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Seventeen Mile Rocks vs Virginia

Property investment comparison - Seventeen Mile Rocks, QLD 4073 vs Virginia, QLD 4014

Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Seventeen Mile Rocks wins 3, Virginia 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.

MetricSeventeen Mile RocksVirginia
Median house price$1.3M$1.3M
Median unit price--
Gross rental yield (houses)3.16%2.85%
Gross rental yield (units)4.34%2.86%
1-year house growth+9.0%+14.1%
3-year house growth+58.3%+48.0%
Vacancy rate0.8%0.8%
Population2,6992,395

Seventeen Mile Rocks vs Virginia: what the numbers say

The median house price is $1.3M in Seventeen Mile Rocks and $1.3M in Virginia, so Virginia is the cheaper entry point.

On cash flow, Seventeen Mile Rocks leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.16%, compared with 2.85% in Virginia, a gap of 0.31 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +9.0% in Seventeen Mile Rocks and +14.1% in Virginia, so recent momentum favours Virginia, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Seventeen Mile Rocks houses are +58.3% and Virginia houses +48.0%, so Seventeen Mile Rocks has compounded faster than Virginia over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is the same in both, at 0.8%.

Seventeen Mile Rocks is the bigger suburb, with a population of 2,699 against 2,395, larger than Virginia; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

In short: Seventeen Mile Rocks for rental income, Virginia for a lower purchase price, Virginia for recent price momentum. Which matters more depends on whether the investor is buying for cash flow, capital growth or affordability.

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