Edens Landing vs Marsden

Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $910K in Edens Landing and $910K in Marsden.

For units, Edens Landing sits at a median of $685K against $730K in Marsden, which makes Edens Landing the more affordable unit market and Marsden the pricier one.

On cash flow, Edens Landing leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.76%, compared with 3.57% in Marsden, a gap of 0.19 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +16.1% in Edens Landing and +19.7% in Marsden, so recent momentum favours Marsden, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Edens Landing houses are +46.9% and Marsden houses +59.1%, so Marsden has compounded faster than Edens Landing over the longer window.

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

Marsden is the bigger suburb, with a population of 14,795 against 5,094, roughly 2.9 times the size of Edens Landing; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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