Kewarra Beach vs Nambour

Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $900K in Kewarra Beach and $900K in Nambour.

For units, Kewarra Beach sits at a median of $620K against $670K in Nambour, which makes Kewarra Beach the more affordable unit market and Nambour the pricier one.

On cash flow, Kewarra Beach leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 4.50%, compared with 4.01% in Nambour, a gap of 0.49 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +12.5% in Kewarra Beach and +12.8% in Nambour, so recent momentum favours Nambour, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Kewarra Beach houses are +35.9% and Nambour houses +33.8%, so Kewarra Beach has compounded faster than Nambour over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 0.5% in Nambour and 1.5% in Kewarra Beach, so landlords in Nambour face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Nambour is the bigger suburb, with a population of 12,145 against 6,133, larger than Kewarra Beach; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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