Middle Dural vs Rodd Point

The median house price is $3.7M in Middle Dural and $3.6M in Rodd Point, so Rodd Point is the cheaper entry point, with Middle Dural houses about 1% dearer.

For units, Middle Dural sits at a median of $1.1M against $1.2M in Rodd Point, which makes Middle Dural the more affordable unit market and Rodd Point the pricier one.

On cash flow, Rodd Point leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 1.80%, compared with 1.49% in Middle Dural, a gap of 0.31 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved -2.1% in Middle Dural and +10.7% in Rodd Point, so recent momentum favours Rodd Point, while Middle Dural went backwards.

Looking back three years, Middle Dural houses are +1.6% and Rodd Point houses +1.9%, so Rodd Point has compounded faster than Middle Dural over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 3.4% in Rodd Point and 6.9% in Middle Dural, so landlords in Rodd Point face less competition for tenants.

Rodd Point is the bigger suburb, with a population of 1,380 against 1,040, larger than Middle Dural; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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