Is Property Still Australia's Best Wealth Builder in 2025?

Ved Shah

Gold just closed at US$4,218 an ounce, one of its strongest levels of the year, and something unusual is happening beneath the surface. For the first time in a long time, Australians are starting to quietly ask themselves a question they wouldn't have asked before this rally began. If gold keeps rising at this pace, is property still the best long term wealth builder in this country… or is another contender stepping forward?

For decades, property has been the centrepiece of the Australian financial identity. It has been the safe choice, the sensible choice. But here is the moment that matters. Gold is not just rising. It is consistently outpacing wage growth, outpacing inflation, and in some multi-decade comparisons, it has actually beaten Australian property across multiple cities such as Canberra, Hobart, Perth etc. and nearly matched returns with Melbourne and Sydney when comparing returns from 1975-2025, without any leverage whatsoever. That alone forces a question few Australians have ever been encouraged to ask. If gold has nearly outperformed property across 35 years, even without leverage, what happens when you compare the next 35? Brian explains it all.

Australians have always been told that property is unbeatable. But is it still unbeatable in 2025? Or have we reached a point where gold is doing what property used to do, except faster, cleaner and without the mortgage stress that so many households are now facing? If the wealth equation has shifted even slightly, the implications are enormous. Could the next decade belong not to bricks and mortar… but to bullion? Brian breaks it down.

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