Athelstone vs Hendon
Property investment comparison - Athelstone, SA 5076 vs Hendon, SA 5014
Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Athelstone wins 1, Hendon wins 3. 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 | Athelstone | Hendon |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1.1M | - |
| Median unit price | $630K | - |
| Gross rental yield (houses) | 3.30% | 3.63% |
| Gross rental yield (units) | - | 4.50% |
| 1-year house growth | +14.1% | +14.3% |
| 3-year house growth | +41.1% | +43.1% |
| Vacancy rate | 0.5% | 0.5% |
| Population | 9,601 | 1,271 |
Athelstone vs Hendon: what the numbers say
On cash flow, Hendon leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.63%, compared with 3.30% in Athelstone, a gap of 0.33 percentage points.
Over the past year house prices moved +14.1% in Athelstone and +14.3% in Hendon, so recent momentum favours Hendon, although both suburbs recorded growth.
Looking back three years, Athelstone houses are +41.1% and Hendon houses +43.1%, so Hendon has compounded faster than Athelstone over the longer window.
Rental vacancy is the same in both, at 0.5%.
Athelstone is the bigger suburb, with a population of 9,601 against 1,271, roughly 8 times the size of Hendon; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.
In short: Hendon for rental income, Hendon for recent price momentum. Which matters more depends on whether the investor is buying for cash flow, capital growth or affordability.
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