Abbotsbury vs Barrack Point

For units, Abbotsbury sits at a median of $770K against $1.2M in Barrack Point, which makes Abbotsbury the more affordable unit market and Barrack Point the pricier one.

On cash flow, Abbotsbury leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 2.81%, compared with 2.08% in Barrack Point, a gap of 0.73 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +10.8% in Abbotsbury and +4.9% in Barrack Point, so recent momentum favours Abbotsbury, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Abbotsbury houses are +22.3% and Barrack Point houses +47.5%, so Barrack Point has compounded faster than Abbotsbury over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 3.4% in Barrack Point and 5.2% in Abbotsbury, so landlords in Barrack Point face less competition for tenants.

Abbotsbury is the bigger suburb, with a population of 4,200 against 725, roughly 6 times the size of Barrack Point; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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