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QLD › Airlie Beach › The Cove

Lot 1 The Cove, Airlie Beach QLD 4802

For saleLand

$1,795,000

For sale

Asking

0

Bedrooms

0

Bathrooms

0

Car spaces

615 m²

Land

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Given the $1,795,000 ask, is this worth your time?

Why this ask?

  • FactListed for sale, asking $1,795,000(Listing record · 10 June 2026)
  • FactLand 615 m²; no building size recorded.(Property record)
  • CalculationRecorded Land sales in Airlie Beach (last 5 years) with land size: median $355/m² of land (n=16). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.(Districts recorded sales)
  • CalculationAsk is 41% above the Airlie Beach median recorded sale ($1,275,000, n=13, last 12 months).(Districts calculation from recorded sales)
  • CalculationIf it leased at Airlie Beach's advertised median rent ($684/wk), implied gross yield would be 1.98% — 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

$1,795,000

Asking · $2,919/m² of land

No recorded sale for this property.

Local land rate: recorded Land sales in Airlie Beach (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $355/m² of land (n=16). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Airlie Beach at a glance

1,598

People

$1,275,000

Median sale

$684/wk

Median rent

2.79%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 13 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Airlie Beach report →

Vs Airlie Beach

+40.8%

Median sale

Suburb $1,275,000

-0.81 pp

Gross yield

Suburb 2.79%

Suburb median $1,275,000 from 13 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation, not a portal figure.

Total cost to purchase

Purchase Price
$1,795,000
Stamp Duty (Queensland)
$83,738
Transfer/Registration Fee
$7,791
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
$1,890,229

$95,229 on top of the price (5.3% 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 Airlie Beach's advertised median rent — not a rent for this listing.

Net yield
0.48%
Annual cashflow (pre-tax)
$-84,697
Interest cover (DSCR)
0.09
Annual rent
$35,568
Operating expenses
$26,925
Loan amount
$1,436,000
Annual interest
$93,340
Gross yield
1.98%

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

  1. Listed$1,795,000available10 June 2026

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 $684/week — not this address. An inferred likely-rent range is not shown until official bond series are loaded for this dwelling type and bedrooms. No recorded off-street parking — often a discount versus the suburb median for the same beds.

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 2.0%. 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

Airlie Beach in one glance

Airlie Beach at a glance

1,598

People

$1,275,000

Median sale

$684/wk

Median rent

2.79%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 13 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Airlie Beach report →

Keep researching

  • Why Airlie Beach? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in Airlie Beach →
  • Other records on The Cove →

Listing material

Listed by Ray White Whitsunday

North Facing Waterfront Gem

True north-facing waterfront land in the Whitsundays is all but extinct - all-day sun across your living and pool, cooling sea breezes, no harsh western glare. Behind the private gates of The Cove, Lot 1 is the only north-facing block available, and the rarest parcel to come to market here in years.

Being inside the gate at The Cove, you will have no public walkways in front of you, only the marina berths, which makes living here much quieter and more private than outside the gate.

*** Build-ready - A fully approved plan package conveys with the sale - architectural drawings, specifications, hydraulic and preliminary structural design, all done. Skip 12+ months of design and council approval. Hand it to your builder and start.

Read the full description

At 615m², it's the largest north-facing block in the estate - room for tropical landscaping, a pool and extra boat or vehicle parking.

The lifestyle:

- Direct marina access - The rear opens onto the Port of Airlie Marina walkway, with the chance to secure your own private berth metres from your door.

- Coffee on foot - Waterfront cafés and restaurants less than 100m away.

- Walk to it all - Flat stroll to Airlie's main Street, boutiques, dining and the lagoon.

- Gateway to the islands - Cruise Whitsundays ferry terminal at the estate's front door: Hamilton Island, Daydream, the reef.

- Estate prestige - Among the region's finest architecture, and the only Whitsundays estate with underground gas.

A north-facing block, approved plans, direct marina access - this combination won't come again.

Contact Mark Beale on 0404 498 790 for more information.

Listing description written by Mark Beale, Ray White Whitsunday — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

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