Burnside vs Wattle Park
Property investment comparison - Burnside, SA 5066 vs Wattle Park, SA 5066
Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Burnside wins 2, Wattle Park wins 4. 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 | Burnside | Wattle Park |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1.8M | $1.9M |
| Median unit price | $820K | - |
| Gross rental yield (houses) | 2.32% | 2.54% |
| Gross rental yield (units) | 3.80% | 2.54% |
| 1-year house growth | +4.7% | +8.5% |
| 3-year house growth | +42.5% | +53.7% |
| Vacancy rate | 3.4% | 1.2% |
| Population | 3,060 | 1,885 |
Burnside vs Wattle Park: what the numbers say
The median house price is $1.8M in Burnside and $1.9M in Wattle Park, so Burnside is the cheaper entry point, with Wattle Park houses about 4% dearer.
On cash flow, Wattle Park leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 2.54%, compared with 2.32% in Burnside, a gap of 0.22 percentage points.
Over the past year house prices moved +4.7% in Burnside and +8.5% in Wattle Park, so recent momentum favours Wattle Park, although both suburbs recorded growth.
Looking back three years, Burnside houses are +42.5% and Wattle Park houses +53.7%, so Wattle Park has compounded faster than Burnside over the longer window.
Rental vacancy is 1.2% in Wattle Park and 3.4% in Burnside, so landlords in Wattle Park face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.
Burnside is the bigger suburb, with a population of 3,060 against 1,885, larger than Wattle Park; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.
In short: Wattle Park for rental income, Burnside for a lower purchase price, Wattle Park for recent price momentum, Wattle 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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