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Mount Pritchard vs Wilton

Property investment comparison - Mount Pritchard, NSW 2170 vs Wilton, NSW 2571

Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Mount Pritchard wins 2, Wilton wins 2. 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.

MetricMount PritchardWilton
Median house price$1.2M$1.2M
Median unit price-$675K
Gross rental yield (houses)2.82%2.90%
Gross rental yield (units)3.76%1.96%
1-year house growth+6.4%+17.8%estimate
3-year house growth+35.0%-
Vacancy rate2.0%4.5%
Population10,4263,767

Mount Pritchard vs Wilton: what the numbers say

Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $1.2M in Mount Pritchard and $1.2M in Wilton.

On cash flow, Wilton leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 2.90%, compared with 2.82% in Mount Pritchard, a gap of 0.08 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +6.4% in Mount Pritchard and +17.8% in Wilton (an estimate), so recent momentum favours Wilton, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Rental vacancy is 2.0% in Mount Pritchard and 4.5% in Wilton, so landlords in Mount Pritchard face less competition for tenants.

Mount Pritchard is the bigger suburb, with a population of 10,426 against 3,767, roughly 2.8 times the size of Wilton; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

In short: Wilton for rental income, Wilton for recent price momentum, Mount Pritchard 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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