Burnside vs Pacific Paradise
Property investment comparison - Burnside, QLD 4560 vs Pacific Paradise, QLD 4564
Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Burnside wins 2, Pacific Paradise 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 | Burnside | Pacific Paradise |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1.0M | $1.0M |
| Median unit price | - | - |
| Gross rental yield (houses) | 4.09% | 4.00% |
| Gross rental yield (units) | 4.01% | - |
| 1-year house growth | +15.7%estimate | +13.4%estimate |
| 3-year house growth | - | - |
| Vacancy rate | 2.9% | 0.8% |
| Population | 3,104 | 2,675 |
Burnside vs Pacific Paradise: what the numbers say
The median house price is $1.0M in Burnside and $1.0M in Pacific Paradise, so Pacific Paradise is the cheaper entry point.
On cash flow, Burnside leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 4.09%, compared with 4.00% in Pacific Paradise, a gap of 0.09 percentage points.
Over the past year house prices moved +15.7% in Burnside (an estimate) and +13.4% in Pacific Paradise (an estimate), so recent momentum favours Burnside, although both suburbs recorded growth.
Rental vacancy is 0.8% in Pacific Paradise and 2.9% in Burnside, so landlords in Pacific Paradise face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.
Burnside is the bigger suburb, with a population of 3,104 against 2,675, larger than Pacific Paradise; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.
In short: Burnside for rental income, Pacific Paradise for a lower purchase price, Burnside for recent price momentum, Pacific Paradise 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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