Burrum Heads vs Regency Downs

The median house price is $875K in Burrum Heads and $880K in Regency Downs, so Burrum Heads is the cheaper entry point, with Regency Downs houses about 1% dearer.

On cash flow, Regency Downs leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 4.02%, compared with 3.60% in Burrum Heads, a gap of 0.42 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +11.8% in Burrum Heads and +15.4% in Regency Downs, so recent momentum favours Regency Downs, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Burrum Heads houses are +23.6% and Regency Downs houses +51.7%, so Regency Downs has compounded faster than Burrum Heads over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 1.5% in Regency Downs and 5.9% in Burrum Heads, so landlords in Regency Downs face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Regency Downs is the bigger suburb, with a population of 2,623 against 2,538, larger than Burrum Heads; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

In short: Regency Downs for rental income, Burrum Heads for a lower purchase price, Regency Downs for recent price momentum, Regency Downs for the tighter rental market. Which matters more depends on whether the investor is buying for cash flow, capital growth or affordability.