Montville vs Mount Gravatt East

Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $1.4M in Montville and $1.4M in Mount Gravatt East.

For units, Montville sits at a median of $490K against $870K in Mount Gravatt East, which makes Montville the more affordable unit market and Mount Gravatt East the pricier one.

On cash flow, Montville leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.18%, compared with 2.67% in Mount Gravatt East, a gap of 0.51 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +12.7% in Montville and +13.2% in Mount Gravatt East, so recent momentum favours Mount Gravatt East, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Montville houses are +42.3% and Mount Gravatt East houses +50.3%, so Mount Gravatt East has compounded faster than Montville over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 1.1% in Mount Gravatt East and 2.6% in Montville, so landlords in Mount Gravatt East face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Mount Gravatt East is the bigger suburb, with a population of 12,428 against 1,092, roughly 11 times the size of Montville; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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