Moggill vs Shailer Park
Property investment comparison - Moggill, QLD 4070 vs Shailer Park, QLD 4128
Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Moggill wins 1, Shailer Park wins 3. 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 | Moggill | Shailer Park |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1.2M | $1.2M |
| Median unit price | - | $670K |
| Gross rental yield (houses) | 3.34% | 3.20% |
| Gross rental yield (units) | 3.86% | 4.03% |
| 1-year house growth | +5.0%estimate | +15.8%estimate |
| 3-year house growth | - | - |
| Vacancy rate | 1.8% | 1.0% |
| Population | 5,029 | 12,182 |
Moggill vs Shailer Park: what the numbers say
Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $1.2M in Moggill and $1.2M in Shailer Park.
On cash flow, Moggill leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.34%, compared with 3.20% in Shailer Park, a gap of 0.14 percentage points.
Over the past year house prices moved +5.0% in Moggill (an estimate) and +15.8% in Shailer Park (an estimate), so recent momentum favours Shailer Park, although both suburbs recorded growth.
Rental vacancy is 1.0% in Shailer Park and 1.8% in Moggill, so landlords in Shailer Park face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.
Shailer Park is the bigger suburb, with a population of 12,182 against 5,029, roughly 2.4 times the size of Moggill; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.
In short: Moggill for rental income, Shailer Park for recent price momentum, Shailer Park for the tighter rental market. Which matters more depends on whether the investor is buying for cash flow, capital growth or affordability.
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