Bungendore vs Plumpton

The median house price is $1.1M in Bungendore and $1.1M in Plumpton, so Bungendore is the cheaper entry point.

On cash flow, Bungendore leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.78%, compared with 3.14% in Plumpton, a gap of 0.64 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +1.4% in Bungendore and +9.4% in Plumpton, so recent momentum favours Plumpton, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Bungendore houses are +4.2% and Plumpton houses +27.6%, so Plumpton has compounded faster than Bungendore over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 1.6% in Bungendore and 1.6% in Plumpton, so landlords in Bungendore face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Plumpton is the bigger suburb, with a population of 10,070 against 4,745, roughly 2.1 times the size of Bungendore; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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