Mount Duneed vs St Albans Park
Property investment comparison - Mount Duneed, VIC 3216 vs St Albans Park, VIC 3219
Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Mount Duneed wins 2, St Albans Park wins 3. The better choice depends on whether you're optimising for cash flow, growth, affordability, or liquidity, the table below highlights the winner on each metric.
| Metric | Mount Duneed | St Albans Park |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $705K | $700K |
| Median unit price | $520K | $490K |
| Gross rental yield (houses) | 3.98% | 3.89% |
| Gross rental yield (units) | 4.40% | 4.20% |
| 1-year house growth | - | +13.1% |
| 3-year house growth | - | +19.8% |
| Vacancy rate | 1.1% | 0.9% |
| Population | 6,182 | 4,942 |
Mount Duneed vs St Albans Park: what the numbers say
The median house price is $705K in Mount Duneed and $700K in St Albans Park, so St Albans Park is the cheaper entry point, with Mount Duneed houses about 1% dearer.
For units, Mount Duneed sits at a median of $520K against $490K in St Albans Park, which makes St Albans Park the more affordable unit market and Mount Duneed the pricier one.
On cash flow, Mount Duneed leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.98%, compared with 3.89% in St Albans Park, a gap of 0.09 percentage points.
Rental vacancy is 0.9% in St Albans Park and 1.1% in Mount Duneed, so landlords in St Albans Park face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.
Mount Duneed is the bigger suburb, with a population of 6,182 against 4,942, larger than St Albans Park; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.
In short: Mount Duneed for rental income, St Albans Park for a lower purchase price, St Albans Park for the tighter rental market. Which matters more depends on whether the investor is buying for cash flow, capital growth or affordability.
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