Lurnea vs Marsden Park
Property investment comparison - Lurnea, NSW 2170 vs Marsden Park, NSW 2765
Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Lurnea wins 2, Marsden Park wins 1. 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.
| Metric | Lurnea | Marsden Park |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1.2M | $1.2M |
| Median unit price | $750K | - |
| Gross rental yield (houses) | 3.02% | 3.58% |
| Gross rental yield (units) | - | 4.21% |
| 1-year house growth | +10.6%estimate | +3.0%estimate |
| 3-year house growth | - | - |
| Vacancy rate | 0.8% | 4.3% |
| Population | 10,057 | 14,610 |
Lurnea vs Marsden Park: what the numbers say
Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $1.2M in Lurnea and $1.2M in Marsden Park.
On cash flow, Marsden Park leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.58%, compared with 3.02% in Lurnea, a gap of 0.56 percentage points.
Over the past year house prices moved +10.6% in Lurnea (an estimate) and +3.0% in Marsden Park (an estimate), so recent momentum favours Lurnea, although both suburbs recorded growth.
Rental vacancy is 0.8% in Lurnea and 4.3% in Marsden Park, so landlords in Lurnea face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.
Marsden Park is the bigger suburb, with a population of 14,610 against 10,057, larger than Lurnea; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.
In short: Marsden Park for rental income, Lurnea for recent price momentum, Lurnea 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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