Kurrajong Heights vs Tweed Heads South

Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $1.2M in Kurrajong Heights and $1.2M in Tweed Heads South.

For units, Kurrajong Heights sits at a median of $3.2M against $835K in Tweed Heads South, which makes Tweed Heads South the more affordable unit market and Kurrajong Heights the pricier one.

On cash flow, Tweed Heads South leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.83%, compared with 3.24% in Kurrajong Heights, a gap of 0.59 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +7.9% in Kurrajong Heights and +7.3% in Tweed Heads South, so recent momentum favours Kurrajong Heights, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Kurrajong Heights houses are +27.1% and Tweed Heads South houses +29.3%, so Tweed Heads South has compounded faster than Kurrajong Heights over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 0.6% in Tweed Heads South and 8.5% in Kurrajong Heights, so landlords in Tweed Heads South face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Tweed Heads South is the bigger suburb, with a population of 7,941 against 1,255, roughly 6 times the size of Kurrajong Heights; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

In short: Tweed Heads South for rental income, Kurrajong Heights for recent price momentum, Tweed Heads South for the tighter rental market. Which matters more depends on whether the investor is buying for cash flow, capital growth or affordability.