Why is moranbah so expensive

There are some old houses but plenty of new developments being built. The retail is a bit hit and miss. Domino's is mostly miss than hit unfortunately but Subway is pretty good. The theatre at the community centre has impressed me several times. There are plenty of families with kids riding bikes, people jogging and walking and socialising outdoors.

High rental prices and bad behaviour at the pubs by FIFO workers is starting to degrade the feel of the town. I moved here 12 months ago and even I can tell it's getting worse. Once the new retail developments are built, it will give families and people like my partner and I somewhere nice to go spend time after work than resorting to the pub for a bit of nightlife. They tell me people are bored in this town and I know at times I am but as soon as more people move here once the new developments are built, the nightlife that familiesand professionals will like will be able to be sustained.

For a town in regional QLD I am happily surprised to see some diversity out here. Maybe not enough for a parade but still good on you Moranbah! One thing to mention about Moranbah. If you plan to come here and work with babies or toddlers, ring around the childcare centres first.

At the moment there is no childcare available at all. I planned to come here with my fiance and work but now have to stay home with my toddler as there are no spaces at the 2 nurseries and the childminders are also fully booked. The waiting lists are around 20 children long. It seems totally ridiculous that the authorities cannot provide sufficient childcare for this town!

Moranbah is a thriving regional metropolis positioned 2 hours drive from the amazing Whitsundays. There is a great sense of community, you seldom go to the shops without recognizing or chatting with someone you know. The majority of the towns people are employed by large multinational mining companies. These companies have work place agreements to pay for the vast majority of the workers rent or supply enormous cash incentives for those employees who prefer to own their own homes.

The Mining companies invest a great deal of money in providing infrastructure and facilities for the community. We have state of the art sporting and educational facilities, modern hospital, major shops like Coles and Target as well as the usual fast food outlets,one of the best golf coarse greens west of the Whitsundays six pack of beer, golf car and green fees for 40 odd dollars! We also have an enormous amount of events throughout the year with something happening almost every weekend.

The area around Moranbah has massive coking coal used to make steel, not electricity deposits of a quality and volume not commonly seen around the world and due to this fact many new mines are due to open over the next 5 years and provide massive economic benefit to our community. I see by reading numerous posts on the Moranbah Housing Page and the newly created Moranbah Rental Crisis Action Group that things have only gotten worse!

Moranbah is not a place to take your family too any longer, just look at what the greedy agents and landlords are pricing the rentals at - its criminal. I hate to think of the amount of people that will be left without a home come Christmas. Yes, of course you greedy investors and the likes will always try and justify your greed, but in the end it is profiteering.

FYI majority of these greedy investors don't even live in this town, let alone this state or even this country!! Be forewarned, there are already 57 families on the emergency waiting list for houses due to the Rental Greed - you don't want your family to be next! I couldn't agree more with you gmason. With a bit of luck rents might drop once the supersized Mac camp is complete. I think moranbah is ridiculous!! Its pretty much like stealing!!

They are not thinking about the people who dont work in the mines!! There is no nice restraunts, the only places you can go to is the 2 pubs. I will say right now i hate it here. It would seem that you are unaware of a couple of things. Firstly by my count there are at least 8 restaurants in moranbah ,The Workers club, Golf club, Black nugget, Chinas, Happy lands, Issacs, Drovers rest, Western heritage and several other cafes as well as the usual array of fast food chains.

The second thing is that its not just"Mining bosses" that receive subsidized housing. All full time employees of the major mining companies excluding contractors in this area also receive low cost subsidized housing. Unfortunately Kirby there is a massive shortage of housing in this town and simple rules of supply and demand have prevailed.

We have such a happy and relaxed lifestyle in this town its very sad to hear that you hate it here. Perhaps as you get to know the people better things will change. You will also find that that Chinas and the Golf Club are the only decent places to eat. The western heritage is ridiculously overpriced, the black nugget isn't good for families after 6. Drovers rest is terrible. Issacs is overpriced. People who work in the mines that can afford the expensive housing get cheap places whereas the everyday worker has no chance.

Teenagers and young adults have no chance of moving out. The town is full of apprentices who are on minimum wage. One of the most dramatic examples is Wolfang Peak on the southern side of the road from Moranbah to Clermont.

It is possible to climb it. It is m and takes around an hour. The Isaac Regional Council website notes: "Visitors to Peak Range National Park can enjoy bushwalking and photography, with spectacular geological features, views and historical interest.

Peak Range National Park provides a remote natural setting with no motorised vehicle access, facilities or defined walking tracks. The National Park contains four plant species of conservation significance; Acacia arbiana, Bertya pedicellat, Troncinia patens and Dichanthium queenslandicum.

Two animal species of conservation significance have been recorded in the area; the squatter pigeon Geophaps scripta scripta and the koala Phascolarctos cinereus as well as sightings of the whip-tailed wallaby Macrophus parryi. Both are large open-cut operations. Goonyella lies 24 km north of the town and Peak Downs is 38 km to the south.

Both are spectacular operations. At Goonyella, now known as Goonyella Riverside and owned by BHP Mitsubishi Alliance BMA , the open-cut reaches a depth of metres and a huge 12 m bucketwheel excavator cuts into the coal seam while tonne trucks transport the coal to the waiting railway trucks.

At Peak Downs five 97m long draglines remove 46 cubic metres of overburden each drag. The mine produces 5 million tonnes of coking coal a year. The coal from the mines around Moranbah is railed to the sea and shipped from Hay Point. The railway was constructed in There are no public viewing locations.

Renting homes is also more expensive in the Central Highlands, with Dysart more than 77 per cent higher than Brisbane. The report also found the cost of basic items like groceries was higher in these areas, with Moranbah again topping the list at 14 per cent. The State Government says the higher cost of living in mining towns is offset by higher wages.

The oeSR report says despite industrial growth in Gladstone putting pressure on housing, prices in the city are still 15 per cent lower than Brisbane. General living costs show a similar trend, with Rockhampton, Gladstone and Biloela all cheaper than Brisbane. Meanwhile, Charters Towers and Innisfail in the north are among the cheapest places to live in Queensland at about 7 per cent cheaper than Brisbane.

Economist Colin Dwyer says Townsville is almost on par with Brisbane but food is much more expensive. The report has found the cost of housing on the Gold Coast is nearly ten per cent higher than in Brisbane. In regional southern Queensland, the figures show people are paying less rent than city residents but more for basic household items. The report also shows there a disparity in the price of buying and running a car in some regional towns in southern Queensland.

Motorists in Charleville, Kingaroy, Chinchilla, Warwick and Stanthorpe all had to shell out more than Brisbane residents for a new car, as well as extras such as fuel, oil, parts, licences and car club memberships. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work. Queensland Treasurer Andrew Fraser says perspective is needed. Most expensive The mining town of Moranbah in the state's Central Highlands is the most expensive place to live in Queensland.