Ashfield vs Mooball
Property investment comparison - Ashfield, NSW 2131 vs Mooball, NSW 2483
Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Ashfield wins 1, Mooball wins 4. 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.
| Metric | Ashfield | Mooball |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $2.3M | $2.3M |
| Median unit price | $900K | $880K |
| Gross rental yield (houses) | 2.27% | 2.36% |
| Gross rental yield (units) | 3.94% | 4.21% |
| 1-year house growth | -1.0% | - |
| 3-year house growth | +14.5% | - |
| Vacancy rate | 1.4% | 0.6% |
| Population | 23,012 | 193 |
Ashfield vs Mooball: what the numbers say
The median house price is $2.3M in Ashfield and $2.3M in Mooball, so Ashfield is the cheaper entry point, with Mooball houses about 1% dearer.
For units, Ashfield sits at a median of $900K against $880K in Mooball, which makes Mooball the more affordable unit market and Ashfield the pricier one.
On cash flow, Mooball leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 2.36%, compared with 2.27% in Ashfield, a gap of 0.09 percentage points.
Rental vacancy is 0.6% in Mooball and 1.4% in Ashfield, so landlords in Mooball face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.
Ashfield is the bigger suburb, with a population of 23,012 against 193, roughly 119 times the size of Mooball; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.
In short: Mooball for rental income, Ashfield for a lower purchase price, Mooball 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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