Bauple vs New Auckland

Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $650K in Bauple and $650K in New Auckland.

For units, Bauple sits at a median of $425K against $375K in New Auckland, which makes New Auckland the more affordable unit market and Bauple the pricier one.

On cash flow, New Auckland leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 4.69%, compared with 4.06% in Bauple, a gap of 0.63 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +12.8% in Bauple and +14.4% in New Auckland, so recent momentum favours New Auckland, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Bauple houses are +50.8% and New Auckland houses +61.3%, so New Auckland has compounded faster than Bauple over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 1.0% in Bauple and 2.1% in New Auckland, so landlords in Bauple face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

New Auckland is the bigger suburb, with a population of 5,266 against 745, roughly 7 times the size of Bauple; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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