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Barellan Point vs Burnside

Property investment comparison - Barellan Point, QLD 4306 vs Burnside, QLD 4560

Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Barellan Point wins 0, Burnside wins 5. 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.

MetricBarellan PointBurnside
Median house price$1.0M$1.0M
Median unit price$905K-
Gross rental yield (houses)3.60%4.09%
Gross rental yield (units)3.26%4.01%
1-year house growth+11.0%estimate+15.7%estimate
3-year house growth--
Vacancy rate3.6%2.9%
Population1,1733,104

Barellan Point vs Burnside: what the numbers say

The median house price is $1.0M in Barellan Point and $1.0M in Burnside, so Burnside is the cheaper entry point.

On cash flow, Burnside leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 4.09%, compared with 3.60% in Barellan Point, a gap of 0.49 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +11.0% in Barellan Point (an estimate) and +15.7% in Burnside (an estimate), so recent momentum favours Burnside, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Rental vacancy is 2.9% in Burnside and 3.6% in Barellan Point, so landlords in Burnside face less competition for tenants.

Burnside is the bigger suburb, with a population of 3,104 against 1,173, roughly 2.6 times the size of Barellan Point; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

In short: Burnside for rental income, Burnside for a lower purchase price, Burnside for recent price momentum, Burnside 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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