Aberdeen vs Blayney

The median house price is $620K in Aberdeen and $625K in Blayney, so Aberdeen is the cheaper entry point, with Blayney houses about 1% dearer.

On cash flow, Aberdeen leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 4.85%, compared with 4.61% in Blayney, a gap of 0.24 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +9.5% in Aberdeen and +11.4% in Blayney, so recent momentum favours Blayney, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Aberdeen houses are +48.1% and Blayney houses +23.4%, so Aberdeen has compounded faster than Blayney over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 1.2% in Blayney and 1.9% in Aberdeen, so landlords in Blayney face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Blayney is the bigger suburb, with a population of 3,448 against 2,051, larger than Aberdeen; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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