Dulong vs Wellington Point

Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $1.4M in Dulong and $1.4M in Wellington Point.

On cash flow, Dulong leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.32%, compared with 3.15% in Wellington Point, a gap of 0.17 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +14.0% in Dulong and +12.6% in Wellington Point, so recent momentum favours Dulong, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Dulong houses are +30.2% and Wellington Point houses +44.0%, so Wellington Point has compounded faster than Dulong over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 1.3% in Wellington Point and 4.7% in Dulong, so landlords in Wellington Point face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Wellington Point is the bigger suburb, with a population of 12,661 against 688, roughly 18 times the size of Dulong; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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