’s own applications are a separate question.
Honest achievable rent
KnownlowThis 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
UnknownSupply pressure needs comparable listings near this lot plus a nearby DA pipeline. Neither is loaded.
Why is this cheap?
UnknownThe constraint stack has not been retrieved for this lot, so Districts cannot explain a discount versus land size.
Lot-level flood
UnknownOfficial flood overlay has not been retrieved (pending). Missing layer is unknown, not “no.”
Catalyst exposure
UnknownFunded catalyst catchments are not loaded. A TOD badge is not this product.
This lot's DA history
UnknownDevelopment applications have not been queried for this parcel.
Statutory land value versus ask
UnknownStatutory land value is not available as free bulk data in this jurisdiction. Do not fake it with a suburb median.
Net yield / holding costs
UnknownNet yield / holding costs are not estimated outside NSW without inventing land tax.
Area
Railway Estate at a glance
3,034
People
$650,000
Median sale
$502/wk
Median rent
4.02%
Suburb gross yield
Median sale from 54 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.
Listing material
Listed by Century 21 Aaron Moon RealtyThere's a particular kind of ease to life here.
Wide streets, big old trees, open parkland and the kind of established neighbourhood where there's still a bit of breathing room between you and the rest of the world. Yet you're close enough to the city that dinner on Palmer Street, a Cowboys game at the Stadium or an afternoon along The Strand doesn't require much planning.
And waiting at 46 Brooks Street is a home that follows much the same philosophy.
The hard work has already been taken care of. The bathroom is new, the kitchen has been updated, a beautiful vinyl timber plank flooring runs throughout, the electrical fittings have been refreshed, and the entire home is air-conditioned. It's fresh, comfortable and ready to be lived in from day one.
What's left isn't a list of jobs. It's the good stuff.
Deciding where the furniture goes. Finding your favourite spot on the screened front balcony. Working out what you'll do with all that space underneath. And looking across the big corner yard wondering whether one day there's a shed over there, a pool over here, or perhaps nothing at all.
Because there's no rule saying every spare piece of land needs something built on it.
Sometimes having a bit of space is the luxury.
Upstairs, the living is easy. The main living area flows through to the dining and kitchen before opening onto the front balcony, screened with louvres for shade and privacy, somewhere for the morning coffee, an afternoon drink or simply somewhere to sit when you don't particularly need to be anywhere else.
There are three bedrooms upstairs, each with built-in storage, while the new bathroom is one of the home's real highlights. Clean lines, neutral finishes and a walk-in shower give it a modern feel without trying too hard.
Then there's downstairs.
The house has already been lifted, creating approximately 78m² of garage and workshop space underneath. Right now, it's honest, open space and that's precisely the point. Workshop, storage, cars, hobbies, a home gym or something more ambitious down the track, subject of course to the relevant approvals. You're not paying for somebody else's idea of what the space should become.
The same goes for the yard.
Sitting on a corner block, there's a big, uncomplicated patch of green with room to think. Want a shed? There's space to explore it. Always wanted a pool? Start measuring. Want nothing more complicated than grass for the kids, the dog and a barbecue? That works too.
And then there's Railway Estate itself.
One of Townsville's oldest residential communities, Railway Estate takes its name from the land originally owned by the Queensland Railways Department. Railway Estate State School opened in 1916, and Townsville State High School established its Boundary Street campus in the suburb during the 1960s.
More than a century later, some of the things that made these older neighbourhoods work are still here: wide streets, established homes, generous blocks and plenty of open parkland.
And despite that relaxed suburban feel, you're remarkably close to just about everything. The CBD, Stadium and Port are nearby, The Strand and Palmer Street are an easy trip, and Fairfield Waters, Hermit Park and the surrounding shopping precincts are all within comfortable reach. It's one of those parts of Townsville where you can get where you need to go without making an expedition out of it.
46 Brooks Street isn't asking you to spend the next twelve months working through somebody else's renovation list.
The bathroom is done.
The kitchen is done.
The flooring is done.
The electrical updates are done.
The air-conditioning is in.
What hasn't been decided is exactly how you'll make the rest of it your own.
That part is yours.
PROPERTY HIGHLIGHTS
Renovated high-set home
Three bedrooms with built-in storage
New modern bathroom with walk-in shower
Updated kitchen with excellent storage
Timber-look plank flooring throughout the upper level
Fully air-conditioned
Updated electrical fittings
Open-plan living and dining
Private, screened front balcony
Approximately 78m² garage and workshop area underneath
Additional downstairs space with plenty of future possibilities
Large, level yard with room to make it your own
Corner block providing excellent accessibility
Potential space for a future shed and/or pool, subject to relevant approvals
Wide streets, established neighbourhood and extensive nearby parkland
Convenient to the CBD, Stadium, Port, The Strand and Palmer Street
Easy access to Fairfield Waters, Hermit Park and surrounding shopping precincts
Call to arrange a viewing.
Listing description written by Benjamin Moon, Century 21 Aaron Moon Realty — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.