Lidcombe vs Mascot

The median house price is $2.0M in Lidcombe and $2.0M in Mascot, so Mascot is the cheaper entry point, with Lidcombe houses about 1% dearer.

For units, Lidcombe sits at a median of $790K against $900K in Mascot, which makes Lidcombe the more affordable unit market and Mascot the pricier one.

Over the past year house prices moved +9.7% in Lidcombe and +5.0% in Mascot, so recent momentum favours Lidcombe, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Lidcombe houses are +31.0% and Mascot houses +2.2%, so Lidcombe has compounded faster than Mascot over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 1.6% in Lidcombe and 2.4% in Mascot, so landlords in Lidcombe face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Lidcombe is the bigger suburb, with a population of 23,663 against 21,591, larger than Mascot; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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