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Bellevue Heights vs Maylands

Property investment comparison - Bellevue Heights, SA 5050 vs Maylands, SA 5069

Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Bellevue Heights wins 2, Maylands wins 1. 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 HeightsMaylands
Median house price$1.2M-
Median unit price--
Gross rental yield (houses)3.00%2.60%
Gross rental yield (units)2.50%3.80%
1-year house growth+15.9%-
3-year house growth+35.0%-
Vacancy rate1.6%2.5%
Population2,7121,508

Bellevue Heights vs Maylands: what the numbers say

On cash flow, Bellevue Heights leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.00%, compared with 2.60% in Maylands, a gap of 0.40 percentage points.

Rental vacancy is 1.6% in Bellevue Heights and 2.5% in Maylands, 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 1,508, larger than Maylands; 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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