McLeans Ridges vs Revesby Heights

The median house price is $1.6M in McLeans Ridges and $1.6M in Revesby Heights, so Revesby Heights is the cheaper entry point.

For units, McLeans Ridges sits at a median of $450K against $720K in Revesby Heights, which makes McLeans Ridges the more affordable unit market and Revesby Heights the pricier one.

On cash flow, Revesby Heights leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.01%, compared with 2.07% in McLeans Ridges, a gap of 0.94 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +5.2% in McLeans Ridges and +6.2% in Revesby Heights, so recent momentum favours Revesby Heights, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, McLeans Ridges houses are +16.4% and Revesby Heights houses +15.0%, so McLeans Ridges has compounded faster than Revesby Heights over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 1.4% in Revesby Heights and 4.9% in McLeans Ridges, so landlords in Revesby Heights face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Revesby Heights is the bigger suburb, with a population of 1,916 against 808, roughly 2.4 times the size of McLeans Ridges; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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