Culburra Beach vs Windsor

Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $1.1M in Culburra Beach and $1.1M in Windsor.

On cash flow, Windsor leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.51%, compared with 2.88% in Culburra Beach, a gap of 0.63 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +4.0% in Culburra Beach and +8.2% in Windsor, so recent momentum favours Windsor, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Culburra Beach houses are +12.1% and Windsor houses +27.9%, so Windsor has compounded faster than Culburra Beach over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 1.7% in Culburra Beach and 2.0% in Windsor, so landlords in Culburra Beach face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Culburra Beach is the bigger suburb, with a population of 2,946 against 1,915, larger than Windsor; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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