Coopers Plains vs Logan Village

The median house price is $1.3M in Coopers Plains and $1.3M in Logan Village, so Coopers Plains is the cheaper entry point, with Logan Village houses about 1% dearer.

For units, Coopers Plains sits at a median of $840K against $580K in Logan Village, which makes Logan Village the more affordable unit market and Coopers Plains the pricier one.

On cash flow, Logan Village leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.07%, compared with 2.79% in Coopers Plains, a gap of 0.28 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +5.8% in Coopers Plains (an estimate) and +13.1% in Logan Village, so recent momentum favours Logan Village, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Rental vacancy is 0.9% in Coopers Plains and 2.1% in Logan Village, so landlords in Coopers Plains face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Coopers Plains is the bigger suburb, with a population of 5,675 against 5,316, larger than Logan Village; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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