Crib Point vs Sunshine North

The median house price is $785K in Crib Point and $790K in Sunshine North, so Crib Point is the cheaper entry point, with Sunshine North houses about 1% dearer.

On cash flow, Crib Point leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.98%, compared with 3.42% in Sunshine North, a gap of 0.56 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +4.5% in Crib Point (an estimate) and +4.2% in Sunshine North, so recent momentum favours Crib Point, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Rental vacancy is 1.3% in Crib Point and 1.7% in Sunshine North, so landlords in Crib Point face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Sunshine North is the bigger suburb, with a population of 12,047 against 3,343, roughly 3.6 times the size of Crib Point; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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