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Aldinga vs Allenby Gardens

Property investment comparison - Aldinga, SA 5173 vs Allenby Gardens, SA 5009

Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Aldinga wins 1, Allenby Gardens wins 2. 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.

MetricAldingaAllenby Gardens
Median house price-$1.2M
Median unit price$675K$920K
Gross rental yield (houses)2.25%3.28%
Gross rental yield (units)4.50%-
1-year house growth-+8.0%
3-year house growth-+33.1%
Vacancy rate1.5%0.3%
Population7642,045

Aldinga vs Allenby Gardens: what the numbers say

For units, Aldinga sits at a median of $675K against $920K in Allenby Gardens, which makes Aldinga the more affordable unit market and Allenby Gardens the pricier one.

On cash flow, Allenby Gardens leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.28%, compared with 2.25% in Aldinga, a gap of 1.03 percentage points.

Rental vacancy is 0.3% in Allenby Gardens and 1.5% in Aldinga, so landlords in Allenby Gardens face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Allenby Gardens is the bigger suburb, with a population of 2,045 against 764, roughly 2.7 times the size of Aldinga; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

In short: Allenby Gardens for rental income, Allenby Gardens 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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