Boondall vs Yandina
Property investment comparison - Boondall, QLD 4034 vs Yandina, QLD 4561
Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Boondall wins 1, Yandina 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 | Boondall | Yandina |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1.2M | $1.2M |
| Median unit price | $845K | $745K |
| Gross rental yield (houses) | 3.10% | 3.68% |
| Gross rental yield (units) | - | 4.35% |
| 1-year house growth | +20.5% | - |
| 3-year house growth | +51.9% | +36.1% |
| Vacancy rate | 1.6% | 0.5% |
| Population | 9,603 | 3,073 |
Boondall vs Yandina: what the numbers say
Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $1.2M in Boondall and $1.2M in Yandina.
For units, Boondall sits at a median of $845K against $745K in Yandina, which makes Yandina the more affordable unit market and Boondall the pricier one.
On cash flow, Yandina leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.68%, compared with 3.10% in Boondall, a gap of 0.58 percentage points.
Looking back three years, Boondall houses are +51.9% and Yandina houses +36.1%, so Boondall has compounded faster than Yandina over the longer window.
Rental vacancy is 0.5% in Yandina and 1.6% in Boondall, so landlords in Yandina face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.
Boondall is the bigger suburb, with a population of 9,603 against 3,073, roughly 3.1 times the size of Yandina; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.
In short: Yandina for rental income, Yandina 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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