Moss Vale vs Port Kembla

Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $1.1M in Moss Vale and $1.1M in Port Kembla.

On cash flow, Moss Vale leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.47%, compared with 3.17% in Port Kembla, a gap of 0.30 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +6.3% in Moss Vale and +4.3% in Port Kembla, so recent momentum favours Moss Vale, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Moss Vale houses are -13.4% and Port Kembla houses +25.0%, so Port Kembla has compounded faster than Moss Vale over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 0.9% in Port Kembla and 1.9% in Moss Vale, so landlords in Port Kembla face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Moss Vale is the bigger suburb, with a population of 9,310 against 5,088, larger than Port Kembla; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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