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Aldinga vs Bellevue Heights

Property investment comparison - Aldinga, SA 5173 vs Bellevue Heights, SA 5050

Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Aldinga wins 2, Bellevue Heights wins 1. 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.

MetricAldingaBellevue Heights
Median house price-$1.2M
Median unit price$675K-
Gross rental yield (houses)2.25%3.00%
Gross rental yield (units)4.50%2.50%
1-year house growth-+15.9%
3-year house growth-+35.0%
Vacancy rate1.5%1.6%
Population7642,712

Aldinga vs Bellevue Heights: what the numbers say

On cash flow, Bellevue Heights leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.00%, compared with 2.25% in Aldinga, a gap of 0.75 percentage points.

Rental vacancy is 1.5% in Aldinga and 1.6% in Bellevue Heights, so landlords in Aldinga face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Bellevue Heights is the bigger suburb, with a population of 2,712 against 764, roughly 3.5 times the size of Aldinga; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

In short: Bellevue Heights for rental income, Aldinga 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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