Mount Jukes vs Riverhills
Property investment comparison - Mount Jukes, QLD 4740 vs Riverhills, QLD 4074
Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Mount Jukes wins 2, Riverhills 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 | Mount Jukes | Riverhills |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1.2M | $1.2M |
| Median unit price | $730K | $800K |
| Gross rental yield (houses) | 3.13% | 3.32% |
| Gross rental yield (units) | 3.73% | 4.03% |
| 1-year house growth | +13.5% | - |
| 3-year house growth | - | - |
| Vacancy rate | 0.9% | 1.0% |
| Population | 373 | 4,121 |
Mount Jukes vs Riverhills: what the numbers say
The median house price is $1.2M in Mount Jukes and $1.2M in Riverhills, so Riverhills is the cheaper entry point.
For units, Mount Jukes sits at a median of $730K against $800K in Riverhills, which makes Mount Jukes the more affordable unit market and Riverhills the pricier one.
On cash flow, Riverhills leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.32%, compared with 3.13% in Mount Jukes, a gap of 0.19 percentage points.
Rental vacancy is 0.9% in Mount Jukes and 1.0% in Riverhills, so landlords in Mount Jukes face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.
Riverhills is the bigger suburb, with a population of 4,121 against 373, roughly 11 times the size of Mount Jukes; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.
In short: Riverhills for rental income, Riverhills for a lower purchase price, Mount Jukes 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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