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Bli Bli vs Riverhills

Property investment comparison - Bli Bli, QLD 4560 vs Riverhills, QLD 4074

Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Bli Bli wins 2, Riverhills 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.

MetricBli BliRiverhills
Median house price$1.2M$1.2M
Median unit price-$795K
Gross rental yield (houses)3.83%3.31%
Gross rental yield (units)4.15%3.05%
1-year house growth+11.6%-
3-year house growth+39.2%+51.2%
Vacancy rate0.9%0.9%
Population10,1384,121

Bli Bli vs Riverhills: what the numbers say

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

On cash flow, Bli Bli leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.83%, compared with 3.31% in Riverhills, a gap of 0.52 percentage points.

Looking back three years, Bli Bli houses are +39.2% and Riverhills houses +51.2%, so Riverhills has compounded faster than Bli Bli over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is the same in both, at 0.9%.

Bli Bli is the bigger suburb, with a population of 10,138 against 4,121, roughly 2.5 times the size of Riverhills; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

In short: Bli Bli for rental income, Riverhills for a lower purchase price. Which matters more depends on whether the investor is buying for cash flow, capital growth or affordability.

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