Albany Creek vs Peregian Beach
Property investment comparison - Albany Creek, QLD 4035 vs Peregian Beach, QLD 4573
Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Albany Creek wins 4, Peregian Beach wins 1. 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 | Peregian Beach |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1.3M | - |
| Median unit price | $920K | - |
| Gross rental yield (houses) | 3.13% | 3.02% |
| Gross rental yield (units) | 4.00% | 3.39% |
| 1-year house growth | +17.7% | +13.8% |
| 3-year house growth | +49.1% | +11.7% |
| Vacancy rate | 1.5% | 1.1% |
| Population | 16,385 | 4,972 |
Albany Creek vs Peregian Beach: what the numbers say
On cash flow, Albany Creek leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.13%, compared with 3.02% in Peregian Beach, a gap of 0.11 percentage points.
Over the past year house prices moved +17.7% in Albany Creek and +13.8% in Peregian Beach, so recent momentum favours Albany Creek, although both suburbs recorded growth.
Looking back three years, Albany Creek houses are +49.1% and Peregian Beach houses +11.7%, so Albany Creek has compounded faster than Peregian Beach over the longer window.
Rental vacancy is 1.1% in Peregian Beach and 1.5% in Albany Creek, so landlords in Peregian Beach 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 4,972, roughly 3.3 times the size of Peregian Beach; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.
In short: Albany Creek for rental income, Albany Creek for recent price momentum, Peregian Beach 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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