Abbotsbury vs Maryville

For units, Abbotsbury sits at a median of $770K against $1.5M in Maryville, which makes Abbotsbury the more affordable unit market and Maryville the pricier one.

On cash flow, Maryville leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.52%, compared with 2.81% in Abbotsbury, a gap of 0.71 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +10.8% in Abbotsbury and +3.5% in Maryville, so recent momentum favours Abbotsbury, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Abbotsbury houses are +22.3% and Maryville houses +22.4%, so Maryville has compounded faster than Abbotsbury over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 1.3% in Maryville and 5.2% in Abbotsbury, so landlords in Maryville face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Abbotsbury is the bigger suburb, with a population of 4,200 against 1,671, roughly 2.5 times the size of Maryville; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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