Guildford vs Robin Hill

Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $1.4M in Guildford and $1.4M in Robin Hill.

For units, Guildford sits at a median of $495K against $325K in Robin Hill, which makes Robin Hill the more affordable unit market and Guildford the pricier one.

On cash flow, Guildford leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 2.80%, compared with 2.21% in Robin Hill, a gap of 0.59 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +9.8% in Guildford and +7.1% in Robin Hill, so recent momentum favours Guildford, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Guildford houses are +22.1% and Robin Hill houses +31.1%, so Robin Hill has compounded faster than Guildford over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 1.6% in Guildford and 6.2% in Robin Hill, so landlords in Guildford face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Guildford is the bigger suburb, with a population of 24,091 against 925, roughly 26 times the size of Robin Hill; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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