Bilgola Plateau vs Dural

The median house price is $2.5M in Bilgola Plateau and $2.5M in Dural, so Bilgola Plateau is the cheaper entry point, with Dural houses about 1% dearer.

On cash flow, Bilgola Plateau leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 2.90%, compared with 2.06% in Dural, a gap of 0.84 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +3.7% in Bilgola Plateau and +4.7% in Dural, so recent momentum favours Dural, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Bilgola Plateau houses are +1.4% and Dural houses +25.0%, so Dural has compounded faster than Bilgola Plateau over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 2.1% in Dural and 3.7% in Bilgola Plateau, so landlords in Dural face less competition for tenants.

Dural is the bigger suburb, with a population of 7,900 against 3,650, roughly 2.2 times the size of Bilgola Plateau; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

In short: Bilgola Plateau for rental income, Bilgola Plateau for a lower purchase price, Dural for recent price momentum, Dural for the tighter rental market. Which matters more depends on whether the investor is buying for cash flow, capital growth or affordability.