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Allenby Gardens vs Leabrook

Property investment comparison - Allenby Gardens, SA 5009 vs Leabrook, SA 5068

Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Allenby Gardens wins 4, Leabrook wins 0. 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.

MetricAllenby GardensLeabrook
Median house price$1.2M-
Median unit price$920K-
Gross rental yield (houses)3.28%1.89%
Gross rental yield (units)-4.27%
1-year house growth+8.0%+4.4%
3-year house growth+33.1%-45.5%
Vacancy rate0.3%0.5%
Population2,0451,605

Allenby Gardens vs Leabrook: what the numbers say

On cash flow, Allenby Gardens leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.28%, compared with 1.89% in Leabrook, a gap of 1.39 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +8.0% in Allenby Gardens and +4.4% in Leabrook, so recent momentum favours Allenby Gardens, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Allenby Gardens houses are +33.1% and Leabrook houses -45.5%, so Allenby Gardens has compounded faster than Leabrook over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 0.3% in Allenby Gardens and 0.5% in Leabrook, 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 1,605, larger than Leabrook; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

In short: Allenby Gardens for rental income, Allenby Gardens for recent price momentum, 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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