Pokolbin vs Revesby

Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $1.6M in Pokolbin and $1.6M in Revesby.

For units, Pokolbin sits at a median of $345K against $1.1M in Revesby, which makes Pokolbin the more affordable unit market and Revesby the pricier one.

On cash flow, Revesby leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.00%, compared with 2.40% in Pokolbin, a gap of 0.60 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +7.9% in Pokolbin (an estimate) and +3.6% in Revesby (an estimate), so recent momentum favours Pokolbin, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Rental vacancy is 1.3% in Revesby and 2.1% in Pokolbin, so landlords in Revesby face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Revesby is the bigger suburb, with a population of 15,268 against 1,049, roughly 15 times the size of Pokolbin; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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