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Buronga vs South Bathurst

Property investment comparison - Buronga, NSW 2739 vs South Bathurst, NSW 2795

Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Buronga wins 2, South Bathurst wins 3. 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.

MetricBurongaSouth Bathurst
Median house price$640K$635K
Median unit price--
Gross rental yield (houses)4.04%4.39%
Gross rental yield (units)6.05%4.00%
1-year house growth+17.1%estimate+9.1%
3-year house growth-+31.1%
Vacancy rate1.4%0.8%
Population1,2521,583

Buronga vs South Bathurst: what the numbers say

The median house price is $640K in Buronga and $635K in South Bathurst, so South Bathurst is the cheaper entry point, with Buronga houses about 1% dearer.

On cash flow, South Bathurst leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 4.39%, compared with 4.04% in Buronga, a gap of 0.35 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +17.1% in Buronga (an estimate) and +9.1% in South Bathurst, so recent momentum favours Buronga, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Rental vacancy is 0.8% in South Bathurst and 1.4% in Buronga, so landlords in South Bathurst face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

South Bathurst is the bigger suburb, with a population of 1,583 against 1,252, larger than Buronga; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

In short: South Bathurst for rental income, South Bathurst for a lower purchase price, Buronga for recent price momentum, South Bathurst 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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