Mayfield vs Tathra

Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $1.1M in Mayfield and $1.1M in Tathra.

On cash flow, Mayfield leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.47%, compared with 2.97% in Tathra, a gap of 0.50 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +10.5% in Mayfield and +5.6% in Tathra, so recent momentum favours Mayfield, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Mayfield houses are +27.1% and Tathra houses -1.4%, so Mayfield has compounded faster than Tathra over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 1.3% in Tathra and 1.3% in Mayfield, so landlords in Tathra face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Mayfield is the bigger suburb, with a population of 9,760 against 1,527, roughly 6 times the size of Tathra; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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