Land & Housing

The Cook Shire offers a wide range of housing options from rainforest blocks to station homesteads to executive homes with  hillside postions. On-line real estate agents showcase a range of properties and can be contacted for further details.

Future land developments in the Cook Shire will be informed by the the local council's planning scheme.

The Queensland government produces a very useful population and  housing fact sheet for each local government area outling trends and projections

If you are considering building in the Cook Shire you should talk with the Planning and Environment division of the Cook Shire Council

Residential property rents in $Australia per week (source Herron Todd White June 2010)

Cooktown

Type

rental  range

trend

availability

2 Bedroom flat

$200-$250               

increasing          

in shortage

3 Bedroom House      

$275-$325

increasing

in shortage

4 Bedroom House

$325-$375

increasing

in shortage

Median House purchase price

Cooktown

2006            

2007             

2008          

2009

 

$245,000

$306,750

$267,500

$282,500