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When a city secures the Olympic Games, it doesn’t just win the right to host the world’s largest sporting event, it triggers one of the biggest waves of infrastructure investment, population growth, and long-term economic uplift that a region can experience.
South-East Queensland is now on the runway toward the Brisbane 2032 Olympic Games, and buyers, sellers, and investors are all asking the same question:
What will this do to the property market between now and 2032?
To answer that, the best real-world comparison we have is Sydney’s 2000 Olympic Games. Its property market transformation was one of the most significant in Australia’s modern history and the patterns seen there can help us forecast what may happen next in Brisbane, Logan, Ipswich, the Gold Coast, and surrounding SEQ regions.
This article breaks down the trends, cycles, numbers, and likely outcomes for buyers and investors preparing for the Olympic decade.
Many think prices peak during the Olympic year but this isn’t historically true.
Sydney’s 2000 Olympics resulted in:
Infrastructure is one of the strongest drivers of property value increase. Areas connected to rail, new roads, or cultural precincts historically outperform the broader market.
Between 1995–2000, Sydney home values grew approximately 60–70% depending on the suburb significantly above national averages for the time.
Sydney saw heightened demand as workers, planners, construction professionals, and global firms relocated to the city.
Population growth + rental demand = upward pressure on prices.
Entire precincts were rebuilt, including:
Sydney CBD upgrades
These areas became high-demand residential hubs for decades after the Games.
Many think prices peak during the Olympic year but this isn’t historically true.
Sydney’s 2000 Olympics resulted in:
Right before the Olympics, prices cooled slightly, not because of a downturn but because the growth had already been realised in the build-up years.
This is a key trend:
Despite stabilising, some regions particularly near infrastructure upgrades still saw prices rise due to:
Many think prices peak during the Olympic year but this isn’t historically true.
Sydney’s 2000 Olympics resulted in:
From 2001–2004, Sydney saw one of its strongest property booms on record:
Areas near Olympic infrastructure (like Olympic Park, Rhodes, Burwood, Parramatta) became long-term high-performing markets that continue to outperform even 20 years later.
Now that we understand Sydney’s cycle, we can map it onto SEQ with remarkable accuracy.
We are already seeing:
Just like Sydney, the largest uplift won’t happen during 2032 it will happen between now and 2030.
Areas set to benefit:
Yes, if you can, buying before 2030 places you squarely in the capital-growth window.
This doesn’t mean all suburbs will perform the same. But infrastructure-backed, family-friendly, affordable pockets of SEQ are positioned to experience significant demand as the Games approach.
For first home buyers:
For investors: