Maidstone vs Williams Landing

Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $880K in Maidstone and $880K in Williams Landing.

For units, Maidstone sits at a median of $625K against $430K in Williams Landing, which makes Williams Landing the more affordable unit market and Maidstone the pricier one.

On cash flow, Maidstone leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.84%, compared with 3.55% in Williams Landing, a gap of 0.29 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +3.7% in Maidstone and +6.7% in Williams Landing, so recent momentum favours Williams Landing, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Maidstone houses are -1.1% and Williams Landing houses +10.1%, so Williams Landing has compounded faster than Maidstone over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 2.0% in Williams Landing and 2.2% in Maidstone, so landlords in Williams Landing face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Williams Landing is the bigger suburb, with a population of 9,448 against 9,389, larger than Maidstone; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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