Beauty Point vs Mowbray
Property investment comparison - Beauty Point, TAS 7270 vs Mowbray, TAS 7248
Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Beauty Point wins 0, Mowbray wins 3. 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 | Beauty Point | Mowbray |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $560K | $550K |
| Median unit price | - | - |
| Gross rental yield (houses) | 3.99% | 4.90% |
| Gross rental yield (units) | 4.00% | - |
| 1-year house growth | +11.7% | - |
| 3-year house growth | +28.7% | - |
| Vacancy rate | 3.0% | 1.4% |
| Population | 1,285 | 4,048 |
Beauty Point vs Mowbray: what the numbers say
The median house price is $560K in Beauty Point and $550K in Mowbray, so Mowbray is the cheaper entry point, with Beauty Point houses about 2% dearer.
On cash flow, Mowbray leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 4.90%, compared with 3.99% in Beauty Point, a gap of 0.91 percentage points.
Rental vacancy is 1.4% in Mowbray and 3.0% in Beauty Point, so landlords in Mowbray face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.
Mowbray is the bigger suburb, with a population of 4,048 against 1,285, roughly 3.2 times the size of Beauty Point; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.
In short: Mowbray for rental income, Mowbray for a lower purchase price, Mowbray 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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