Beverly Hills vs Thirroul

Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $1.9M in Beverly Hills and $1.9M in Thirroul.

For units, Beverly Hills sits at a median of $820K against $1.2M in Thirroul, which makes Beverly Hills the more affordable unit market and Thirroul the pricier one.

On cash flow, Thirroul leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.10%, compared with 2.45% in Beverly Hills, a gap of 0.65 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +8.6% in Beverly Hills and +4.5% in Thirroul, so recent momentum favours Beverly Hills, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Beverly Hills houses are +17.2% and Thirroul houses +8.3%, so Beverly Hills has compounded faster than Thirroul over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 1.6% in Thirroul and 1.6% in Beverly Hills, so landlords in Thirroul face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Beverly Hills is the bigger suburb, with a population of 10,483 against 6,348, larger than Thirroul; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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