Kangaroo Point vs Mons

The median house price is $1.8M in Kangaroo Point and $1.8M in Mons, so Mons is the cheaper entry point, with Kangaroo Point houses about 2% dearer.

For units, Kangaroo Point sits at a median of $890K against $920K in Mons, which makes Kangaroo Point the more affordable unit market and Mons the pricier one.

On cash flow, Mons leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.40%, compared with 2.46% in Kangaroo Point, a gap of 0.94 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +2.6% in Kangaroo Point and +12.2% in Mons, so recent momentum favours Mons, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Kangaroo Point houses are +35.8% and Mons houses +31.6%, so Kangaroo Point has compounded faster than Mons over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 1.1% in Kangaroo Point and 5.0% in Mons, so landlords in Kangaroo Point face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Kangaroo Point is the bigger suburb, with a population of 9,689 against 1,179, roughly 8 times the size of Mons; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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