Burraneer vs Willoughby

The median house price is $3.6M in Burraneer and $3.6M in Willoughby, so Willoughby is the cheaper entry point, with Burraneer houses about 1% dearer.

For units, Burraneer sits at a median of $2.5M against $1.5M in Willoughby, which makes Willoughby the more affordable unit market and Burraneer the pricier one.

On cash flow, Burraneer leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 2.85%, compared with 1.94% in Willoughby, a gap of 0.91 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +3.7% in Burraneer (an estimate) and +1.1% in Willoughby, so recent momentum favours Burraneer, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Rental vacancy is 2.2% in Willoughby and 6.9% in Burraneer, so landlords in Willoughby face less competition for tenants.

Willoughby is the bigger suburb, with a population of 7,124 against 3,719, larger than Burraneer; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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