Riverhills vs Warner
Property investment comparison - Riverhills, QLD 4074 vs Warner, QLD 4500
Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Riverhills wins 1, Warner 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 | Riverhills | Warner |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1.2M | $1.1M |
| Median unit price | $795K | $730K |
| Gross rental yield (houses) | 3.31% | - |
| Gross rental yield (units) | 3.05% | - |
| 1-year house growth | - | +18.1% |
| 3-year house growth | +51.2% | +46.9% |
| Vacancy rate | 0.9% | 0.7% |
| Population | 4,121 | 12,264 |
Riverhills vs Warner: what the numbers say
The median house price is $1.2M in Riverhills and $1.1M in Warner, so Warner is the cheaper entry point.
For units, Riverhills sits at a median of $795K against $730K in Warner, which makes Warner the more affordable unit market and Riverhills the pricier one.
Looking back three years, Riverhills houses are +51.2% and Warner houses +46.9%, so Riverhills has compounded faster than Warner over the longer window.
Rental vacancy is 0.7% in Warner and 0.9% in Riverhills, so landlords in Warner face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.
Warner is the bigger suburb, with a population of 12,264 against 4,121, roughly 3.0 times the size of Riverhills; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.
In short: Warner for a lower purchase price, Warner 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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