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Bellevue Heights vs Chapel Hill

Property investment comparison - Bellevue Heights, SA 5050 vs Chapel Hill, SA 5153

Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Bellevue Heights wins 2, Chapel Hill wins 0. 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.

MetricBellevue HeightsChapel Hill
Median house price$1.2M-
Median unit price--
Gross rental yield (houses)3.00%2.20%
Gross rental yield (units)2.50%-
1-year house growth+15.9%-
3-year house growth+35.0%-
Vacancy rate1.6%2.4%
Population2,712127

Bellevue Heights vs Chapel Hill: what the numbers say

On cash flow, Bellevue Heights leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.00%, compared with 2.20% in Chapel Hill, a gap of 0.80 percentage points.

Rental vacancy is 1.6% in Bellevue Heights and 2.4% in Chapel Hill, 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 127, roughly 21 times the size of Chapel Hill; 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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