Kingsbury vs Selby

Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $870K in Kingsbury and $870K in Selby.

On cash flow, Selby leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 4.17%, compared with 3.34% in Kingsbury, a gap of 0.83 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +6.6% in Kingsbury and +2.4% in Selby, so recent momentum favours Kingsbury, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Kingsbury houses are +8.9% and Selby houses +2.4%, so Kingsbury has compounded faster than Selby over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 0.5% in Kingsbury and 2.3% in Selby, so landlords in Kingsbury face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Kingsbury is the bigger suburb, with a population of 3,460 against 1,626, roughly 2.1 times the size of Selby; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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