Meadows vs St Marys

The median house price is $1M in Meadows and $1.0M in St Marys, so Meadows is the cheaper entry point, with St Marys houses about 4% dearer.

For units, Meadows sits at a median of $325K against $540K in St Marys, which makes Meadows the more affordable unit market and St Marys the pricier one.

Over the past year house prices moved +13.8% in Meadows and +11.7% in St Marys, so recent momentum favours Meadows, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Meadows houses are +43.0% and St Marys houses +30.9%, so Meadows has compounded faster than St Marys over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 0.3% in St Marys and 1.1% in Meadows, so landlords in St Marys face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

St Marys is the bigger suburb, with a population of 3,010 against 1,717, larger than Meadows; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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