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Blair Athol vs Glenning Valley

Property investment comparison - Blair Athol, NSW 2560 vs Glenning Valley, NSW 2261

Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Blair Athol wins 3, Glenning Valley 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.

MetricBlair AtholGlenning Valley
Median house price$1.2M$1.2M
Median unit price$530K-
Gross rental yield (houses)3.05%4.10%
Gross rental yield (units)5.23%4.43%
1-year house growth+9.3%+4.9%estimate
3-year house growth+29.1%-
Vacancy rate0.6%1.5%
Population2,7252,023

Blair Athol vs Glenning Valley: what the numbers say

Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $1.2M in Blair Athol and $1.2M in Glenning Valley.

On cash flow, Glenning Valley leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 4.10%, compared with 3.05% in Blair Athol, a gap of 1.05 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +9.3% in Blair Athol and +4.9% in Glenning Valley (an estimate), so recent momentum favours Blair Athol, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Rental vacancy is 0.6% in Blair Athol and 1.5% in Glenning Valley, so landlords in Blair Athol face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Blair Athol is the bigger suburb, with a population of 2,725 against 2,023, larger than Glenning Valley; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

In short: Glenning Valley for rental income, Blair Athol for recent price momentum, Blair Athol 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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