Denman vs Yenda

The median house price is $595K in Denman and $600K in Yenda, so Denman is the cheaper entry point, with Yenda houses about 1% dearer.

For units, Denman sits at a median of $585K against $400K in Yenda, which makes Yenda the more affordable unit market and Denman the pricier one.

On cash flow, Denman leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 5.00%, compared with 4.72% in Yenda, a gap of 0.28 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +11.2% in Denman and +7.5% in Yenda (an estimate), so recent momentum favours Denman, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Denman houses are +36.1% and Yenda houses +100.0%, so Yenda has compounded faster than Denman over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 0.6% in Yenda and 3.6% in Denman, so landlords in Yenda face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Denman is the bigger suburb, with a population of 1,821 against 1,564, larger than Yenda; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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