Bonnie Brook vs Eynesbury

Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $685K in Bonnie Brook and $685K in Eynesbury.

For units, Bonnie Brook sits at a median of $580K against $765K in Eynesbury, which makes Bonnie Brook the more affordable unit market and Eynesbury the pricier one.

On cash flow, Bonnie Brook leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 4.10%, compared with 3.43% in Eynesbury, a gap of 0.67 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +2.8% in Bonnie Brook and -7.8% in Eynesbury, so recent momentum favours Bonnie Brook, while Eynesbury went backwards.

Looking back three years, Bonnie Brook houses are -0.8% and Eynesbury houses +2.3%, so Eynesbury has compounded faster than Bonnie Brook over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 5.3% in Bonnie Brook and 6.8% in Eynesbury, so landlords in Bonnie Brook face less competition for tenants.

Eynesbury is the bigger suburb, with a population of 2,838 against 333, roughly 9 times the size of Bonnie Brook; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

In short: Bonnie Brook for rental income, Bonnie Brook for recent price momentum, Bonnie Brook for the tighter rental market. Which matters more depends on whether the investor is buying for cash flow, capital growth or affordability.