Maldon vs Mount Duneed

Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $730K in Maldon and $730K in Mount Duneed.

On cash flow, Mount Duneed leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 4.10%, compared with 3.33% in Maldon, a gap of 0.77 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +4.5% in Maldon and +3.0% in Mount Duneed, so recent momentum favours Maldon, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Maldon houses are -1.7% and Mount Duneed houses +0.4%, so Mount Duneed has compounded faster than Maldon over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 1.9% in Maldon and 2.9% in Mount Duneed, so landlords in Maldon face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Mount Duneed is the bigger suburb, with a population of 6,182 against 1,665, roughly 3.7 times the size of Maldon; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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