Albany Creek vs Clarendon
Property investment comparison - Albany Creek, QLD 4035 vs Clarendon, QLD 4311
Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Albany Creek wins 1, Clarendon wins 3. The better choice depends on whether you're optimising for cash flow, growth, affordability, or liquidity, the table below highlights the winner on each metric.
| Metric | Albany Creek | Clarendon |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1.3M | - |
| Median unit price | $920K | - |
| Gross rental yield (houses) | 3.13% | 4.14% |
| Gross rental yield (units) | 4.00% | - |
| 1-year house growth | +17.7% | +15.0% |
| 3-year house growth | +49.1% | +57.8% |
| Vacancy rate | 1.5% | 0.5% |
| Population | 16,385 | 232 |
Albany Creek vs Clarendon: what the numbers say
On cash flow, Clarendon leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 4.14%, compared with 3.13% in Albany Creek, a gap of 1.01 percentage points.
Over the past year house prices moved +17.7% in Albany Creek and +15.0% in Clarendon, so recent momentum favours Albany Creek, although both suburbs recorded growth.
Looking back three years, Albany Creek houses are +49.1% and Clarendon houses +57.8%, so Clarendon has compounded faster than Albany Creek over the longer window.
Rental vacancy is 0.5% in Clarendon and 1.5% in Albany Creek, so landlords in Clarendon face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.
Albany Creek is the bigger suburb, with a population of 16,385 against 232, roughly 71 times the size of Clarendon; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.
In short: Clarendon for rental income, Albany Creek for recent price momentum, Clarendon for the tighter rental market. Which matters more depends on whether the investor is buying for cash flow, capital growth or affordability.
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