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Bulart vs St Albans Park

Property investment comparison - Bulart, VIC 3314 vs St Albans Park, VIC 3219

Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Bulart wins 1, St Albans Park wins 2. 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.

MetricBulartSt Albans Park
Median house price$695K$700K
Median unit price-$490K
Gross rental yield (houses)2.77%3.89%
Gross rental yield (units)-4.20%
1-year house growth-+13.1%
3-year house growth-+19.8%
Vacancy rate8.2%0.9%
Population1044,942

Bulart vs St Albans Park: what the numbers say

The median house price is $695K in Bulart and $700K in St Albans Park, so Bulart is the cheaper entry point, with St Albans Park houses about 1% dearer.

On cash flow, St Albans Park leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.89%, compared with 2.77% in Bulart, a gap of 1.12 percentage points.

Rental vacancy is 0.9% in St Albans Park and 8.2% in Bulart, so landlords in St Albans Park face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

St Albans Park is the bigger suburb, with a population of 4,942 against 104, roughly 48 times the size of Bulart; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

In short: St Albans Park for rental income, Bulart for a lower purchase price, St Albans Park 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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