Labrador vs Logan Village

The median house price is $1.3M in Labrador and $1.3M in Logan Village, so Labrador is the cheaper entry point.

For units, Labrador sits at a median of $830K against $580K in Logan Village, which makes Logan Village the more affordable unit market and Labrador the pricier one.

Over the past year house prices moved +11.7% in Labrador and +13.1% in Logan Village, so recent momentum favours Logan Village, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Labrador houses are +46.8% and Logan Village houses +47.7%, so Logan Village has compounded faster than Labrador over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 1.1% in Labrador and 2.1% in Logan Village, so landlords in Labrador face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Labrador is the bigger suburb, with a population of 18,643 against 5,316, roughly 3.5 times the size of Logan Village; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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