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Linda McCallum grew up on the Redcliffe Peninsula – on the eastern coastal edge of the council area – and remembers travelling to Caboolture with her mum in the 1960s.

Ms McCallum said travelling west to visit her friend at Wamuran, on the shire's north-western edge, takes her an hour in peak traffic.

Bryan Wiseman volunteers with men's support organisation Band of Brothers, which estimates about 500 people in the region are facing homelessness or living in inadequate housing.

Housing affordability data calculated by CoreLogic reveals the average household in northern Moreton Bay uses 51 per cent of its income to service a mortgage.

Earlier this year, Moreton Bay Council approved the first development for Waraba – formerly known as Caboolture West – which is expected to eventually house 70,000 people.

Cr Flannery said the area west of the Bruce Highway will account for 70 per cent of future growth, but needs more public investment for trunk infrastructure like water and sewerage.

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