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Noosaville vs Stretton

Property investment comparison - Noosaville, QLD 4566 vs Stretton, QLD 4116

Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Noosaville wins 1, Stretton wins 4. 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.

MetricNoosavilleStretton
Median house price$2M$2.0M
Median unit price$1M-
Gross rental yield (houses)-2.55%
Gross rental yield (units)4.15%4.42%
1-year house growth+5.5%+14.4%
3-year house growth+27.0%+60.0%
Vacancy rate1.5%1.9%
Population8,7164,686

Noosaville vs Stretton: what the numbers say

The median house price is $2M in Noosaville and $2.0M in Stretton, so Stretton is the cheaper entry point, with Noosaville houses about 1% dearer.

Over the past year house prices moved +5.5% in Noosaville and +14.4% in Stretton, so recent momentum favours Stretton, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Noosaville houses are +27.0% and Stretton houses +60.0%, so Stretton has compounded faster than Noosaville over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 1.5% in Noosaville and 1.9% in Stretton, so landlords in Noosaville face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Noosaville is the bigger suburb, with a population of 8,716 against 4,686, larger than Stretton; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

In short: Stretton for a lower purchase price, Stretton for recent price momentum, Noosaville 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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