Kenilworth vs Regency Downs

The median house price is $875K in Kenilworth and $880K in Regency Downs, so Kenilworth is the cheaper entry point, with Regency Downs houses about 1% dearer.

For units, Kenilworth sits at a median of $265K against $605K in Regency Downs, which makes Kenilworth the more affordable unit market and Regency Downs the pricier one.

On cash flow, Regency Downs leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 4.02%, compared with 3.15% in Kenilworth, a gap of 0.87 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +19.9% in Kenilworth and +15.4% in Regency Downs, so recent momentum favours Kenilworth, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Kenilworth houses are -13.8% and Regency Downs houses +51.7%, so Regency Downs has compounded faster than Kenilworth over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 1.3% in Kenilworth and 1.5% in Regency Downs, so landlords in Kenilworth face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Regency Downs is the bigger suburb, with a population of 2,623 against 604, roughly 4.3 times the size of Kenilworth; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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