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Bellevue Heights vs Pooraka

Property investment comparison - Bellevue Heights, SA 5050 vs Pooraka, SA 5095

Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Bellevue Heights wins 1, Pooraka wins 3. 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 HeightsPooraka
Median house price$1.2M-
Median unit price-$610K
Gross rental yield (houses)3.00%-
Gross rental yield (units)2.50%4.41%
1-year house growth+15.9%+14.0%
3-year house growth+35.0%+51.1%
Vacancy rate1.6%0.4%
Population2,7127,583

Bellevue Heights vs Pooraka: what the numbers say

Over the past year house prices moved +15.9% in Bellevue Heights and +14.0% in Pooraka, so recent momentum favours Bellevue Heights, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Bellevue Heights houses are +35.0% and Pooraka houses +51.1%, so Pooraka has compounded faster than Bellevue Heights over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 0.4% in Pooraka and 1.6% in Bellevue Heights, so landlords in Pooraka face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Pooraka is the bigger suburb, with a population of 7,583 against 2,712, roughly 2.8 times the size of Bellevue Heights; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

In short: Bellevue Heights for recent price momentum, Pooraka 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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