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Bayview Heights vs Mount Urah

Property investment comparison - Bayview Heights, QLD 4868 vs Mount Urah, QLD 4650

Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Bayview Heights wins 2, Mount Urah wins 0. 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.

MetricBayview HeightsMount Urah
Median house price$740K$740K
Median unit price$610K-
Gross rental yield (houses)4.99%3.38%
Gross rental yield (units)4.07%-
1-year house growth+12.9%estimate-
3-year house growth--
Vacancy rate1.5%12.5%
Population4,17549

Bayview Heights vs Mount Urah: what the numbers say

Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $740K in Bayview Heights and $740K in Mount Urah.

On cash flow, Bayview Heights leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 4.99%, compared with 3.38% in Mount Urah, a gap of 1.61 percentage points.

Rental vacancy is 1.5% in Bayview Heights and 12.5% in Mount Urah, so landlords in Bayview Heights face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Bayview Heights is the bigger suburb, with a population of 4,175 against 49, roughly 85 times the size of Mount Urah; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

In short: Bayview Heights for rental income, Bayview Heights 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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