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Back Valley vs Bellevue Heights

Property investment comparison - Back Valley, SA 5211 vs Bellevue Heights, SA 5050

Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Back Valley wins 1, Bellevue Heights 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.

MetricBack ValleyBellevue Heights
Median house price-$1.2M
Median unit price$605K-
Gross rental yield (houses)2.53%3.00%
Gross rental yield (units)3.86%2.50%
1-year house growth-+15.9%
3-year house growth-+35.0%
Vacancy rate2.4%1.6%
Population1762,712

Back Valley vs Bellevue Heights: what the numbers say

On cash flow, Bellevue Heights leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.00%, compared with 2.53% in Back Valley, a gap of 0.47 percentage points.

Rental vacancy is 1.6% in Bellevue Heights and 2.4% in Back Valley, so landlords in Bellevue Heights face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Bellevue Heights is the bigger suburb, with a population of 2,712 against 176, roughly 15 times the size of Back Valley; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

In short: Bellevue Heights for rental income, Bellevue Heights 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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