Athelstone vs Osborne
Property investment comparison - Athelstone, SA 5076 vs Osborne, SA 5017
Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Athelstone wins 2, Osborne wins 2. 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 | Osborne |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1.1M | - |
| Median unit price | $630K | - |
| Gross rental yield (houses) | 3.30% | 3.91% |
| Gross rental yield (units) | - | 2.38% |
| 1-year house growth | +14.1% | +10.9% |
| 3-year house growth | +41.1% | +43.4% |
| Vacancy rate | 0.5% | 0.9% |
| Population | 9,601 | 1,951 |
Athelstone vs Osborne: what the numbers say
On cash flow, Osborne leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.91%, compared with 3.30% in Athelstone, a gap of 0.61 percentage points.
Over the past year house prices moved +14.1% in Athelstone and +10.9% in Osborne, so recent momentum favours Athelstone, although both suburbs recorded growth.
Looking back three years, Athelstone houses are +41.1% and Osborne houses +43.4%, so Osborne has compounded faster than Athelstone over the longer window.
Rental vacancy is 0.5% in Athelstone and 0.9% in Osborne, so landlords in Athelstone face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.
Athelstone is the bigger suburb, with a population of 9,601 against 1,951, roughly 4.9 times the size of Osborne; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.
In short: Osborne for rental income, Athelstone for recent price momentum, Athelstone 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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