Cornubia vs Karalee
Property investment comparison - Cornubia, QLD 4130 vs Karalee, QLD 4306
Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Cornubia wins 5, Karalee 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.
| Metric | Cornubia | Karalee |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1.3M | $1.3M |
| Median unit price | $750K | $920K |
| Gross rental yield (houses) | 3.36% | 2.83% |
| Gross rental yield (units) | 3.55% | 2.07% |
| 1-year house growth | +13.0% | +10.4% |
| 3-year house growth | +41.3% | +52.5% |
| Vacancy rate | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Population | 7,810 | 5,521 |
Cornubia vs Karalee: what the numbers say
Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $1.3M in Cornubia and $1.3M in Karalee.
For units, Cornubia sits at a median of $750K against $920K in Karalee, which makes Cornubia the more affordable unit market and Karalee the pricier one.
On cash flow, Cornubia leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.36%, compared with 2.83% in Karalee, a gap of 0.53 percentage points.
Over the past year house prices moved +13.0% in Cornubia and +10.4% in Karalee, so recent momentum favours Cornubia, although both suburbs recorded growth.
Looking back three years, Cornubia houses are +41.3% and Karalee houses +52.5%, so Karalee has compounded faster than Cornubia over the longer window.
Rental vacancy is the same in both, at 1.2%.
Cornubia is the bigger suburb, with a population of 7,810 against 5,521, larger than Karalee; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.
In short: Cornubia for rental income, Cornubia for recent price momentum. Which matters more depends on whether the investor is buying for cash flow, capital growth or affordability.
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