Kurrajong Heights vs Tweed Heads West

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

For units, Kurrajong Heights sits at a median of $3.2M against $730K in Tweed Heads West, which makes Tweed Heads West the more affordable unit market and Kurrajong Heights the pricier one.

On cash flow, Tweed Heads West leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 4.11%, compared with 3.24% in Kurrajong Heights, a gap of 0.87 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +7.9% in Kurrajong Heights and +9.7% in Tweed Heads West (an estimate), so recent momentum favours Tweed Heads West, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Rental vacancy is 0.5% in Tweed Heads West and 8.5% in Kurrajong Heights, so landlords in Tweed Heads West face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Tweed Heads West is the bigger suburb, with a population of 6,176 against 1,255, roughly 4.9 times the size of Kurrajong Heights; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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