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Atherton Tablelands
An hour up the range, the Atherton Tablelands swap humidity for volcanic soil, crater lakes and rolling farmland, Atherton, Mareeba, Yungaburra and the lakes district, the region's strongest lifestyle-value story.
Where is Atherton Tablelands?
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Open in Google MapsThe numbers in Atherton Tablelands right now
Atherton Tablelands's median house price sits around $600k, up strongly, roughly 13% over the past year, with well-presented homes typically selling in about 40 days and gross rental yields near 4.3%.
Source: aggregated CoreLogic, Domain and realestate.com.au suburb data, updated September 2026. Figures are approximate, move with the market, and are a guide only, not an appraisal. For your property's exact position, request a free valuation.
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The character
of Atherton Tablelands.
The Tablelands offer what no coastal suburb can: a genuinely cooler climate, rich volcanic farmland, waterfalls and crater lakes as weekend infrastructure, and heritage villages like Yungaburra that feel lifted from another century.
The Atherton Tablelands
buyer profile.
Tree-changers and retirees, farmers and hobby-farmers, remote workers who visit the coast rather than live on it, and investors in towns where rental vacancy is perennially tight.
What sells in Atherton Tablelands.
- Town homes in Atherton and Mareeba, the liquid end of the market
- Lifestyle acreage and hobby farms on volcanic soil
- Character Queenslanders, led by Yungaburra's heritage precinct
- Grazing, horticulture and coffee-country holdings
Streets and
pockets.
Yungaburra's heritage village is the character capital. The lakes district around Eacham and Tinaroo drives lifestyle demand, Mareeba anchors the coffee country, and Atherton's town grid is the service hub.
How Atherton Tablelands
actually trades.
The price spectrum is broad, cottage money to farm money, and buyers come from everywhere, so rural-grade marketing (drone, boundary mapping, water and soil detail) is what separates results. Good properties here sell to people who saw them online first.
A weekend
in Atherton Tablelands.
The waterfall circuit on Sunday, Tinaroo weekends on the water, markets at Yungaburra, coffee farms and curd at the dairylands, and a jumper in winter, which locals mention with pride.
Keep the difference.
Commission is 1% + GST of the sale price (1.5% + GST under $600,000), payable only on settlement. No sale, no commission. Portal listings at cost.
Selling in Atherton Tablelands, answered.
What is the median house price in Atherton Tablelands?
Atherton Tablelands's median house price is around $600,000 (approximate, past 12 months), up roughly 13% over the past year. Prices move with the market, so for your property's exact position, request a free valuation.
How long do homes take to sell in Atherton Tablelands?
Well-presented homes in Atherton Tablelands typically sell in about 40 days, with gross rental yields near 4.3%. Pricing to the current market and a full campaign, professional photography, a floor plan and, ideally, a 3D tour, are what keep that number low, especially with so many Cairns buyers inspecting online first.
How much can I save selling in Atherton Tablelands with 1% commission?
On Atherton Tablelands's approximate median of $600,000, a traditional agent charging 2.5% takes about $15,000 + GST in commission, plus a separate marketing invoice. The One Club charges 1% + GST on sales from $600,000, payable only on settlement: around $6,000 + GST, with photography, floor plans and the campaign included and portal listings at cost, a saving of roughly $9,000 + GST before marketing fees are even counted.