Balnarring vs Brunswick East
Property investment comparison - Balnarring, VIC 3926 vs Brunswick East, VIC 3057
Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Balnarring wins 0, Brunswick East wins 5. 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 | Balnarring | Brunswick East |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1.4M | $1.4M |
| Median unit price | - | $535K |
| Gross rental yield (houses) | 2.96% | 3.30% |
| Gross rental yield (units) | 3.32% | 5.80% |
| 1-year house growth | -3.6%estimate | +4.7%estimate |
| 3-year house growth | - | - |
| Vacancy rate | 1.7% | 1.1% |
| Population | 2,371 | 13,279 |
Balnarring vs Brunswick East: what the numbers say
The median house price is $1.4M in Balnarring and $1.4M in Brunswick East, so Brunswick East is the cheaper entry point, with Balnarring houses about 1% dearer.
On cash flow, Brunswick East leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.30%, compared with 2.96% in Balnarring, a gap of 0.34 percentage points.
Over the past year house prices moved -3.6% in Balnarring (an estimate) and +4.7% in Brunswick East (an estimate), so recent momentum favours Brunswick East, while Balnarring went backwards.
Rental vacancy is 1.1% in Brunswick East and 1.7% in Balnarring, so landlords in Brunswick East face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.
Brunswick East is the bigger suburb, with a population of 13,279 against 2,371, roughly 6 times the size of Balnarring; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.
In short: Brunswick East for rental income, Brunswick East for a lower purchase price, Brunswick East for recent price momentum, Brunswick East 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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