Fig Tree Pocket vs Marcus Beach

The median house price is $2.2M in Fig Tree Pocket and $2.3M in Marcus Beach, so Fig Tree Pocket is the cheaper entry point, with Marcus Beach houses about 3% dearer.

On cash flow, Marcus Beach leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 2.47%, compared with 2.08% in Fig Tree Pocket, a gap of 0.39 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +16.7% in Fig Tree Pocket and +7.2% in Marcus Beach, so recent momentum favours Fig Tree Pocket, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Fig Tree Pocket houses are +42.1% and Marcus Beach houses +16.9%, so Fig Tree Pocket has compounded faster than Marcus Beach over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 1.7% in Fig Tree Pocket and 3.4% in Marcus Beach, so landlords in Fig Tree Pocket face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Fig Tree Pocket is the bigger suburb, with a population of 4,345 against 839, roughly 5 times the size of Marcus Beach; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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