Tivoli vs Yungaburra

The median house price is $790K in Tivoli and $795K in Yungaburra, so Tivoli is the cheaper entry point, with Yungaburra houses about 1% dearer.

On cash flow, Tivoli leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.91%, compared with 3.80% in Yungaburra, a gap of 0.11 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +19.3% in Tivoli and +13.5% in Yungaburra, so recent momentum favours Tivoli, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Tivoli houses are +76.2% and Yungaburra houses +31.0%, so Tivoli has compounded faster than Yungaburra over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 0.8% in Tivoli and 2.0% in Yungaburra, so landlords in Tivoli face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Tivoli is the bigger suburb, with a population of 1,460 against 1,272, larger than Yungaburra; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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