Clinton most active house market in Gladstone region, but sales volumes down 33% in a year: PRDnationwide

The most actively traded suburb in the Gladstone region of Queensland is Clinton, with 64 house sales in the six months to March, according to a PRDnationwide report on the region.

However, this is a 33% drop in the number of house sales in the suburb from the six months to March 2011.

Gladstone City is the most actively traded unit market in the area, with 29 sales. This is also down significantly (-45%) from the six months to March 2011.

The only suburb in the top five most actively traded for house or unit sales that improved significantly over last year was South Gladstone, which is the strongest-performing suburb in the city, according to RP Data. The unit median price went up 19.2% over the last year while the house median went up 23.9%.

An alumina plant was built in the area in 1996, and the impact is still seen in South Gladstone.