Condell Park vs Dudley

Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $1.7M in Condell Park and $1.7M in Dudley.

On cash flow, Condell Park leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 2.80%, compared with 2.51% in Dudley, a gap of 0.29 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +8.1% in Condell Park and +10.4% in Dudley, so recent momentum favours Dudley, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Condell Park houses are +28.9% and Dudley houses +31.8%, so Dudley has compounded faster than Condell Park over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 0.6% in Dudley and 1.4% in Condell Park, so landlords in Dudley face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Condell Park is the bigger suburb, with a population of 13,066 against 2,505, roughly 5 times the size of Dudley; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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