Maryborough vs Tiaro

Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $580K in Maryborough and $580K in Tiaro.

For units, Maryborough sits at a median of $405K against $540K in Tiaro, which makes Maryborough the more affordable unit market and Tiaro the pricier one.

On cash flow, Maryborough leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 4.79%, compared with 2.59% in Tiaro, a gap of 2.20 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +18.6% in Maryborough and +18.5% in Tiaro, so recent momentum favours Maryborough, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Maryborough houses are +62.9% and Tiaro houses +64.0%, so Tiaro has compounded faster than Maryborough over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 0.8% in Tiaro and 1.2% in Maryborough, so landlords in Tiaro face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Maryborough is the bigger suburb, with a population of 15,287 against 778, roughly 20 times the size of Tiaro; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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