Cherrybrook vs Davidson

The median house price is $2.4M in Cherrybrook and $2.4M in Davidson, so Cherrybrook is the cheaper entry point.

For units, Cherrybrook sits at a median of $1.6M against $630K in Davidson, which makes Davidson the more affordable unit market and Cherrybrook the pricier one.

On cash flow, Davidson leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.50%, compared with 2.49% in Cherrybrook, a gap of 1.01 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved -0.8% in Cherrybrook and +2.4% in Davidson, so recent momentum favours Davidson, while Cherrybrook went backwards.

Looking back three years, Cherrybrook houses are +3.4% and Davidson houses +4.3%, so Davidson has compounded faster than Cherrybrook over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 1.4% in Cherrybrook and 3.9% in Davidson, so landlords in Cherrybrook face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Cherrybrook is the bigger suburb, with a population of 19,082 against 2,725, roughly 7 times the size of Davidson; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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