Bargara vs Westbrook

Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $940K in Bargara and $940K in Westbrook.

On cash flow, Bargara leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.95%, compared with 3.48% in Westbrook, a gap of 0.47 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +11.1% in Bargara and +11.5% in Westbrook, so recent momentum favours Westbrook, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Bargara houses are +43.1% and Westbrook houses +37.2%, so Bargara has compounded faster than Westbrook over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 0.8% in Westbrook and 2.1% in Bargara, so landlords in Westbrook face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Bargara is the bigger suburb, with a population of 8,883 against 4,408, roughly 2.0 times the size of Westbrook; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

In short: Bargara for rental income, Westbrook for recent price momentum, Westbrook for the tighter rental market. Which matters more depends on whether the investor is buying for cash flow, capital growth or affordability.