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Caulfield East vs Tanybryn

Property investment comparison - Caulfield East, VIC 3145 vs Tanybryn, VIC 3249

Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Caulfield East wins 3, Tanybryn wins 1. 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.

MetricCaulfield EastTanybryn
Median house price$1.6M$1.6M
Median unit price$370K$405K
Gross rental yield (houses)2.83%1.47%
Gross rental yield (units)6.11%3.66%
1-year house growth+0.4%-
3-year house growth+10.2%-
Vacancy rate1.0%1.0%
Population1,29315

Caulfield East vs Tanybryn: what the numbers say

The median house price is $1.6M in Caulfield East and $1.6M in Tanybryn, so Tanybryn is the cheaper entry point, with Caulfield East houses about 2% dearer.

For units, Caulfield East sits at a median of $370K against $405K in Tanybryn, which makes Caulfield East the more affordable unit market and Tanybryn the pricier one.

On cash flow, Caulfield East leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 2.83%, compared with 1.47% in Tanybryn, a gap of 1.36 percentage points.

Rental vacancy is the same in both, at 1.0%.

Caulfield East is the bigger suburb, with a population of 1,293 against 15, roughly 86 times the size of Tanybryn; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

In short: Caulfield East for rental income, Tanybryn for a lower purchase price. Which matters more depends on whether the investor is buying for cash flow, capital growth or affordability.

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