Mollymook vs Mount Keira
Property investment comparison - Mollymook, NSW 2539 vs Mount Keira, NSW 2500
Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Mollymook wins 1, Mount Keira wins 2. 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 | Mollymook | Mount Keira |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1.3M | $1.3M |
| Median unit price | - | $395K |
| Gross rental yield (houses) | 2.70% | 3.80% |
| Gross rental yield (units) | - | 6.62% |
| 1-year house growth | +3.7% | +4.3%estimate |
| 3-year house growth | +13.2% | - |
| Vacancy rate | 0.9% | 2.3% |
| Population | 1,195 | 1,691 |
Mollymook vs Mount Keira: what the numbers say
Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $1.3M in Mollymook and $1.3M in Mount Keira.
On cash flow, Mount Keira leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.80%, compared with 2.70% in Mollymook, a gap of 1.10 percentage points.
Over the past year house prices moved +3.7% in Mollymook and +4.3% in Mount Keira (an estimate), so recent momentum favours Mount Keira, although both suburbs recorded growth.
Rental vacancy is 0.9% in Mollymook and 2.3% in Mount Keira, so landlords in Mollymook face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.
Mount Keira is the bigger suburb, with a population of 1,691 against 1,195, larger than Mollymook; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.
In short: Mount Keira for rental income, Mount Keira for recent price momentum, Mollymook 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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