Durack vs Griffin

The median house price is $1M in Durack and $995K in Griffin, so Griffin is the cheaper entry point, with Durack houses about 1% dearer.

For units, Durack sits at a median of $735K against $780K in Griffin, which makes Durack the more affordable unit market and Griffin the pricier one.

On cash flow, Griffin leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.63%, compared with 3.54% in Durack, a gap of 0.09 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +17.3% in Durack and +15.6% in Griffin, so recent momentum favours Durack, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Durack houses are +54.3% and Griffin houses +43.0%, so Durack has compounded faster than Griffin over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 0.7% in Durack and 1.0% in Griffin, so landlords in Durack face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Griffin is the bigger suburb, with a population of 12,295 against 7,788, larger than Durack; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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