Calamvale vs Dulong

Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $1.4M in Calamvale and $1.4M in Dulong.

For units, Calamvale sits at a median of $830K against $500K in Dulong, which makes Dulong the more affordable unit market and Calamvale the pricier one.

On cash flow, Dulong leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.32%, compared with 3.06% in Calamvale, a gap of 0.26 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +10.0% in Calamvale and +14.0% in Dulong, so recent momentum favours Dulong, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Calamvale houses are +48.5% and Dulong houses +30.2%, so Calamvale has compounded faster than Dulong over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 1.2% in Calamvale and 4.7% in Dulong, so landlords in Calamvale face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Calamvale is the bigger suburb, with a population of 17,994 against 688, roughly 26 times the size of Dulong; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

In short: Dulong for rental income, Dulong for recent price momentum, Calamvale for the tighter rental market. Which matters more depends on whether the investor is buying for cash flow, capital growth or affordability.