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Wynnum is a bayside suburb on Brisbane’s eastern fringe centred on the Wynnum Esplanade and the foreshore along Moreton Bay. It has a relaxed coastal feel, with promenades, picnic reserves and a jetty that encourage outdoor recreation and weekend strolls, while a village shopping strip around Wynnum Central provides cafés, bakeries and everyday shops. The area is well served by the Cleveland line and local buses, so commuting is straightforward. Housing ranges from traditional timber Queenslanders on tree-lined streets to newer low-rise apartments near the water, attracting families, retirees and professionals who favour a quieter seaside lifestyle with easy access to parks and waterfront amenities.

Wynnum is home to 14,036 people with a median age of 43. Families are prominent: couple families with children are 43.0% and together with couple families without children they make up about 81.6% of families. Homes are mostly owner-occupied, with 64.8% owned outright or with a mortgage and 35.2% rented. The suburb is the focus of a formal renewal plan that aims to adjust land use, building heights and local connections, and council is developing a foreshore master plan alongside recent foreshore playground upgrades. Whether Wynnum suits you comes down to whether that quieter bayside mix fits what you want.

Buying in Wynnum looks quite stretched against local incomes recorded at the most recent Census. A median house price of $1,323,500 is about 13.5 times a typical local household's annual income at the last Census, while the median unit price of $890,000 is about 9.1 times that annual income; both sit well above what people locally earned at the last Census. Renting also takes a sizeable share of income: a $715 a week house rent would use about 37.9% of a typical local household's weekly income at the last Census, and a $620 a week unit rent about 32.9%.

Everyone's financial situation is different, so it's important to consider your own circumstances when deciding which suburb is right for you.

House values in Wynnum climbed 10.7% over the past 12 months, a strong rise in capital value for houses. Over the same period, rents for houses fell 0.7%, meaning the rent a house would earn has edged down while the price of houses rose.

Units showed a different mix: unit values rose 7.0%, a solid increase, while unit rents jumped 11.7%, a strong rise. In other words, unit rental income grew faster than unit prices this year. Whether that balance between capital growth and rental income suits you depends on your own goals and circumstances.

This information has been prepared without taking your objectives, needs and overall financial situation into account. It is not meant to be a substitute for professional financial advice. For this reason, you should consider the appropriateness of the information and, if necessary, seek appropriate professional advice.