Aveley vs Port Kennedy

Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $850K in Aveley and $850K in Port Kennedy.

On cash flow, Aveley leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 4.59%, compared with 4.13% in Port Kennedy, a gap of 0.46 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +13.6% in Aveley and +19.2% in Port Kennedy, so recent momentum favours Port Kennedy, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Aveley houses are +73.5% and Port Kennedy houses +72.9%, so Aveley has compounded faster than Port Kennedy over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 1.3% in Port Kennedy and 2.2% in Aveley, so landlords in Port Kennedy face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Aveley is the bigger suburb, with a population of 13,998 against 13,477, larger than Port Kennedy; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

In short: Aveley for rental income, Port Kennedy for recent price momentum, Port Kennedy for the tighter rental market. Which matters more depends on whether the investor is buying for cash flow, capital growth or affordability.