Botany vs Sylvania
Property investment comparison - Botany, NSW 2019 vs Sylvania, NSW 2224
Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Botany wins 4, Sylvania 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.
| Metric | Botany | Sylvania |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $2.1M | $2.1M |
| Median unit price | $930K | $1.3M |
| Gross rental yield (houses) | 3.24% | 2.89% |
| Gross rental yield (units) | 5.05% | 3.18% |
| 1-year house growth | -5.5% | +5.4%estimate |
| 3-year house growth | +8.5% | - |
| Vacancy rate | 1.7% | 1.7% |
| Population | 12,960 | 10,749 |
Botany vs Sylvania: what the numbers say
The median house price is $2.1M in Botany and $2.1M in Sylvania, so Botany is the cheaper entry point, with Sylvania houses about 1% dearer.
For units, Botany sits at a median of $930K against $1.3M in Sylvania, which makes Botany the more affordable unit market and Sylvania the pricier one.
On cash flow, Botany leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.24%, compared with 2.89% in Sylvania, a gap of 0.35 percentage points.
Over the past year house prices moved -5.5% in Botany and +5.4% in Sylvania (an estimate), so recent momentum favours Sylvania, while Botany went backwards.
Rental vacancy is the same in both, at 1.7%.
Botany is the bigger suburb, with a population of 12,960 against 10,749, larger than Sylvania; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.
In short: Botany for rental income, Botany for a lower purchase price, Sylvania for recent price momentum. Which matters more depends on whether the investor is buying for cash flow, capital growth or affordability.
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