Georgetown vs Mount Druitt

Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $1.1M in Georgetown and $1.1M in Mount Druitt.

For units, Georgetown sits at a median of $710K against $480K in Mount Druitt, which makes Mount Druitt the more affordable unit market and Georgetown the pricier one.

On cash flow, Georgetown leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.77%, compared with 2.98% in Mount Druitt, a gap of 0.79 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +8.5% in Georgetown (an estimate) and +6.2% in Mount Druitt, so recent momentum favours Georgetown, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Rental vacancy is 0.8% in Georgetown and 1.6% in Mount Druitt, so landlords in Georgetown face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Mount Druitt is the bigger suburb, with a population of 16,986 against 2,072, roughly 8 times the size of Georgetown; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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