New Toowoomba Regional Council data reveals best performing suburbs, localities for development
Toowoomba is currently a hotspot for development, but which suburbs or localities are doing the best? Find out in our interactive map.
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Highfields, Middle Ridge and Toowoomba are the current development hot spots across the region, according to new data.
Development assessment statistics from the Toowoomba Regional Council’s planning department have revealed more than $389m in projects have gone through the region since the start of the financial year.
This figure was mainly driven by new dwellings ($195m), along with commercial projects ($92m) and new garages or carports ($41m).
The values are based on figures given to the council by private building certifications of development projects.
Since some certifiers don’t always give a dollar value, the actually figure is likely to be much higher.
The best performing suburb or locality since July was Highfields with more than $25m in development, with Middle Ridge ($24.1m) and Toowoomba City ($20.3m) rounding out the top three.
Greater Toowoomba suburb Cotswold Hills was also a development hotspot with $15.3m, while the town of Oakey also boasted $15.1m during the same period.
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Originally published as New Toowoomba Regional Council data reveals best performing suburbs, localities for development
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