Glenmore Park vs Guildford West

Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $1.3M in Glenmore Park and $1.3M in Guildford West.

For units, Glenmore Park sits at a median of $770K against $580K in Guildford West, which makes Guildford West the more affordable unit market and Glenmore Park the pricier one.

Over the past year house prices moved +6.7% in Glenmore Park and +7.0% in Guildford West, so recent momentum favours Guildford West, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Glenmore Park houses are +17.9% and Guildford West houses +22.3%, so Guildford West has compounded faster than Glenmore Park over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 1.4% in Glenmore Park and 2.5% in Guildford West, so landlords in Glenmore Park face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Glenmore Park is the bigger suburb, with a population of 25,021 against 5,762, roughly 4.3 times the size of Guildford West; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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