Artarmon vs Middle Dural

The median house price is $3.6M in Artarmon and $3.7M in Middle Dural, so Artarmon is the cheaper entry point, with Middle Dural houses about 1% dearer.

For units, Artarmon sits at a median of $1.1M against $1.1M in Middle Dural, which makes Artarmon the more affordable unit market and Middle Dural the pricier one.

On cash flow, Artarmon leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 2.20%, compared with 1.49% in Middle Dural, a gap of 0.71 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +0.2% in Artarmon (an estimate) and -2.1% in Middle Dural, so recent momentum favours Artarmon, while Middle Dural went backwards.

Rental vacancy is 1.0% in Artarmon and 6.9% in Middle Dural, so landlords in Artarmon face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Artarmon is the bigger suburb, with a population of 9,417 against 1,040, roughly 9 times the size of Middle Dural; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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