Camden South vs Mount Ousley

The median house price is $1.2M in Camden South and $1.2M in Mount Ousley, so Camden South is the cheaper entry point.

For units, Camden South sits at a median of $750K against $430K in Mount Ousley, which makes Mount Ousley the more affordable unit market and Camden South the pricier one.

On cash flow, Mount Ousley leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.38%, compared with 3.27% in Camden South, a gap of 0.11 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +11.5% in Camden South (an estimate) and +4.9% in Mount Ousley, so recent momentum favours Camden South, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Rental vacancy is 1.1% in Camden South and 2.4% in Mount Ousley, so landlords in Camden South face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Camden South is the bigger suburb, with a population of 4,595 against 1,611, roughly 2.9 times the size of Mount Ousley; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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