Alderley vs Burpengary

For units, Alderley sits at a median of $855K against $665K in Burpengary, which makes Burpengary the more affordable unit market and Alderley the pricier one.

On cash flow, Burpengary leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.50%, compared with 2.46% in Alderley, a gap of 1.04 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +12.7% in Alderley and +18.9% in Burpengary, so recent momentum favours Burpengary, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Alderley houses are +35.9% and Burpengary houses +39.4%, so Burpengary has compounded faster than Alderley over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 1.5% in Burpengary and 1.8% in Alderley, so landlords in Burpengary face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Burpengary is the bigger suburb, with a population of 16,488 against 6,748, roughly 2.4 times the size of Alderley; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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