Eatons Hill vs Maudsland

The median house price is $1.4M in Eatons Hill and $1.4M in Maudsland, so Eatons Hill is the cheaper entry point.

On cash flow, Maudsland leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.66%, compared with 3.29% in Eatons Hill, a gap of 0.37 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +14.7% in Eatons Hill and +12.9% in Maudsland, so recent momentum favours Eatons Hill, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Eatons Hill houses are +47.4% and Maudsland houses +52.5%, so Maudsland has compounded faster than Eatons Hill over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 0.3% in Eatons Hill and 1.3% in Maudsland, so landlords in Eatons Hill face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Maudsland is the bigger suburb, with a population of 8,073 against 7,822, larger than Eatons Hill; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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