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Avalon Beach vs Broughton Village

Property investment comparison - Avalon Beach, NSW 2107 vs Broughton Village, NSW 2534

Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Avalon Beach wins 2, Broughton Village 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.

MetricAvalon BeachBroughton Village
Median house price$2.9M$2.9M
Median unit price$1.3M$945K
Gross rental yield (houses)2.45%1.56%
Gross rental yield (units)3.12%3.37%
1-year house growth-0.3%-
3-year house growth-7.6%-
Vacancy rate3.5%1.9%
Population10,37995

Avalon Beach vs Broughton Village: what the numbers say

The median house price is $2.9M in Avalon Beach and $2.9M in Broughton Village, so Avalon Beach is the cheaper entry point, with Broughton Village houses about 1% dearer.

For units, Avalon Beach sits at a median of $1.3M against $945K in Broughton Village, which makes Broughton Village the more affordable unit market and Avalon Beach the pricier one.

On cash flow, Avalon Beach leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 2.45%, compared with 1.56% in Broughton Village, a gap of 0.89 percentage points.

Rental vacancy is 1.9% in Broughton Village and 3.5% in Avalon Beach, so landlords in Broughton Village face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Avalon Beach is the bigger suburb, with a population of 10,379 against 95, roughly 109 times the size of Broughton Village; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

In short: Avalon Beach for rental income, Avalon Beach for a lower purchase price, Broughton Village 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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