Edens Landing vs Loganlea

The median house price is $910K in Edens Landing and $905K in Loganlea, so Loganlea is the cheaper entry point, with Edens Landing houses about 1% dearer.

For units, Edens Landing sits at a median of $685K against $675K in Loganlea, which makes Loganlea the more affordable unit market and Edens Landing the pricier one.

On cash flow, Edens Landing leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.76%, compared with 3.50% in Loganlea, a gap of 0.26 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +16.1% in Edens Landing and +16.3% in Loganlea (an estimate), so recent momentum favours Loganlea, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Rental vacancy is 0.9% in Loganlea and 1.6% in Edens Landing, so landlords in Loganlea face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Loganlea is the bigger suburb, with a population of 8,716 against 5,094, larger than Edens Landing; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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