Attwood vs Lynbrook

The median house price is $900K in Attwood and $895K in Lynbrook, so Lynbrook is the cheaper entry point, with Attwood houses about 1% dearer.

For units, Attwood sits at a median of $225K against $670K in Lynbrook, which makes Attwood the more affordable unit market and Lynbrook the pricier one.

On cash flow, Lynbrook leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.65%, compared with 3.18% in Attwood, a gap of 0.47 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +16.1% in Attwood (an estimate) and +7.3% in Lynbrook, so recent momentum favours Attwood, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Rental vacancy is 1.7% in Lynbrook and 1.9% in Attwood, so landlords in Lynbrook face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Lynbrook is the bigger suburb, with a population of 9,121 against 3,309, roughly 2.8 times the size of Attwood; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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