Lochinvar vs Ulladulla

Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $915K in Lochinvar and $915K in Ulladulla.

For units, Lochinvar sits at a median of $705K against $725K in Ulladulla, which makes Lochinvar the more affordable unit market and Ulladulla the pricier one.

On cash flow, Lochinvar leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.84%, compared with 3.42% in Ulladulla, a gap of 0.42 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +22.3% in Lochinvar and +6.0% in Ulladulla, so recent momentum favours Lochinvar, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Lochinvar houses are +57.2% and Ulladulla houses +6.3%, so Lochinvar has compounded faster than Ulladulla over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 0.7% in Ulladulla and 9.2% in Lochinvar, so landlords in Ulladulla face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Ulladulla is the bigger suburb, with a population of 7,262 against 1,095, roughly 7 times the size of Lochinvar; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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