Haliday Bay vs Shaw

Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $760K in Haliday Bay and $760K in Shaw.

For units, Haliday Bay sits at a median of $220K against $520K in Shaw, which makes Haliday Bay the more affordable unit market and Shaw the pricier one.

On cash flow, Haliday Bay leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 4.71%, compared with 4.10% in Shaw, a gap of 0.61 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +14.1% in Haliday Bay (an estimate) and +12.3% in Shaw, so recent momentum favours Haliday Bay, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Rental vacancy is 1.4% in Shaw and 8.3% in Haliday Bay, so landlords in Shaw face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Shaw is the bigger suburb, with a population of 760 against 172, roughly 4.4 times the size of Haliday Bay; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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