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Boonooroo Plains vs Newtown

Property investment comparison - Boonooroo Plains, QLD 4650 vs Newtown, QLD 4350

Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Boonooroo Plains wins 1, Newtown wins 1. 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.

MetricBoonooroo PlainsNewtown
Median house price$730K$730K
Median unit price-$590K
Gross rental yield (houses)4.15%3.97%
Gross rental yield (units)-4.18%
1-year house growth-+18.4%
3-year house growth-+60.0%
Vacancy rate2.5%0.9%
Population610,039

Boonooroo Plains vs Newtown: what the numbers say

Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $730K in Boonooroo Plains and $730K in Newtown.

On cash flow, Boonooroo Plains leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 4.15%, compared with 3.97% in Newtown, a gap of 0.18 percentage points.

Rental vacancy is 0.9% in Newtown and 2.5% in Boonooroo Plains, so landlords in Newtown face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Newtown is the bigger suburb, with a population of 10,039 against 6, roughly 1673 times the size of Boonooroo Plains; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

In short: Boonooroo Plains for rental income, Newtown 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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