Moorooka vs Wynnum

Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $1.4M in Moorooka and $1.4M in Wynnum.

For units, Moorooka sits at a median of $810K against $880K in Wynnum, which makes Moorooka the more affordable unit market and Wynnum the pricier one.

Over the past year house prices moved +15.4% in Moorooka and +10.0% in Wynnum, so recent momentum favours Moorooka, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Moorooka houses are +49.5% and Wynnum houses +42.0%, so Moorooka has compounded faster than Wynnum over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 0.7% in Wynnum and 0.8% in Moorooka, so landlords in Wynnum face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Wynnum is the bigger suburb, with a population of 14,036 against 10,783, larger than Moorooka; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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