Riverhills vs Yandina

The median house price is $1.2M in Riverhills and $1.2M in Yandina, so Riverhills is the cheaper entry point, with Yandina houses about 1% dearer.

For units, Riverhills sits at a median of $795K against $745K in Yandina, which makes Yandina the more affordable unit market and Riverhills the pricier one.

On cash flow, Yandina leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.68%, compared with 3.31% in Riverhills, a gap of 0.37 percentage points.

Looking back three years, Riverhills houses are +51.2% and Yandina houses +36.1%, so Riverhills has compounded faster than Yandina over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 0.5% in Yandina and 0.9% in Riverhills, so landlords in Yandina 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 3,073, larger than Yandina; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

In short: Yandina for rental income, Riverhills for a lower purchase price, Yandina for the tighter rental market. Which matters more depends on whether the investor is buying for cash flow, capital growth or affordability.