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Finnie vs Mountain Creek

Property investment comparison - Finnie, QLD 4350 vs Mountain Creek, QLD 4557

Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Finnie wins 1, Mountain Creek wins 2. 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.

MetricFinnieMountain Creek
Median house price$1.3M$1.3M
Median unit price-$805K
Gross rental yield (houses)2.58%3.63%
Gross rental yield (units)-4.36%
1-year house growth-+11.6%
3-year house growth-+27.4%
Vacancy rate0.7%0.8%
Population6911,950

Finnie vs Mountain Creek: what the numbers say

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

On cash flow, Mountain Creek leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.63%, compared with 2.58% in Finnie, a gap of 1.05 percentage points.

Rental vacancy is 0.7% in Finnie and 0.8% in Mountain Creek, so landlords in Finnie face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Mountain Creek is the bigger suburb, with a population of 11,950 against 69, roughly 173 times the size of Finnie; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

In short: Mountain Creek for rental income, Mountain Creek 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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