Huntly vs Jackass Flat

Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $650K in Huntly and $650K in Jackass Flat.

On cash flow, Jackass Flat leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 4.64%, compared with 4.40% in Huntly, a gap of 0.24 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +10.2% in Huntly and +13.5% in Jackass Flat, so recent momentum favours Jackass Flat, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Huntly houses are +12.4% and Jackass Flat houses +26.2%, so Jackass Flat has compounded faster than Huntly over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 0.8% in Jackass Flat and 4.5% in Huntly, so landlords in Jackass Flat face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Huntly is the bigger suburb, with a population of 3,585 against 1,907, larger than Jackass Flat; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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