Montville vs Stanmore

Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $1.4M in Montville and $1.4M in Stanmore.

For units, Montville sits at a median of $490K against $515K in Stanmore, which makes Montville the more affordable unit market and Stanmore the pricier one.

On cash flow, Montville leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.18%, compared with 1.54% in Stanmore, a gap of 1.64 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +12.7% in Montville and +14.6% in Stanmore, so recent momentum favours Stanmore, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Montville houses are +42.3% and Stanmore houses +26.0%, so Montville has compounded faster than Stanmore over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 1.9% in Stanmore and 2.6% in Montville, so landlords in Stanmore face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Montville is the bigger suburb, with a population of 1,092 against 454, roughly 2.4 times the size of Stanmore; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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