Bray Park vs Freshwater
Property investment comparison - Bray Park, QLD 4500 vs Freshwater, QLD 4870
Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Bray Park wins 3, Freshwater wins 2. 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 | Bray Park | Freshwater |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $975K | $980K |
| Median unit price | - | $560K |
| Gross rental yield (houses) | 3.50% | 3.90% |
| Gross rental yield (units) | 4.15% | 5.11% |
| 1-year house growth | +18.8% | +14.6%estimate |
| 3-year house growth | +45.4% | - |
| Vacancy rate | 0.7% | 1.1% |
| Population | 10,271 | 2,142 |
Bray Park vs Freshwater: what the numbers say
The median house price is $975K in Bray Park and $980K in Freshwater, so Bray Park is the cheaper entry point, with Freshwater houses about 1% dearer.
On cash flow, Freshwater leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.90%, compared with 3.50% in Bray Park, a gap of 0.40 percentage points.
Over the past year house prices moved +18.8% in Bray Park and +14.6% in Freshwater (an estimate), so recent momentum favours Bray Park, although both suburbs recorded growth.
Rental vacancy is 0.7% in Bray Park and 1.1% in Freshwater, so landlords in Bray Park face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.
Bray Park is the bigger suburb, with a population of 10,271 against 2,142, roughly 4.8 times the size of Freshwater; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.
In short: Freshwater for rental income, Bray Park for a lower purchase price, Bray Park for recent price momentum, Bray Park 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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