Newington vs St Huberts Island

The median house price is $1.9M in Newington and $1.9M in St Huberts Island, so Newington is the cheaper entry point, with St Huberts Island houses about 1% dearer.

For units, Newington sits at a median of $845K against $870K in St Huberts Island, which makes Newington the more affordable unit market and St Huberts Island the pricier one.

On cash flow, Newington leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 2.83%, compared with 2.24% in St Huberts Island, a gap of 0.59 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +2.5% in Newington and +7.3% in St Huberts Island, so recent momentum favours St Huberts Island, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Newington houses are +12.9% and St Huberts Island houses +22.3%, so St Huberts Island has compounded faster than Newington over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 1.9% in Newington and 6.5% in St Huberts Island, so landlords in Newington face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Newington is the bigger suburb, with a population of 5,648 against 1,080, roughly 5 times the size of St Huberts Island; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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