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Lethbridge Park vs Yellow Rock

Property investment comparison - Lethbridge Park, NSW 2770 vs Yellow Rock, NSW 2527

Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Lethbridge Park wins 2, Yellow Rock wins 2. The better choice depends on whether you're optimising for cash flow, growth, affordability, or liquidity, the table below highlights the winner on each metric.

MetricLethbridge ParkYellow Rock
Median house price$900K$900K
Median unit price$465K$810K
Gross rental yield (houses)3.06%4.20%
Gross rental yield (units)5.57%4.75%
1-year house growth+9.8%-
3-year house growth+38.0%-
Vacancy rate0.8%0.5%
Population4,730226

Lethbridge Park vs Yellow Rock: what the numbers say

Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $900K in Lethbridge Park and $900K in Yellow Rock.

For units, Lethbridge Park sits at a median of $465K against $810K in Yellow Rock, which makes Lethbridge Park the more affordable unit market and Yellow Rock the pricier one.

On cash flow, Yellow Rock leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 4.20%, compared with 3.06% in Lethbridge Park, a gap of 1.14 percentage points.

Rental vacancy is 0.5% in Yellow Rock and 0.8% in Lethbridge Park, so landlords in Yellow Rock face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Lethbridge Park is the bigger suburb, with a population of 4,730 against 226, roughly 21 times the size of Yellow Rock; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

In short: Yellow Rock for rental income, Yellow Rock for the tighter rental market. Which matters more depends on whether the investor is buying for cash flow, capital growth or affordability.

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