Cardiff Heights vs Windsor

Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $1.1M in Cardiff Heights and $1.1M in Windsor.

For units, Cardiff Heights sits at a median of $495K against $535K in Windsor, which makes Cardiff Heights the more affordable unit market and Windsor the pricier one.

On cash flow, Windsor leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.51%, compared with 3.22% in Cardiff Heights, a gap of 0.29 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +16.4% in Cardiff Heights (an estimate) and +8.2% in Windsor, so recent momentum favours Cardiff Heights, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Rental vacancy is 1.2% in Cardiff Heights and 2.0% in Windsor, so landlords in Cardiff Heights face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Windsor is the bigger suburb, with a population of 1,915 against 1,384, larger than Cardiff Heights; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

In short: Windsor for rental income, Cardiff Heights for recent price momentum, Cardiff Heights for the tighter rental market. Which matters more depends on whether the investor is buying for cash flow, capital growth or affordability.