Maldon vs Sunbury

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

On cash flow, Sunbury leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.90%, compared with 3.33% in Maldon, a gap of 0.57 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +4.5% in Maldon and +8.4% in Sunbury, so recent momentum favours Sunbury, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Maldon houses are -1.7% and Sunbury houses +9.1%, so Sunbury has compounded faster than Maldon over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 1.9% in Maldon and 2.2% in Sunbury, so landlords in Maldon face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Sunbury is the bigger suburb, with a population of 38,851 against 1,665, roughly 23 times the size of Maldon; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

In short: Sunbury for rental income, Sunbury 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.