Aberdare vs New Brighton

For units, Aberdare sits at a median of $550K against $890K in New Brighton, which makes Aberdare the more affordable unit market and New Brighton the pricier one.

On cash flow, Aberdare leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 4.10%, compared with 3.96% in New Brighton, a gap of 0.14 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +14.7% in Aberdare and -0.8% in New Brighton, so recent momentum favours Aberdare, while New Brighton went backwards.

Looking back three years, Aberdare houses are +32.0% and New Brighton houses +11.3%, so Aberdare has compounded faster than New Brighton over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 1.8% in Aberdare and 2.0% in New Brighton, so landlords in Aberdare face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Aberdare is the bigger suburb, with a population of 2,542 against 368, roughly 7 times the size of New Brighton; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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