Memerambi vs Toolooa
Property investment comparison - Memerambi, QLD 4610 vs Toolooa, QLD 4680
Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Memerambi wins 2, Toolooa wins 4. The better choice depends on whether you're optimising for cash flow, growth, affordability, or liquidity, the table below highlights the winner on each metric.
| Metric | Memerambi | Toolooa |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $490K | $480K |
| Median unit price | $180K | $345K |
| Gross rental yield (houses) | 4.80% | 5.20% |
| Gross rental yield (units) | 9.28% | 6.59% |
| 1-year house growth | +14.5%estimate | +16.2%estimate |
| 3-year house growth | - | - |
| Vacancy rate | 1.0% | 0.9% |
| Population | 338 | 992 |
Memerambi vs Toolooa: what the numbers say
The median house price is $490K in Memerambi and $480K in Toolooa, so Toolooa is the cheaper entry point, with Memerambi houses about 2% dearer.
For units, Memerambi sits at a median of $180K against $345K in Toolooa, which makes Memerambi the more affordable unit market and Toolooa the pricier one.
On cash flow, Toolooa leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 5.20%, compared with 4.80% in Memerambi, a gap of 0.40 percentage points.
Over the past year house prices moved +14.5% in Memerambi (an estimate) and +16.2% in Toolooa (an estimate), so recent momentum favours Toolooa, although both suburbs recorded growth.
Rental vacancy is the same in both, at 1.0%.
Toolooa is the bigger suburb, with a population of 992 against 338, roughly 2.9 times the size of Memerambi; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.
In short: Toolooa for rental income, Toolooa for a lower purchase price, Toolooa for recent price momentum. Which matters more depends on whether the investor is buying for cash flow, capital growth or affordability.
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