Aberglasslyn vs Tuncurry

Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $860K in Aberglasslyn and $860K in Tuncurry.

For units, Aberglasslyn sits at a median of $700K against $600K in Tuncurry, which makes Tuncurry the more affordable unit market and Aberglasslyn the pricier one.

On cash flow, Tuncurry leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 4.00%, compared with 3.90% in Aberglasslyn, a gap of 0.10 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +11.1% in Aberglasslyn and +4.8% in Tuncurry, so recent momentum favours Aberglasslyn, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Aberglasslyn houses are +22.4% and Tuncurry houses +12.2%, so Aberglasslyn has compounded faster than Tuncurry over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 0.6% in Tuncurry and 2.0% in Aberglasslyn, so landlords in Tuncurry face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Aberglasslyn is the bigger suburb, with a population of 6,552 against 6,376, larger than Tuncurry; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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