Beerburrum vs Southport

The median house price is $1.2M in Beerburrum and $1.2M in Southport, so Beerburrum is the cheaper entry point.

For units, Beerburrum sits at a median of $890K against $800K in Southport, which makes Southport the more affordable unit market and Beerburrum the pricier one.

Over the past year house prices moved +15.1% in Beerburrum and +12.9% in Southport, so recent momentum favours Beerburrum, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Beerburrum houses are +44.8% and Southport houses +43.0%, so Beerburrum has compounded faster than Southport over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 1.2% in Southport and 1.9% in Beerburrum, so landlords in Southport face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Southport is the bigger suburb, with a population of 36,786 against 941, roughly 39 times the size of Beerburrum; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

In short: Beerburrum for a lower purchase price, Beerburrum for recent price momentum, Southport for the tighter rental market. Which matters more depends on whether the investor is buying for cash flow, capital growth or affordability.