Flinders Park vs Glynde
Property investment comparison - Flinders Park, SA 5025 vs Glynde, SA 5070
Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Flinders Park wins 2, Glynde wins 2. The better choice depends on whether you're optimising for cash flow, growth, affordability, or liquidity, the table below highlights the winner on each metric.
| Metric | Flinders Park | Glynde |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1.2M | $1.3M |
| Median unit price | $675K | - |
| Gross rental yield (houses) | - | 2.73% |
| Gross rental yield (units) | 4.30% | - |
| 1-year house growth | +15.5% | +4.0% |
| 3-year house growth | +49.6% | +50.7% |
| Vacancy rate | 1.1% | 0.5% |
| Population | 5,489 | 2,102 |
Flinders Park vs Glynde: what the numbers say
The median house price is $1.2M in Flinders Park and $1.3M in Glynde, so Flinders Park is the cheaper entry point, with Glynde houses about 2% dearer.
Over the past year house prices moved +15.5% in Flinders Park and +4.0% in Glynde, so recent momentum favours Flinders Park, although both suburbs recorded growth.
Looking back three years, Flinders Park houses are +49.6% and Glynde houses +50.7%, so Glynde has compounded faster than Flinders Park over the longer window.
Rental vacancy is 0.5% in Glynde and 1.1% in Flinders Park, so landlords in Glynde face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.
Flinders Park is the bigger suburb, with a population of 5,489 against 2,102, roughly 2.6 times the size of Glynde; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.
In short: Flinders Park for a lower purchase price, Flinders Park for recent price momentum, Glynde for the tighter rental market. Which matters more depends on whether the investor is buying for cash flow, capital growth or affordability.
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