Bardon vs Wights Mountain

The median house price is $2.1M in Bardon and $2.2M in Wights Mountain, so Bardon is the cheaper entry point, with Wights Mountain houses about 2% dearer.

For units, Bardon sits at a median of $1.2M against $675K in Wights Mountain, which makes Wights Mountain the more affordable unit market and Bardon the pricier one.

Over the past year house prices moved +11.8% in Bardon and +6.0% in Wights Mountain, so recent momentum favours Bardon, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Bardon houses are +19.2% and Wights Mountain houses +27.3%, so Wights Mountain has compounded faster than Bardon over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 1.0% in Bardon and 1.8% in Wights Mountain, so landlords in Bardon face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Bardon is the bigger suburb, with a population of 10,153 against 767, roughly 13 times the size of Wights Mountain; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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