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Alderley vs Paradise Point

Property investment comparison - Alderley, QLD 4051 vs Paradise Point, QLD 4216

Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Alderley wins 2, Paradise Point 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.

MetricAlderleyParadise Point
Median house price$1.7M-
Median unit price$855K$1.7M
Gross rental yield (houses)2.46%3.45%
Gross rental yield (units)3.71%-
1-year house growth+12.7%-2.1%estimate
3-year house growth+35.9%-
Vacancy rate1.8%1.7%
Population6,7487,062

Alderley vs Paradise Point: what the numbers say

For units, Alderley sits at a median of $855K against $1.7M in Paradise Point, which makes Alderley the more affordable unit market and Paradise Point the pricier one.

On cash flow, Paradise Point leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.45%, compared with 2.46% in Alderley, a gap of 0.99 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +12.7% in Alderley and -2.1% in Paradise Point (an estimate), so recent momentum favours Alderley, while Paradise Point went backwards.

Rental vacancy is 1.7% in Paradise Point and 1.8% in Alderley, so landlords in Paradise Point face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Paradise Point is the bigger suburb, with a population of 7,062 against 6,748, larger than Alderley; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

In short: Paradise Point for rental income, Alderley for recent price momentum, Paradise Point 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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