Mascot vs Westleigh

The median house price is $2.0M in Mascot and $2M in Westleigh, so Westleigh is the cheaper entry point.

For units, Mascot sits at a median of $900K against $735K in Westleigh, which makes Westleigh the more affordable unit market and Mascot the pricier one.

Gross rental yield on houses is effectively level, at 2.95% in Mascot and 2.93% in Westleigh, so neither suburb has a cash flow edge on houses.

Over the past year house prices moved +5.0% in Mascot and -2.8% in Westleigh, so recent momentum favours Mascot, while Westleigh went backwards.

Looking back three years, Mascot houses are +2.2% and Westleigh houses +1.4%, so Mascot has compounded faster than Westleigh over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 2.4% in Mascot and 2.5% in Westleigh, so landlords in Mascot face less competition for tenants.

Mascot is the bigger suburb, with a population of 21,591 against 4,501, roughly 4.8 times the size of Westleigh; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

In short: Westleigh for a lower purchase price, Mascot for recent price momentum, Mascot for the tighter rental market. Which matters more depends on whether the investor is buying for cash flow, capital growth or affordability.