Eagle Vale vs Scotts Head

Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $990K in Eagle Vale and $990K in Scotts Head.

On cash flow, Eagle Vale leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.50%, compared with 3.21% in Scotts Head, a gap of 0.29 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +9.4% in Eagle Vale and +6.0% in Scotts Head, so recent momentum favours Eagle Vale, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Eagle Vale houses are +21.2% and Scotts Head houses +13.7%, so Eagle Vale has compounded faster than Scotts Head over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 1.4% in Eagle Vale and 1.6% in Scotts Head, so landlords in Eagle Vale face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Eagle Vale is the bigger suburb, with a population of 5,789 against 986, roughly 6 times the size of Scotts Head; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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