New Beith vs Robina

The median house price is $1.5M in New Beith and $1.5M in Robina, so Robina is the cheaper entry point, with New Beith houses about 1% dearer.

For units, New Beith sits at a median of $680K against $920K in Robina, which makes New Beith the more affordable unit market and Robina the pricier one.

Over the past year house prices moved +17.5% in New Beith and +11.7% in Robina, so recent momentum favours New Beith, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, New Beith houses are +38.1% and Robina houses +34.4%, so New Beith has compounded faster than Robina over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 0.6% in New Beith and 1.0% in Robina, so landlords in New Beith face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Robina is the bigger suburb, with a population of 25,659 against 5,642, roughly 4.5 times the size of New Beith; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

In short: Robina for a lower purchase price, New Beith for recent price momentum, New Beith for the tighter rental market. Which matters more depends on whether the investor is buying for cash flow, capital growth or affordability.