Crace vs Taylor

The median house price is $1.1M in Crace and $1.1M in Taylor, so Taylor is the cheaper entry point, with Crace houses about 3% dearer.

For units, Crace sits at a median of $435K against $570K in Taylor, which makes Crace the more affordable unit market and Taylor the pricier one.

Over the past year house prices moved -2.3% in Crace and +2.1% in Taylor, so recent momentum favours Taylor, while Crace went backwards.

Looking back three years, Crace houses are +29.2% and Taylor houses +17.5%, so Crace has compounded faster than Taylor over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 1.4% in Crace and 1.8% in Taylor, so landlords in Crace face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Crace is the bigger suburb, with a population of 4,800 against 2,220, roughly 2.2 times the size of Taylor; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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