Edensor Park vs Old Guildford

The median house price is $1.5M in Edensor Park and $1.5M in Old Guildford, so Edensor Park is the cheaper entry point.

On cash flow, Old Guildford leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 2.60%, compared with 2.52% in Edensor Park, a gap of 0.08 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +4.0% in Edensor Park (an estimate) and +17.2% in Old Guildford, so recent momentum favours Old Guildford, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Rental vacancy is 1.0% in Old Guildford and 1.5% in Edensor Park, so landlords in Old Guildford face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Edensor Park is the bigger suburb, with a population of 10,279 against 2,857, roughly 3.6 times the size of Old Guildford; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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