Huntly vs Kennington

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

On cash flow, Huntly leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 4.40%, compared with 4.09% in Kennington, a gap of 0.31 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +10.2% in Huntly and +10.8% in Kennington, so recent momentum favours Kennington, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Huntly houses are +12.4% and Kennington houses +4.1%, so Huntly has compounded faster than Kennington over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 1.2% in Kennington and 4.5% in Huntly, so landlords in Kennington face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Kennington is the bigger suburb, with a population of 5,880 against 3,585, larger than Huntly; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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