Blair Athol vs Roseworthy

The median house price is $880K in Blair Athol and $900K in Roseworthy, so Blair Athol is the cheaper entry point, with Roseworthy houses about 2% dearer.

For units, Blair Athol sits at a median of $685K against $780K in Roseworthy, which makes Blair Athol the more affordable unit market and Roseworthy the pricier one.

On cash flow, Roseworthy leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.80%, compared with 3.30% in Blair Athol, a gap of 0.50 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +12.4% in Blair Athol and +12.1% in Roseworthy, so recent momentum favours Blair Athol, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Blair Athol houses are +33.7% and Roseworthy houses +34.4%, so Roseworthy has compounded faster than Blair Athol over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 0.7% in Blair Athol and 6.0% in Roseworthy, 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 5,274 against 1,041, roughly 5 times the size of Roseworthy; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

In short: Roseworthy for rental income, Blair Athol for a lower purchase price, 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.