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Bellevue Heights vs Erindale

Property investment comparison - Bellevue Heights, SA 5050 vs Erindale, SA 5066

Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Bellevue Heights wins 2, Erindale 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.

MetricBellevue HeightsErindale
Median house price$1.2M-
Median unit price-$570K
Gross rental yield (houses)3.00%-
Gross rental yield (units)2.50%4.67%
1-year house growth+15.9%+5.4%
3-year house growth+35.0%+48.9%
Vacancy rate1.6%4.9%
Population2,7121,172

Bellevue Heights vs Erindale: what the numbers say

Over the past year house prices moved +15.9% in Bellevue Heights and +5.4% in Erindale, so recent momentum favours Bellevue Heights, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Bellevue Heights houses are +35.0% and Erindale houses +48.9%, so Erindale has compounded faster than Bellevue Heights over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 1.6% in Bellevue Heights and 4.9% in Erindale, 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 1,172, roughly 2.3 times the size of Erindale; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

In short: Bellevue Heights for recent price momentum, 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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