Albanvale vs Red Cliffs
Property investment comparison - Albanvale, VIC 3021 vs Red Cliffs, VIC 3496
Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Albanvale wins 1, Red Cliffs wins 4. The better choice depends on whether you're optimising for cash flow, growth, affordability, or liquidity, the table below highlights the winner on each metric.
| Metric | Albanvale | Red Cliffs |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $690K | - |
| Median unit price | - | - |
| Gross rental yield (houses) | 3.67% | 5.22% |
| Gross rental yield (units) | 5.00% | 6.36% |
| 1-year house growth | +7.6% | +10.1% |
| 3-year house growth | +14.3% | +32.5% |
| Vacancy rate | 0.8% | 1.7% |
| Population | 5,641 | 5,294 |
Albanvale vs Red Cliffs: what the numbers say
On cash flow, Red Cliffs leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 5.22%, compared with 3.67% in Albanvale, a gap of 1.55 percentage points.
Over the past year house prices moved +7.6% in Albanvale and +10.1% in Red Cliffs, so recent momentum favours Red Cliffs, although both suburbs recorded growth.
Looking back three years, Albanvale houses are +14.3% and Red Cliffs houses +32.5%, so Red Cliffs has compounded faster than Albanvale over the longer window.
Rental vacancy is 0.8% in Albanvale and 1.7% in Red Cliffs, so landlords in Albanvale face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.
Albanvale is the bigger suburb, with a population of 5,641 against 5,294, larger than Red Cliffs; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.
In short: Red Cliffs for rental income, Red Cliffs for recent price momentum, Albanvale for the tighter rental market. Which matters more depends on whether the investor is buying for cash flow, capital growth or affordability.
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