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Cheapest Suburb in Australia Right on the Beach

Australian living is all about the beach, so it is surprising to find the cheapest suburb right on the coast.

To buy a property on or even nearby the beach in cities like Sydney, Brisbane and Perth will set you back millions, buy Balgal Beach is the cheapest suburb in Australia to buy a house.

In this cheapest suburb there are houses available from as little as $49,000 – the cost of a decent car!

The latest figures from CoreLogic have revealed that Balgal Beach had the lowest median price of any suburb in the whole country last year at just $25,000.

Part of the reason the median house price for the area makes it the cheapest suburb is that many of the properties sold last year were residential land blocks, some which sold for as little as $20,000.

However, just because Balgal Beach has been found to be the cheapest suburb in Australia doesn’t mean it is bad.

The idyllic beachfront town on Queensland’s eastern coast is located between Ingham and Townsville and is a 35-minute drive south to major amenities in Townsville.

According to Balgal Beach resident and real estate agent Robyn Neilson from My Property Agent, the town is ‘absolute paradise’.

She said: ‘We’ve got amazing beaches, golf, fishing. Our beaches are beautiful, sandy and don’t have mangroves everywhere. I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else.’

Balgal Beach is home to around 1,500 residents, including retired people and a lot of young families.

The cheapest block of land available in the suburb at the moment is on the market for $49,000. The size of the land is a massive 809 square metres, and according to Neilson it is on a community title so there is a small body corporate fee.

She said: ‘It’s fully serviced and very close to the medical centre, pharmacy and golf club. It would take you probably 6 or 7 minutes to walk from there to the beach.’

For overseas property investors looking for beach living on a budget in Australia’s cheapest suburb, Balgal Beach could be for you.

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