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Coopers Plains vs Finnie

Property investment comparison - Coopers Plains, QLD 4108 vs Finnie, QLD 4350

Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Coopers Plains wins 2, Finnie 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.

MetricCoopers PlainsFinnie
Median house price$1.3M$1.3M
Median unit price$840K-
Gross rental yield (houses)2.79%2.58%
Gross rental yield (units)4.10%-
1-year house growth+5.8%estimate-
3-year house growth--
Vacancy rate0.9%0.7%
Population5,67569

Coopers Plains vs Finnie: what the numbers say

The median house price is $1.3M in Coopers Plains and $1.3M in Finnie, so Coopers Plains is the cheaper entry point.

On cash flow, Coopers Plains leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 2.79%, compared with 2.58% in Finnie, a gap of 0.21 percentage points.

Rental vacancy is 0.7% in Finnie and 0.9% in Coopers Plains, so landlords in Finnie face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Coopers Plains is the bigger suburb, with a population of 5,675 against 69, roughly 82 times the size of Finnie; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

In short: Coopers Plains for rental income, Coopers Plains for a lower purchase price, Finnie 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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