Albany Creek vs Sumner
Property investment comparison - Albany Creek, QLD 4035 vs Sumner, QLD 4074
Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Albany Creek wins 1, Sumner wins 2. 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 | Sumner |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1.3M | - |
| Median unit price | $920K | - |
| Gross rental yield (houses) | 3.13% | 3.80% |
| Gross rental yield (units) | 4.00% | 3.30% |
| 1-year house growth | +17.7% | - |
| 3-year house growth | +49.1% | - |
| Vacancy rate | 1.5% | 0.6% |
| Population | 16,385 | 603 |
Albany Creek vs Sumner: what the numbers say
On cash flow, Sumner leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.80%, compared with 3.13% in Albany Creek, a gap of 0.67 percentage points.
Rental vacancy is 0.6% in Sumner and 1.5% in Albany Creek, so landlords in Sumner 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 603, roughly 27 times the size of Sumner; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.
In short: Sumner for rental income, Sumner 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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