Cambewarra Village vs Doonside

The median house price is $1.1M in Cambewarra Village and $1.1M in Doonside, so Cambewarra Village is the cheaper entry point.

On cash flow, Cambewarra Village leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.26%, compared with 2.89% in Doonside, a gap of 0.37 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +2.3% in Cambewarra Village and +7.0% in Doonside, so recent momentum favours Doonside, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Cambewarra Village houses are +9.6% and Doonside houses +17.6%, so Doonside has compounded faster than Cambewarra Village over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 1.2% in Doonside and 2.3% in Cambewarra Village, so landlords in Doonside face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Doonside is the bigger suburb, with a population of 13,614 against 1,211, roughly 11 times the size of Cambewarra Village; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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