Earlville vs North Booval

Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $745K in Earlville and $745K in North Booval.

For units, Earlville sits at a median of $370K against $660K in North Booval, which makes Earlville the more affordable unit market and North Booval the pricier one.

On cash flow, Earlville leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 5.14%, compared with 4.04% in North Booval, a gap of 1.10 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +13.3% in Earlville and +19.9% in North Booval (an estimate), so recent momentum favours North Booval, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Rental vacancy is 0.4% in Earlville and 1.2% in North Booval, so landlords in Earlville face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Earlville is the bigger suburb, with a population of 4,200 against 3,041, larger than North Booval; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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